Reconstruction: America's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877 - Eric Foner This masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history redefined how…
Christmas day freedom fighters: hidden history of the Seminole anticolonial struggle - William Katz On Christmas day in 1837, the Africans and Native Americans who formed Florida’s…
Truth, Sojourner, c1797-1883 - Mary G. Butler A short biography of former slave, abolitionist, passionate advocate for the dispossessed and perhaps the most famous African-American woman in…
Stop kidding yourself: the police were created to control working class and poor people - Sam Mitrani A short historical account of the US police force explaining their origins in slave…
The empire of necessity: Slavery, freedom, and deception in the New World - Greg Grandin From the acclaimed author of Fordlandia, the story of a remarkable slave rebellion…
The counter-revolution of 1776: slave resistance and the origins of the United States of America - Gerald Horne The successful 1776 revolt against British rule in North America has been hailed…
Domination and the arts of resistance: Hidden Transcripts – James C. Scott In this book, renowned social scientist James C. Scott offers a penetrating discussion both of the…
Class struggles, climate change, and the origins of modern agriculture Class conflicts and colonial expansion in the context of the Little Ice Age lead to the emergence of…
Introduction to The Counter-Revolution of 1776 The introduction to Gerald Horne's The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America.
"Counter-revolution of 1776": was U.S. Independence War a conservative revolt in favor of slavery? An interview with Gerald Horne, the author of a revisionist history of the American…
Après moi le déluge! Fossil fuel abolitionism and the carbon bubble - part 2 In part two of this two-part article, we look at the parallels between fossil-fuel abolitionism and…
Incidents in the life of a slave girl - Harriet Jacobs A first person slave narrative that was published in 1861 by Harriet Ann Jacobs, using the pen name …
