founding fathers and slavery

Hamilton and slavery at the Schuyler Mansion

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Here is Indiana Nash’s piece at The Daily Gazette, a newspaper that covers the Albany region: The Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site is working to parse fact from fiction when it comes to Alexander Hamilton’s role as an enslaver. While...

Sean Wilentz on Tom Cotton and slavery

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The Princeton University American historian Sean Wilentz has been a harsh critic of The New York Times 1619 Project. But that doesn’t mean he is going to give Arkansas senator Tom Cotton a pass for his recent comments about slavery and the...

The Author’s Corner with Jeffrey Einboden

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Jeffrey Einboden is Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor at Northern Illinois University. This interview is based on his new book, Jefferson’s Muslim Fugitives: The Lost Story of Enslaved Africans, their Arabic Letters, and an American President (Oxford University Press, 2020)....

Slavery at James Madison’s House

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Alyssa Rosenberg reports on efforts to tell the story of slavery at James Madison’s Montpelier.  A permanent exhibit titled “The Mere Distinction of Colour” opened on June 5. Here is a taste of Rosenberg’s piece at The Washington Post: …The new galleries,...

Montpelier to Open Exhibit on Slavery

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A local CBS news outlet is reporting that James Madison’s Montpelier will soon be telling the story of the slaves who worked at the mansion. Here is a taste: Working in the shadow of Montpelier, kneels Terry Brock, Senior Research...

What Constitutes a Historical Document?

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AHA Today, the blog of the American Historical Association, is featuring the work of several history graduate students who will be writing regular posts throughout the summer.  I am thrilled to see that one of the students chosen to write...

Hemmings’s Cabin at Monticello

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I just stumbled across this post from the Monticello website.  Really interesting.  Here is a taste: While study of Mulberry Row has been underway for nearly 60 years, Monticello curators just discovered new important information about the furnishings of John...