A political insiders perspective on the inaugural Congresses from one of South Carolinas signers of the Constitution

Confronting the rise of Black Jacobins, 1791-1793 -- Confronting Black Jacobins on the march, 1793-1797 -- Confronting the surge of Black Jacobins, 1797-1803 --

Master of vast rice and cotton plantations in South Carolina and Georgia, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Major Pierce Butler bequeathed his family a

“Whatever Principles are imbibed at College will run thro’ a Man’s whole future Conduct.” —William Livingston, signer of the Constitution Schools for

Few events in the history of the United States were of greater consequence than the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Although most histories have focused on t