Many leading historians have argued that the Constitution of the United States was a proslavery document. But in The Slaveholding Republic, one of America's mos

Many leading historians have argued that the Constitution of the United States was a proslavery document. But in The Slaveholding Republic, one of America's mos

How a massive agricultural reform movement led by northern farmers before the Civil War recast Americans' relationships to market forces and the state. Recipien

After its early introduction into the English colonies in North America, slavery in the United States lasted as a legal institution until the passage of the Thi

Giving close consideration to previously neglected debates, Matthew Mason challenges the common contention that slavery held little political significance in Am