"Alone among the societies that abolished slavery in the nineteenth century, the United States, for a moment, offered …"

"The more fiercely the Confederacy fought for its independence, the more bitterly divided it became."

"Slavery, Confederate Vice-President Alexander H. Stephens proudly affirmed, was the cornerstone of the Confederacy. A…"

"In effect, the Klan was a military force serving the interests of the Democratic party, the planter class, and all th…"

"Slavery was a byproduct of the quest for profit—economic actors were the architects of the slave plantation sys…"

"Now, as then, commerce unrestrained by social control ends up stripping economic relations of all moral content, whil…"

"American ideas about freedom certainly resonate abroad. Eastern Europeans embraced them after the collapse of Communi…"

"Shortly before the 1860 election, Frederick Douglass offered a succinct summary of the dilemma confronting opponents …"

"The collapse of communism as an ideology and of the Soviet Union as a world power has made possible an unprecedented …"

"The United States was not the only nation to experience emancipation in the nineteenth century. Neither plantation sl…"