Using Poor Laws to Regulate Race in Providence in the 1820s
In 1825, members of the town council of Providence, Rhode Island, made a public—and unusual—complaint.…
In 1825, members of the town council of Providence, Rhode Island, made a public—and unusual—complaint.…
A United States provost marshal, a wealthy shoemaker, and one of the largest slave traders…
Working in both law and history, I often encounter historians who express anxiety about treading…
Process is pleased to announce a new series on legal history, including articles about law,…
Here’s a quick preview of the newest issue of The American Historian: The November 2017…
In the Western Hemisphere, nearly every country that has a substantial population of people of…
In response to my essay on originalism and history, I am glad that Georgetown Professor…
Thanks to President Donald Trump’s nomination of Justice Neil Gorsuch—a self-identified “originalist”—to the Supreme Court,…