Public Roads in the Slave State Archive
In my December 2024 JAH article, I wrote about the history of “bad roads” in…
Browsing: Slavery
What’s in the December Issue of the Journal of American History?
The December issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in…
What’s in the March Issue of the Journal of American History?
The March issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in…
What’s in the December Issue of the Journal of American History?
The December issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in…
What’s in the September Issue of the Journal of American History?
The September issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in print.…
Mapping the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act
Digital history projects not only contribute to scholarly debates by approaching familiar questions from new…
What’s in the June Issue of the Journal of American History?
The June issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in print.…
On “Mobility and Sovereignty: The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Immigration Restriction”
In the September 2022 special issue of the Journal of American History, Kevin Kenny’s article,…
Richard Wright’s Civil War Cipher
Grandpa “darkly boasted of having killed ‘mo’n mah fair share of them damn rebels’ while…
What’s in the December Issue of the Journal of American History?
The December issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in…