Eric Herschthal

Edda L. Fields-Black sets out to restore the Combahee River Raid to its proper place in Tubman’s life and in the war on slavery.

Two new books ask us to shift our attention away from the white vigilantes of Jim Crow and instead focus on what it meant for the survivors.

A new book traces the long history of cloaking racism in the language of resistance to an overbearing federal government.

Kris Manjapra’s new book, “Black Ghost of Empire,” examines the ways white slaveholders were compensated, while formerly enslaved people were not.

Why has a relatively conventional history of the War of Independence drawn such an outraged response?

We know why they were built and why they have to come down.

Three new books show how Northern states betrayed Black people, and why many found Mexico a safer destination.

A new book argues that the threat of secession has never left American politics.

Two new books tell the stories of people kidnapped and sold into slavery. One of them sued successfully.

“The Water Dancer” comes out of a powerful examination of the legacies of slavery today.

A new book documents the legislative turmoil that led to the Civil War.

Two new books explain how the Klan gained so much power in the 1920s.

Fred Kaplan's new book asks why it took Abraham Lincoln so long to embrace emancipation.

After the revolution, former slaves and native populations were forced to segregate from the new Republic.