Probing the incentives and institutions that kept slavery alive can help us value what freedom means.

Take away its legal sanction and subsidy, and the institution’s entire economic edifice crumbles.

As the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue to challenge myths about the country’s history. One enduring myth is that slavery was a largely male ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer explains how examining plantation records and market prices deepens our understanding of a ...

Juneteenth is a sacred celebration of the end of slavery. But true economic justice is the unfinished business of civil ...

History Slavery Myths Debunked The Irish were slaves too; slaves had it better than Northern factory workers; black people fought for the Confederacy; and other lies, half-truths, and irrelevancies.

Inspired by his scholarship and teaching at Brown, Seth Rockman uncovered an unknown facet of pre-Civil War history that he ...

While state legislation on reparations remains stalled, the NJISJ-led council of experts has completed its investigation into ...

The New Jersey Reparations Council's long-awaited report, being presented at NJPAC on June 19, is the result of two years of ...

In many ancient societies, the family unit was not merely a source of emotional support, but also a fundamental economic unit. × AMH is an independent media house free from political ties or ...

It was the violent profitability of slavery as an exploitative labor system that allowed for the region to prosper, the study demonstrates. Success! Your account was created and you’re signed in ...