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… why a writ of prohibition should not issue, and be made perpetual, and a further order that the record of the … in any sense or in any proportion a colored man. The case coming on for hearing before the supreme court, that court … life, liberty, and property to such an extent that their freedom was of little value; and that the fourteenth …

… David Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Simon & Schuster), is the recipient of the 2019 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize. A noted Civil War historian, Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of … at Yale University.  He will be recognized during an event hosted by Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman …

… of the U.S. Constitution” as necessitated by the Civil War and its aftermaths. Blight points out that “huge American … were codified. Foner emphasizes that the project of post-Civil War Reconstruction was dynamic and inevitably …

… into organized crime in Phenix City, Alabama in the post-Civil War South is a narrative device to talk about links … Regarding the story about the illegal adoptions, I kept coming across references to it in the archives, but it was … explored the ways that the abolition of slavery and the crisis of Reconstruction shaped ideas about race, crime, and …

… and a half of the 150th anniversaries of the sectional crisis and Civil War, the Gilder Lehrman Center has made a vital contribution …

… Brown for “Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War” (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press), and … Kars for “Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast” (The New Press). Jointly sponsored … period to the early 1760s and emphasizes that a “perpetual state of war between the enslaved and the planter …

… of Religious Liberty: Political Thinking, Ecclesiology and Freedom in Early Modern England,” J.A.I Champion, (Royal … containing images 900kb) “Toleration and the Tradition of Civil Religion,” Jeffrey Collins (Queen’s University) “Lust … Seed (Roehampton University London) “Socinianism and the Crisis of Whig Divinity, 1687-1697,” Brent S. Sirota (North …

… and Spanish governments were headed for a constitutional crisis. The legislation stipulated that if the number voting … Catalan government lost their positions and may lose their freedom, and Catalonia lost – possibly for a long time – the … Madrid’s rule, to what extent there will be widespread civil disobedience, work stoppages, economic disruptions, and …

… David Blight’s celebrated new study, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, has won the third annual $25,000 … he edited and completed David M. Potter’s The Impending Crisis, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1977. He was awarded …

… the economic and political climate of the Greek financial crisis during which these films are produced and consumed and … Europe,’ the evolution of modern Greek society entailed a perpetual reconfiguration of its foundational myths and its … by showcasing them as central players in every significant event of life. The Poetry of C. P. Cavafy: At a Slight Angle …

… different accounts of the underlying values justifying freedom of speech rights in the United States. What drives … of a structured and serious legal academic debate on civil rights, especially on freedom of speech rights, in … Harold Hongju Koh about Professor Fiss’ new book, A War Like No Other: The Constitution in a Time of Terror . It …

… 18th century about whether the best way to deal with debt crisis was to pursue austerity measures to try to save money, … between the response to the recession of 2008 and the debt crisis of the 1760s? In 2008, it was not just the United … New England, on the other hand, was created by people coming on their own. What do you hope students will learn …