David Waldstreicher

A new Library of America edition of John Quincy Adams’s writings demonstrates the enduring appeal—and real shortcomings—of his revolutionary conservatism.

A new biography of Phillis Wheatley places her in her era and shows the ways she used poetry to criticize the existence of slavery.

A historian thinks about how interpretations of the American Revolution’s causes have changed — and stayed the same — over the course of his career.

The holiday’s real roots lie in abolition, liberation, and anti-racism. Let’s reconnect to that legacy.

On the tension between celebratory rhetoric and restrictive policy surrounding immigration.

Historians should reject nationalism and help readers to avoid its dangers.

In his new book, "The Crooked Path to Abolition," James Oakes argues that the Constitution was an antislavery document.

How a pop historian shaped the soul of Biden’s presidency.

The New York Times is right that slavery made a major contribution to capitalist development in the United States — just not in the way they imagine.

A review of a book by Sean Wilentz's "No Property in Man," which argues that the document is full of anti-slavery language.

In a new book, top historians discuss the musical’s educational value, historical accuracy and racial revisionism.