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Featured Excerpt: The Escapes of David George

Map from The Escapes of David George. Credit: Credit: Springer Cartographics

by Gregory E. O'Malley

When most Americans think of slavery, they do not picture the colonial…
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Featured Excerpt: The Zorg

An 18th-century Liverpool slave ship by William Jackson (c. 1770-c. 1803). Courtesy of Wikipedia. Public domain.

by Siddharth Kara

From Pulitzer finalist and New York Times bestselling author Siddharth Kara comes the…
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New Books to Fall for: October 2025

We've fallen hard for these history books publishing this October. From Pulitzer Prize finalist Siddharth Kara's…
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Cape Coast Castle’s Role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Cape Coast Castle in Ghana

by Siddharth Kara

Pulitzer Prize-finalist Siddharth Kara visited the Gold Coast in Africa while doing research…
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For Juneteenth: Inspiring Reads by Black Authors

Juneteenth

by The History Reader

WCAG Heading By The History Reader WCAG Heading As of January 1, 1863, all enslaved people…
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Celebrating Black History Month in 2021

by The History Reader

wcag heading Black History Month was originally created half a century after…
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Jeremiah Hamilton: Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire

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WCAG Heading by Shane White WCAG Heading Jeremiah Hamilton: Prince of Darkness At a little after…
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New York’s First Black Firefighters

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WCAG HeadingBy Ginger Adams Otis WCAG HeadingBlack Firefighters It’s no secret that FDNY firefighters are among…
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Shedding the Mythology of the Good Slaveholder

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WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Chris Tomlinson Tomlinson Hill is the stunning story of two…
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Featured Excerpt: The Feather Wars

Clover-Land Magazine [Northern Michigan University Archives]

by James H. McCommons

From the time the United States was founded, early Americans assumed that…
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Featured Excerpt: Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück

Milena, circa 1930. Photo Credit: Milena and Margarete.

by Gwen Strauss

From the moment they met in 1940 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena…
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Featured Excerpt: Once There Was a Town

Lillian Chanales, portrait of author's grandmother pictured in mourning attire after husband's death.

by Jane Ziegelman

Described as an "animated tapestry" by The Wall Street Journal, Jane Ziegelman's Once…
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The Escapes of David George and the Stories We Tell About Slavery

The Escapes of David George Timeline

by Gregory E. O'Malley

by Gregory O'Malley When most people think of North American slavery, they most often think of…
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Featured Excerpt: The Great Abolitionist

Southern Chivalry Argument versus Club's depiction, 1856.

by Stephen Puleo

The Great Abolitionist is the first major biography of Charles Sumner to be published…
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Falling in Love with Texas’ Worst Town

Texas Ranger Frank Hamer

by Joe Pappalardo

From a wrestler with cauliflower ears to ill-used dance hall girls to everyday…
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Featured Excerpt: I Told You So!

Thomas Sydenham – English physician (1624–1689).

by Matt Kaplan

From Darwin to Pasteur to modern-day scientists, Matt Kaplan's I Told You So!…
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Five History Books Coming This March!

The History Reader Upcoming Books March 2026
From society belles teaming up with gun manufacturers to save America's birds in The Feather Wars…
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