In this excerpt from Letter IX of John Rankin’s Letters on American Slavery, Rankin argues that slavery is incompatible with ...

During a time when enslaved Americans sought freedom through escape, Elizabeth Freeman challenged her legal status as property—and won.

“We hope that our Government [secures] the Oregon Territory…before the great Brigand of the World pollutes [it with] the freebooters standard of Great Britain.” As the British Empire consolidated its ...

Dan Klein prompts us to think about the relationship between superiors and inferiors, and how this sheds light on our understanding of hierarchy, equality, and liberty in social and political affairs.

Ibn Khaldun was a prominent 14th- century historian famous for being the precursor or even founder, according to some historians, of the social sciences. His contributions to economics highlighted the ...