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The Works of James McCune Smith
The first African American to receive a medical degree, this invaluable collection brings together the writings of James McCune Smith, one of the foremost intellectuals in …
Recovering Reason
Recovering Reason: Essays in Honor of Thomas L. Pangle is a collection of essays composed by students and friends of Thomas L. Pangle to honor his seminal work and outstanding …
Picturing Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass’s fiery speeches made him one of the most renowned and popular agitators of his age. Now, as a result of ground-breaking research, we can reclaim the ex-slave …
In the Words of Frederick Douglass
"No people are more talked about and no people seem more imperfectly understood. Those who see us every day seem not to know us."—Frederick Douglass on African Americans "There is …
Menno Simons' Life and Writings: A Quadricentennial Tribute, 1536-1936
""Menno Simons' Life and Writings: A Quadricentennial Tribute, 1536-1936"" is a book written by Harold Stauffer Bender. The book is a tribute to Menno Simons, a prominent figure in …
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
It was sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral, and adopted with new lyrics by labor radicals. John Updike quoted it in the title of one of his novels, and George W. Bush had it performed …
The Abolitionist Imagination
The abolitionists of the mid-nineteenth century have long been painted in extremes--vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the catastrophic bloodletting of the Civil War, or …
The Tribunal
When John Brown led twenty-one men in an attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry on October 16, 1859, he envisioned a biblical uprising of millions of armed bondsmen, thus …
Smithsonian America: The Atlas
This map-by-map guide to the epic history of America was produced in collaboration with the experts at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian America: The Atlas is a superb …