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In the mid-nineteenth century, the law was ambiguous.

The Volunbruns enslaved twenty people and moved relentlessly between empires and states as more jurisdictions outlawed slavery.

How the meaning of Blackness, and the social construction of race, varies across era and region.

Feminists supported universal childcare as a means of allowing women to advance in the workforce. But did this argument focus mostly on white women?

Right when the U.S. needed supplies for World War II, military contractors started overcharging. An obscure senator from Missouri challenged them.

What’s an illegal alien? The idea that the most important question about immigrants is their legal status is a relatively new one.