The Books Briefing: Readjusting Our Understanding of History
The truth buried beneath the surface: Your weekly guide to the best in books
by Myles Poydras
Jun 12, 2020
2 minutes
In the abolitionist Frederick Douglass’s 1866 essay “Reconstruction,” he dissects how the enterprise of slavery could not be righted without devising a plan that accounted for the danger in giving states too much autonomy. Douglass was keen to the way the institution of slavery could linger if not reckoned with honestly andended definitively. Many inconsistent or inaccurate perceptions of American history still persist, obscuring
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