In 1791, President George Washington appointed a commission to build the future capital of the nation. The commission found paying masters of faraway Maryland p

In this thoughtful book, Dale W. Tomich explores the contested relationship between slavery and capitalism. Tracing slavery's integral role in the formation of

In 1791, President George Washington appointed a commission to build the future capital of the nation. The commission found paying masters of faraway Maryland p

Black Hands, White House documents and appraises the role enslaved women and men played in building the US, both its physical and its fiscal infrastructure. The

During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced and dynamic economies. At the same time, the nation sustained an