In my December 2024 JAH article, I wrote about the history of âbad roadsâ in the time and space of American slavery. The article examined the making, repair, uses, meanings, and effects of ordinary public ways that ran throughout the South. These public roads were not big-name projects involving internal improvement companies and state financingâindeed, […]
A Time for Every Man to Stir
by Jack Kelly To celebrate Labor Day, author Jack Kelly shares with The History Reader why Thomas Paine, who famously penned the lines, “These are...
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