One rural minister out of Ripley, Ohio, the Reverend John Rankin, offered precisely this kind of leadership, leading many of his peers to refer to him as the “father of abolitionism.” ...

The essay concludes with implications for thinking about the relationship between the transatlantic history of abolition and its prospects in the United States, arguing that abolitionism should be ...

The college’s founder, Benjamin Rush, was acutely interested in the issues of slavery, abolitionism, and racial difference. His deep-seated faith in the power of rationality to dispel injustice and ...

Did a courtroom showdown in 1772 set the stage for Britain’s journey toward abolishing slavery? That year, Somerset vs Stewart hit the Court of King’s Bench and led to a historic ruling that ...

Youngjae Lee (Fordham University School of Law) has posted Is Prison Abolitionism Self-Defeating? (Criminal Law and Philosophy, 0[10.1007/s11572-024-09743-6]) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Essay ...

Alexander Afnan (Georgetown University Law Centre - Georgetown University Law Centre) has posted An Abolitionist Vision: Reclaiming Public Safety from a Culture of Violence on SSRN. Here is the ...

His current research focuses on historical and contemporary representations of abolitionism and enslavement. He teaches courses on Black literature, enslavement and abolitionism, and contemporary ...