Ebenezer Richardson, The Informer

Richardson, born in Woburn, Massachusetts made his living as a customs official for the British Administration at Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.  The local Sons of Liberty considered him a snitch.He had a privileged position.  Thanks to the Writ of Assistance...
The 1619 Project and the Work of the Historian

The 1619 Project and the Work of the Historian

Yesterday Princeton historian Sean Wilentz published his latest piece opposing the 1619 Project at The Atlantic. In it, Wilentz argues that he—along with the other historians who signed a letter to the editors of the New York Times Magazine questioning the Project’s...