The Ledger and the ChainIn The Ledger and the Chain, prize winning historian Joshua D. Rothman tells the disturbing story of the Franklin and Armfield company and the men who built it into the largest and most powerful slave trading company in the United States. In so doing, he reveals the central importance of the domestic slave trade to the development of American capitalism and the expansion of the American nation. Few slave traders were more successful than Isaac

invitations

Paul is still reluctant to step in and save the judge's career from impending doom

Carrie takes the scrolls

author of Divine Rivals

Nothing ever disturbs the quaint idyll of the village Rajapur

take the ride

From Seared Sirloin on Pan-roasted Veg to The Mother of All Greek Salads

second-youngest congressman ever

The everyday joys and sadness of a sick boy who sees the world through a half-open window of hope

Noah Galloway's LIVING WITH NO EXCUSES sheds light on his upbringing in rural Alabama

A kidnapping sends him fleeing for his life

Kevin Stuart Bob and the rest of the Minion tribe are enjoying a snow day