How White Greed Destroyed a Bank for the Newly Freed (review of 'Savings and Trust,' by Justene Hill Edwards The New York TimesRichard KreitnerOctober 19, 2024civil war, reconstruction, slavery, book reviews
Following the road to Civil War through Massachusetts and South Carolina (review of Robert Merry’s ‘Decade of disunion’) The Washington PostRichard KreitnerJuly 13, 2024civil war, second civil war, book reviews, slavery, abolitionism
A Savannah Poet (review of Jason Friedman's 'Liberty Street') Jewish Review of BooksRichard KreitnerJuly 1, 2024book reviews, civil war, slavery, literature, jews
The Conquered General (review of Elizabeth Varon's 'Longstreet') SlateRichard KreitnerNovember 20, 2023civil war, reconstruction, book reviews, slavery
How Thomas Smallwood helped hundreds of enslaved people find freedom (review of Scott Shane's 'Flee North') The Washington PostRichard KreitnerSeptember 8, 2023slavery, abolitionism, book reviews
Biographical Fallacy (review of James Traub’s Judah Benjamin) Jewish CurrentsRichard KreitnerFebruary 3, 2022jews, slavery, civil war, book reviews
Did the Constitution Pave the Way for Emancipation? (review of James Oakes' 'The Crooked Path to Abolition') The NationRichard KreitnerOctober 6, 2021slavery, constitution, civil war, reconstruction, history, book reviews
The Unreconstructed Radical (review of Bruce Levine's 'Thaddeus Stevens') The BafflerRichard KreitnerMay 13, 2021civil war, book reviews, reconstruction, abolitionism, slavery, constitution
Tear Down This Statue The BafflerRichard KreitnerJuly 6, 2020monuments, civil war, constitution, slavery
When the North Almost Seceded Richard KreitnerOctober 28, 2016secession, trump, constitution, slavery, abolitionism
Jefferson: Hero or Villain? It’s Complicated (interview with Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf) The Boston ReviewRichard KreitnerJune 7, 2016presidents, interviews, slavery
Fog of War: Inside the Strange, Compelling World of Civil War Reenactments Brooklyn MagazineRichard KreitnerSeptember 4, 2015civil war, photography, slavery, monuments
Vigilance: On the Underground Railroad (review of Eric Foner’s Gateway to Freedom) The NationRichard KreitnerMay 11, 2015slavery, civil war, abolitionism, book reviews
This Long-Lost Constitutional Clause Could Save the Right to Vote Richard KreitnerJanuary 21, 2015civil war, reconstruction, history, constitution, slavery
"Lincoln," Thaddeus Stevens, and Why American Politics Still Needs Radicals The NationRichard KreitnerDecember 10, 2012civil war, film, slavery, reconstruction, presidents, history