Stephanie McCurry

Stephanie McCurry is a professor of history at Columbia University and the author of Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South.

HistoryNovember 2, 2022

The Civil War’s Economic Shadow

To finance the war, the Union had to turn to the banks, and with lasting consequences.

Stephanie McCurry
HistoryJanuary 30, 2020

Is Impeachment Only About Getting a Conviction?

A new history of Andrew Johnson’s trial reminds us the impeachment is not only a tool to constrain executive abuse of power, but also a way to publicize dissent on matters of policy and principle.

Stephanie McCurry
HistorySeptember 13, 2016

Who Freed the Slaves?

For some time now, the answer has not been the abolitionists.

Stephanie McCurry

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Stephanie McCurry

HistoryNovember 2, 2022

To finance the war, the Union had to turn to the banks, and with lasting consequences.

HistoryJanuary 30, 2020

A new history of Andrew Johnson’s trial reminds us the impeachment is not only a tool to constrain executive abuse of power, but also a way to publicize dissent on matters of policy and principle.

HistorySeptember 13, 2016

For some time now, the answer has not been the abolitionists.