Cory James Young
@coryjamesyoung.bsky.social
assistant professor of history at UIowa | personal account | northern slavery, legal history, Black America | i ♥️ WNY
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Project MUSE - Hereditary Term Slavery and the Pursuit of Restitution in Antebellum Pennsylvania
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I contributed this article to a special issue of the Journal of the Early Republic on "Free State" slavery. It previews one of my book's principle interventions: the concept of hereditary term slavery during the age of gradual abolition.
It is a privilege to appear in print with my co-contributors.
It is a privilege to appear in print with my co-contributors.
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One effect of the gendered split in the US political imagination, in which liberals are feminized and conservatives are masculinized, is that liberals’ opposition to the right is cast as disavowed sexual desire. Liberals secretly want fascism, in this view, the same way women secretly want rape.
I don’t know what I expected when I saw that Chris Rufo was taking on the “fascism canard” but lol
January 31, 2026 at 5:43 PM
One effect of the gendered split in the US political imagination, in which liberals are feminized and conservatives are masculinized, is that liberals’ opposition to the right is cast as disavowed sexual desire. Liberals secretly want fascism, in this view, the same way women secretly want rape.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Woke 2 is gonna be lit
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Woke 2 is gonna be lit
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"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
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the Minneapolis activists really have learned from 2020 too. they didn't try and fight the last battle again. extraordinary discipline.
January 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
the Minneapolis activists really have learned from 2020 too. they didn't try and fight the last battle again. extraordinary discipline.
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it is probably because they are responding to their earlier errors by taking positive action now, which helps defend their neighbors, rather than by retroactive reputation management in the Atlantic, which does not
January 26, 2026 at 1:48 PM
it is probably because they are responding to their earlier errors by taking positive action now, which helps defend their neighbors, rather than by retroactive reputation management in the Atlantic, which does not
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The Vermont Symphony Orchestra is funding the composition of a song about Charity and Sylvia, drawing from their letters. What a delightful story! 🗃️ #lesbianhistory #queerhistory
www.wcax.com/2026/01/23/v...
www.wcax.com/2026/01/23/v...
VSO to turn 19th-century Vermont same-sex love story into song
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will create an original work about one of the earliest-documented same-sex couples in the United States.
www.wcax.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra is funding the composition of a song about Charity and Sylvia, drawing from their letters. What a delightful story! 🗃️ #lesbianhistory #queerhistory
www.wcax.com/2026/01/23/v...
www.wcax.com/2026/01/23/v...
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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They have killed a poet and a nurse.
January 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM
They have killed a poet and a nurse.
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Someone should do something
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Someone should do something
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MN protestors #protip put 2 Idaho Russets in the oven at 420 degrees for 45 min, take them out and foil wrap, 1 in each pocket before you go out. Theyll stay warm for 3-4 hours even in this weather and you can eat em when you like. They used to send us kids out like this back in the 70s trust me.
January 23, 2026 at 2:39 PM
MN protestors #protip put 2 Idaho Russets in the oven at 420 degrees for 45 min, take them out and foil wrap, 1 in each pocket before you go out. Theyll stay warm for 3-4 hours even in this weather and you can eat em when you like. They used to send us kids out like this back in the 70s trust me.
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More than 400 years of history and a decade of advocacy were torn down Thursday afternoon when National Park Service employees removed every single display at the President’s House.
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 23, 2026 at 10:33 PM
More than 400 years of history and a decade of advocacy were torn down Thursday afternoon when National Park Service employees removed every single display at the President’s House.
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
January 23, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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***DEEP SIGH***
This is just the latest in our centuries-long fight over how to commemorate George Washington's involvement in slavery. It began while he was still alive, and continued immediately after his death, in the lead-up to Civil War, through Jim Crow, Civil Rights, and Black Lives Matter.
This is just the latest in our centuries-long fight over how to commemorate George Washington's involvement in slavery. It began while he was still alive, and continued immediately after his death, in the lead-up to Civil War, through Jim Crow, Civil Rights, and Black Lives Matter.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 9:52 PM
***DEEP SIGH***
This is just the latest in our centuries-long fight over how to commemorate George Washington's involvement in slavery. It began while he was still alive, and continued immediately after his death, in the lead-up to Civil War, through Jim Crow, Civil Rights, and Black Lives Matter.
This is just the latest in our centuries-long fight over how to commemorate George Washington's involvement in slavery. It began while he was still alive, and continued immediately after his death, in the lead-up to Civil War, through Jim Crow, Civil Rights, and Black Lives Matter.
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Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
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From 1961 to 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for us on the state of civil rights and race relations in America. In this piece from 1966, he wrote about economic justice as the next struggle for the civil rights movement. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
The Last Steep Ascent
New obstacles should not be deplored but welcomed because their presence proves we are closer to the ultimate decision.
www.thenation.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 PM
From 1961 to 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for us on the state of civil rights and race relations in America. In this piece from 1966, he wrote about economic justice as the next struggle for the civil rights movement. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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Just a reminder that being a Rams fan is a mortal sin.
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Just a reminder that being a Rams fan is a mortal sin.
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not tbh how historians wanted to get here
Given the open racism and rampant racial profiling by ICE, maybe this will be the first MLK Day in recent history where Republicans do *not* trot out the Only MLK Quote They Know
January 18, 2026 at 9:50 PM
not tbh how historians wanted to get here
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If enough of us choose to escalate the protests & noncompliance in this moment, I believe this tottering & incompetent regime will collapse under the crushing weight of its miserable & deeply unpopular policies.
wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.
Opinion | This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
If enough of us choose to escalate the protests & noncompliance in this moment, I believe this tottering & incompetent regime will collapse under the crushing weight of its miserable & deeply unpopular policies.
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The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
January 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.