Did Adam Smith—celebrated hero of free trade—make a big exception for reasons of national defense? Would he support the Jones ...

Slavery tends to tyranny. * It is directly opposed to the fundamental principles of republicanism, maintained in that part of the Declaration of Independence, which declares: ‘That all men are created ...

Caleb Petitt is a Research Associate for the Independent Institute, where he researches historical political economy, history of economic thought, and trade. He holds a PhD in economics from George ...

Born in Dandridge, Tennessee, John Rankin was an American Presbyterian minister and abolitionist who moved to Ripley, Ohio in 1822 and became the state’s first and most active “conductor” on the ...

An episode interviewing Caleb Franz covering the life of the abolitionist minister John Rankin. From his hilltop home in Ripley, Ohio, Rankin established a safe haven for enslaved people crossing the ...

In Stockbridge Cemetery, Massachusetts, there is a plot known as “Sedgwick Pie,” due to its unusual circular shape. The plot centers around Theodore and Pamela Sedgwick’s graves, with their children ...

Author of The Conductor: The Story of Rev. John Rankin, Abolitionism’s Essential Founding Father. Caleb’s work has been featured in various outlets including RealClear History, the Washington Examiner ...

By Levi D. Slamm New York Daily Plebeian, 11 April 1844 The Oregon dispute promises to be one of the most vexed subjects that we have had to settle with Great Britain [,] perhaps not less tangled than ...