Today in History: Vermont Admitted into the Union
On Feb. 18 1791, Congress admitted the state of Vermont to the union. Prior to this event, the Republic of Vermont had previously existed for 14 years as an independent state. Although New York maintained territorial claims over the state, and its popular governor at...
How Northern States Used Nullification to Fight Slavery
This week, I returned to the Tom Woods show to discuss nullification and its use against slavery. Over the weekend, a number of establishment publications, including CNN and ThinkProgress, wrote historically inaccurate “reports” about the history of...
“I am a Nullifier!”
TAC membershipsย help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and readย the full transcript here. A lot of people believe that nullification was a tool of slavers. But it was never used to support slavery. In fact, it was used to...