Articles
John Stuart Mill: A neo-Athenian republican
The influence of the republic of classical Athens on Mill’s thought.
A Liberal for all seasons?
The political career of Percy Alport Molteno, 1861–1937 (Part 2: 1914–37)
The American Civil War and the British women’s movement
How British women anti-slavery campaigners reacted to the war.
Commerce, conscience and constitutions
An examination of the motives of two Liberals who supported the Confederacy.
‘An undoubted error, the most singular and palpable’
Gladstone and the American Civil War.
John Stuart Mill, moral outrage and the American Civil War
Mill’s contribution to developing Liberal support for the North.
‘The voice of reason’
John Bright and his relationship with the Union during the American Civil War.
Letting someone else have your way
The Palmerston Ministry’s foreign policy and the American Civil War.