“Starting in the early 1800s, Southerners in the United States began to defend slavery as their 'peculiar institution,' and northerners didn't mind, since the phrase suggested that chattel bondage was quarantined from the rest of the nation: that it was, or soon would be, a relic of its past and would not define its future.”

American historian and author

Greg Grandin is an American historian and author, and a professor of history at Yale University. He has taught at Yale and previously taught at New York University. His work is known for historical writing and analysis shaped by his academic career. He teaches history and has written widely enough to be associated with 76 quotes on this site.