Joseph Neighbor is a Florida-born, Brooklyn-based writer. He has written about history, the arts, and science for the Believer, Salon, Grantland, Hyperalleric, and the L Magazine, among others.
Joseph Neighbor
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The Algebra of Justice
The Underground Railroad is among the most celebrated instances of civil disobedience in US history. But, though famous and beloved, it’s cloaked in mystery. As an extralegal, clandestine operation, it left relatively little in the way of documentation. We will never know how many slaves absconded to freedom or how many activists helped. “For very […]
