Triangle friends: come out tomorrow (April 21) to celebrate the publication of Bill Link's excellent new book on Jesse Helms at Flyleaf books.
John Drescher and I will be on a panel with Link discussing the book and Helms' legacy. Should be fun. Will be even more fun if you're there.
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I discussed this very issue with my students this week.
Job openings. Assistant/Associate Editors, Massachusetts Historical Society, Papers of John Adams.
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Definitely check out the UNC Press booth at OAH. You'll find a copy of my other new book, Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era.
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Stop by and take a look at my new book, Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia.
We are here at #OAH26! Stop by the booth and say hi, chat with an editor, grab some swag, and take advantage of the conference discount! Display copies are 50% off!
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Check out what the UPS driver left at my door. Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom is finally in print.
Today marks the anniversary of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House, so I am celebrating with this bank note issued early in the war from a local savings bank. It features a lovely vignette of artisans at work. Appomattox Savings Bank, Pamplin's Depot, VA, $2, October 1, 1861. 🗄️
Use the code 10VAFORUM26 to receive 40% off Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia. www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10193/
If anyone wants an e-book of *The Slave Ship: A Human History*, it is on sale today on Amazon for $1.99.
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The author copies of Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia have arrived!
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History by Algorithm or What AI Doesn’t Understand About Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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Finished a workshop about the Civil War & Reconstruction with NC teachers today. Only wish more people were in attendance.
Looking forward to checking out this advance copy of Melvin Ely's forthcoming book!
So glad my talk on *Entangled Alliances* got rescheduled after the January ice storm. 📚
You can order Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era along with many other fabulous titles using the UNC Press 30% off discount.
Our American History Sales starts today! Save 30% plus get free shipping on orders over $75 📚
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Christiana Carteaux Bannister is not a name that most people think of when discussing the Civil War. However, she’s an important actor in my forthcoming book, Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom. She was one of the strongest supporters of the 54th Mass. Inf. during the struggle for equal pay.
"Native nations were vital participants, and their choices helped to determine the outcome of the Revolution."
Kathleen DuVal (NHC Fellow, 2008–09; 2025–26) discusses her experience as a historical advisor for Ken Burns’ 2025 docuseries, "The American Revolution."
Help me help you (by you applying and me hopefully giving you money!!!). If you are working on the Intermountain regions of the American West, I'd like to hear about it! Apply and please share and help us spread the word!
Silhouette of a woman with an enormous updo hairdo, long 18th century gown, and an absurd hat perched atop.
How can you be talking about HISTORY with everything that's going on. 18th century history? Women's history? Waves hands.
Friends, it is precisely because of everything that's going on that we need to talk about history much, much more.
