A green box containing the table of contents for the February 2025 Journal of Southern History: "Abductors/Liberators and the Underground Railroad," by R. J. M. Blackett "The Rise and Fall of the Southern Commercial Conventions of 1837–1839," by Richard Campbell "Good Roads Training: Object Lessons and Visual Spectacle in Early-Twentieth-Century Progressivism," by Brian M. Ingrassia "The WPA Redeemer Narratives: White Mississippians and Reconstruction Memory in the New Deal Era," by Jason Morgan Ward

✍️ YEAR IN REVIEW ✍️ Journal of Southern History, Vol. 91

The February 2025 JSH featured work by Richard Campbell, Brian M. Ingrassia, and Jason Morgan Ward, as well as the #2024SHA presidential address by R. J. M. Blackett

muse.jhu.edu/issue/54191

"Abductors/Liberators and the Underground Railraod" by Richard R. J. M. Blackett

ICYMI: From the most recent JSH (February 2025): The #2024SHA presidential address by R. J. M. Blackett, "Abductors/Liberators and the Underground Railroad" muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

NEW in the February 2025 JSH: The #2024SHA presidential address by R. J. M. Blackett, "Abductors/Liberators and the Underground Railroad" muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

The @thesouthernsha.bsky.social has posted @drkarenlcox.bsky.social's SAWH annual address from the #2024SHA on their YouTube page. Watch her address, "Finding Your (History) Joy: A Message of Hope about Career Possibilities" here: youtu.be/f2aBH6Oqfso?...

Back from #2024SHA to find that the print copies of the November JSH have arrived. For more on the new issue, see thesha.org/contents

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It was wonderful to see everyone at a fantastic #2024SHA in Kansas City! Hope to see you all next year in St. Pete Beach! Don't forget to get in your proposals for #2025SHA -- the proposal window closes Dec. 6. More info here: thesha.org/submit-a-pro...

Back at work this morning after a whirlwind trip to KC for the #2024SHA! It's always fun to see old friends & catch up! Already looking forward to next year!

I can't put into words how much this writing group has meant to me & to finally get to meet in person at the #2024SHA #WHA2024 extravaganza was absolutely amazing! Incredibly thankful for these friends! @carolineegrego.bsky.social @lindstorian.bsky.social (We missed you @robgreeneii.bsky.social!)

Thank you, KC! #2024SHA @thesouthernsha.bsky.social
Until next year ⬇️⬇️⬇️

So far, I have laughed, almost cried, & cheered during @drkarenlcox.bsky.social's annual address for the SAWH at #2024SHA

Court Carney, RECKONING WITH THE DEVIL: Nathan Bedford Forrest in Myth and Memory (LSU Press)

And in the JSH — Court Carney, "The Contested Image of Nathan Bedford Forrest" (Aug. 2001): www.jstor.org/stable/3070019 #2024SHA

Gregg L. Michel, SPYING ON STUDENTS: The FBI, Red Squads, and Student Activists in the 1960s South (LSU Press)

In the JSH: Gregg L. Michel, "Surveilling the Memphis Movement: Police Spying in Memphis, 1968–1976" (Nov 2021)
muse.jhu.edu/article/840047 #2024SHA

Ready for Richard Blackett's #2024SHA presidential address, "Abductors/Liberators and the Underground Railroad" -- He also helpfully points out it will be available to read in the February JSH: www.thesha.org/contents#upc...

Project MUSE - The Financialization of Slavery by the First and Second Banks of the United States

Congrats to Sharon Ann Murphy, for the #2024SHA Wall Award for Banking on Slavery (Univ of Chicago Press, 2023). You can read some of her work from this project in the JSH: : "The Financialization of Slavery by the First and Second Banks of the United States" (Aug 2021) muse.jhu.edu/article/805778

Project MUSE - Enforcing the Fugitive Slave Acts in the South: Federalism, Irony, and the Conflict of Jurisdictions, 1787–1861

Congratulations to Alice L. Baumgartner, for the honorable mention #2024SHA Ruddy Award in southern legal history, for her JSH article, "Enforcing the Fugitive Slave Acts in the South: Federalism, Irony, and the Conflict of Jurisdictions, 1787–1861" muse.jhu.edu/article/860691

Hunter Price, SACRED CAPITAL: Methodism & Settler Colonialism in the Empire of Liberty (UVA Press)

JSH: “The Traveling Life of John Littlejohn: Methodism, Mobility, & Social Exchange from Revolutionary Virginia to Early Republican Kentucky” (May 2016) www.jstor.org/stable/43918... #2024SHA

Gaines M. Foster, THE LIMITS OF THE LOST CAUSE: Essays in Civil War Memory (LSU Press)

And in the JSH — Gaines M. Foster, “Guilt over Slavery: A Historiographical Analysis” (Nov. 1990): www.jstor.org/stable/2210932 #2024SHA

Paul M. Pressly, A SOUTHERN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: Black Georgians & the Promise of Spanish Florida & Indian Country (UGA Press)

JSH: "The Many Worlds of Titus: Marronage, Freedom, & the Entangled Borders of Lowcountry Georgia & Spanish Florida” (Aug 2018) muse.jhu.edu/article/699874 #2024SHA

Book cover of John Bardes, The Carceral City

John Bardes, THE CARCERAL CITY: Slavery and the Making of Mass Incarceration in New Orleans, 1803–1930 @uncpress.bsky.social

And in the JSH —John Bardes, “Redefining Vagrancy: Policing Freedom and Disorder in Reconstruction New Orleans, 1862–1868” (Feb 2018): muse.jhu.edu/article/685199 #2024SHA

Book cover of Peter Kolchin, EMANCIPATION

Peter Kolchin, EMANCIPATION: The Abolition and Aftermath of American Slavery and Russian Serfdom (@yalepress.bsky.social)

And in the JSH — Peter Kolchin, “Reexamining Southern Emancipation in Comparative Perspective” (Feb. 2015): www.jstor.org/stable/43918...

#2024SHA

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Hello #2024SHA and #WHA2024! We are wandering in the book exhibit in search of new work by recent JSH authors 📚Please support all the wonderful presses who support @thesouthernsha.bsky.social and the WHA … (1/n)

Up bright and early and on my way to KC! See y'all soon #2024SHA!

Planning your #2024SHA & #WHA2024 schedule? Save room on Saturday afternoon for Remembered and Forgotten: American Indian Collective Remembrances of the American Civil War & Reconstruction, featuring Malinda Maynor Lowery, @alainaroberts.bsky.social, Lindsey Peterson, myself, & Kevin Bruyneel. 🗃️

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I may not be heading to #2024SHA until tomorrow, but I used the extra time today to go vote!

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Look who @thesouthernsha.bsky.social is here with!

#2024sha #wha2024

#CrossoverEpisode

Annual Meeting Annual Meeting

Looking forward to seeing y'all in Kansas City! #2024SHA thesha.org/meeting

Can't wait to see everyone at the #2024SHA!!

Just over one week until the SHA joint annual meeting with the Western Historical Association!

Who's going to be there? What panels or events are you must excited about? Any can't miss spots in Kansas City? Can't wait to see y'all there!

#2024sha

Annual Meeting Annual Meeting

Who's ready for the Southern? (And the Western!) #2024SHA Oct 24-27, Kansas City

thesha.org/meeting

News from the Southern Historical Association - August 2024

Lots of news this month from the Southern Historical Association ... Check out the August newsletter for info about #2024SHA in Kansas City, writing group and mentoring opportunities, the CFP for #2025SHA in St Pete Beach, and more! mailchi.mp/b5011ae9d9ab...