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The Author’s Corner with Kenneth S. Sacks

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 18, 2024

Kenneth S. Sacks is Professor of History and Classics at Brown University. This interview is based on his new book, Emerson’s Civil Wars: Spirit and Society in the Age of Abolition (Cambridge University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]

The Author’s Corner with Cara Rogers Stevens

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 7, 2024

Cara Rogers Stevens is Associate Professor of History at Ashland University. This interview is based on her new book, Thomas Jefferson and the Fight against Slavery (University Press of Kansas, 2024). JF: What led you to write Thomas Jefferson and the […]

The Author’s Corner with Kirsten Wood

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 19, 2024

Kirsten Wood is Associate Professor of History at Florida International University. This interview is based on her new book, Accommodating the Republic: Taverns in the Early United States (University of North Carolina Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write […]

The Author’s Corner with John Harris

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 13, 2022

John Harris is McDonald-Boswell Assistant Professor of History at Erskine College. This interview is based on his new book, The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage (Yale University Press, 2020). JF: What led you […]

The Author’s Corner with Eric Herschthal

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 6, 2021

Eric Herschthal is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Utah.Ā  This interview is based on his new bookĀ The Science of Abolition: How Slaveholders Became the Enemies of ProgressĀ (Yale University Press 2021). JF: What led you to write The Science […]