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Keri Leigh Merritt @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social · 20h

Happy to announce that after my Lillian Smith bio comes out in Sept 2026, a new 10 year anniversary edition of #MasterlessMen - edited down with a new introduction - will debut spring 2027 (@CambridgeUP).

It will also have a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Hahn!!!

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations!

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 2d

You can use the code 10VABOOKS to receive 30% off your preorder of Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia. www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10193/

Freedom in the Age of Slavery

An authoritative study of the free people of color in the largest state of the Old SouthVirginia was the state with the most enslaved

www.upress.virginia.edu

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LSU Press @lsupress.bsky.social · 2d

“A key contribution of Cirillo's intricate and insightful book is to reframe the chronology of the American abolitionist movement by making the Civil War ‘the center of, rather than a bookend to, its story.’"— New review in 𝘑𝘈𝘏 https://bit.ly/abolitionistcivilwar

The Abolitionist Civil War

Winner of the 2024 Wiley-Silver Prize in Civil War HistoryFinalist for the 2024 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln PrizeThe astonishing transformation of the abolitionis...

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 2d

smh 😬

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 2d

We don’t talk enough about how physically exhausting archival work can be. I stood for 8 hours in an uncomfortable stress position today and took about 2000 pictures of these huge ledgers. My brain is fizzing, but my dogs are barking and my back hurts like hell. I wouldn’t swap this for anything! 🗃️

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David Silkenat @davidsilkenat.bsky.social · 2d

Very happy to be included in the new issue of @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social History Now, with @mkn.bsky.social, @catherinemcneur.bsky.social, Keith Pluymers, Lauret Savoy, and Sara Dant www.gilderlehrman.org/history-now/...

The Natural Resources of the United States in the Shaping of History | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

The Natural Resources of the United States in the Shaping of History | | SPECIAL FEATURE A pair of recent Book Breaks episodes featuring contributors to History Now 76: “Saving Yellowstone: Exploratio...

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 8d

Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia coming to a bookstore near you in May 2026. Available for preorder now. For more info, see www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10193/

book cover featuring image of Mary Smith Peake, teacher

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations!

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 8d

✨ An inspiring evening at the NC State Archives with @unchistory.bsky.social profs Fitzhugh Brundage, @kathleenduval.bsky.social, and Joseph Glatthaar to celebrate the publication of Foundations of American Democracy.

Now available to all North Carolinians via a free digital edition on NC LIVE! 📚

Editors & UNC-Chapel Hill Historians Miguel La Serna, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Kathleen DuVal with copies of Foundations of American Democracy: A Critical Documents Reader.

Panel moderated by Dr. Darin Waters, Deputy Secretary, Office of Archives & History

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 8d

Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia coming to a bookstore near you in May 2026. Available for preorder now. For more info, see www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10193/

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Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 8d

‘Impossible not to feel the loss’: Duke Libraries address cost-cutting process, faculty governance (North Carolina) 📚
#AcademicLibraries dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

‘Impossible not to feel the loss’: Duke Libraries address cost-cutting process, faculty governance

At Thursday’s Academic Council meeting, Joseph Salem, vice provost for library affairs, defended the cost-cutting process, which included voluntary separation incentives, cuts to print collections and...

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 9d

SMH

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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 10d

The last five years have thrown hurdles in WRAL’s path, including a string of high-profile departures. But in spite of the headwinds, WRAL is still relatively well-positioned. It has a newsroom staff of 143 and a host of profitable companies.

WRAL-TV Fights to Succeed in a New Media World

WRAL confronts a precarious future as locally owned television stations deal with declining viewership and advertising revenue.

www.theassemblync.com

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you!

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks! I promise, no more books after this one.

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 10d

Next year is going to be a busy year for me. I have not one but two books coming out in 2026. Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color will be released by the UVA Press in May 2026. www.amazon.com/Freedom-Age-...

Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia

Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia [Milteer Jr. Jr., Professor Warren Eugene] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 11d

The copyedits for Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom are in, and now the preorder page is up on Amazon. www.amazon.com/This-Strife-...

Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era

Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era [Milteer Jr., Warren Eugene] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 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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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 11d

An analysis by @propublica.org and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.

www.theassemblync.com/environment/...

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene

A ProPublica and Assembly analysis of the more rural counties Helene pummeled found households that got the most aid had higher incomes.

www.theassemblync.com

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Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 11d

We're hiring 2 tenure-track positions this year at FSU's History dept, one in US post 1865 and the other in sub-Saharan Africa -- just CV, letter, and online app to apply by Nov 3.

I'm not on either search committee (I'm on research leave in the spring) but am happy to answer any questions!

Image of FSU's main building surrounded by tropical plants, live oaks, and Spanish moss.

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you! I appreciate the interest and support.

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Warren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 11d

The copyedits for Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom are in, and now the preorder page is up on Amazon. www.amazon.com/This-Strife-...

Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era

Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era [Milteer Jr., Warren Eugene] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 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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Greg O’Malley @gogogomalley.bsky.social · 14d

Finishing a Ph.D. on slavery in early American or Atlantic history this year? Consider applying for the University of California's President's Postdoc program. I'd love to sponsor at applicant if working with me @ucsantacruz.bsky.social might be a good fit!
ppfp.ucop.edu/info/how-to-...

How to apply

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 13d

Enjoyed doing this interview with Luke Pickrell from Berkeley on his podcast Democratic Constitution. Do support his podcast on Apple. youtu.be/nEb4izWdf8k?...

Manisha Sinha on the Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic

YouTube video by The Democratic Constitution Podcast

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Kentucky Historical Society @kyhistsoc.bsky.social · 15d

Upcoming funding deadline alert🚨 #skystorians. Fall deadline for the KHS research fellowship program is October 1, 2025. Funding available for wide range of research topics & time periods. Come see us in #Kentucky! 🐎 history.ky.gov/khs-for-me/f...

Research Fellowships | Kentucky Historical Society

To help facilitate your research, KHS offers short-term fellowships (one to four weeks) to promote scholarship on any facet of Kentucky’s history.

history.ky.gov

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