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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · 4d

Our latest article is now available ahead of print! In it, Sean A. Scott explores the contested nature of loyalty to both church and state during the Civil War - find out more on our website 📚 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Episcopalians in Civil War Washington: loyalty, prayer, and the struggle over religious authority within the Diocese of Maryland

In 1862, the Episcopal bishop of Maryland, William Whittingham, issued a prayer of thanksgiving for deliverance from the Confederate blockade to be used expressly by parishes in Washington, D.C. Th...

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Erin Shearer @erinshearer.bsky.social · 15d

Thrilled to see my research published in @anchistjournal.bsky.social!

'Enslaved women were not only violent in their interactions with Southern overseers through avenues of assault, homicide, and attempted murder, they were also armed.'

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Challenging the overseer: enslaved women’s violent resistance in the US antebellum South

This article examines violent confrontations between enslaved women and white overseeing men, exploring how enslaved women opposed overseers through the weaponization of objects and fixtures on sit...

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · 10d

The first is a historiographical essay interrogating the past quarter century of scholarship examining women's roles during the US Civil War era by Professor Catherine Clinton of The University of Texas at San Antonio:

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Gender, sex, and the civil war: battling for inclusion

A historiographical essay interrogating the past quarter century of scholarship examining women's roles during the U.S. Civil War era. Issues of sexuality and sensibilities, morality and masculinit...

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · 10d

The third - and latest - of our new articles analyses Orientalism and masculinity in the discourse of American newspapers in the late nineteenth century and is by Dr Mert Deniz of Halic Universitesi:

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“The Terrible Turk” in industrial America: a case of orientalism in late nineteenth-century American newspapers

This study analyzes Orientalism and masculinity in the discourse of American newspapers in the late nineteenth century. For this purpose, it focuses on the newspaper reports about a Muslim-Ottoman ...

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · 10d

The second new article is an OPEN ACCESS piece examining violent confrontations between enslaved women and white overseeing men by Dr @erinshearer.bsky.social of the @raioxford.bsky.social at the University of Oxford:

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Challenging the overseer: enslaved women’s violent resistance in the US antebellum South

This article examines violent confrontations between enslaved women and white overseeing men, exploring how enslaved women opposed overseers through the weaponization of objects and fixtures on sit...

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · 10d

Hot on the heels of the latest issue of ANCH comes a TRIPLE drop of new articles available ahead of print on our website.

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David Silkenat @davidsilkenat.bsky.social · 22d

In 2014, I wrote an article about the Scourged Back photo for @anchistjournal.bsky.social which has generated more public interest than nearly anything I've written. The erasure of this image, which remains as powerful today and when it was taken, horrifies me. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · 29d

The latest issue of "American Nineteenth Century History" is now out! 🙌

This special issue's focus is "Universities and Slavery," it is edited by Benedict Carton & Natalie Zacek, and features contributions from Chana Kai Lee, George D. Oberle III & Wendi N. Manuel-Scott

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Universities and Slavery. Volume 26, Issue 1 of American Nineteenth Century History

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · 29d

The latest issue of "American Nineteenth Century History" is now out! 🙌

This special issue's focus is "Universities and Slavery," it is edited by Benedict Carton & Natalie Zacek, and features contributions from Chana Kai Lee, George D. Oberle III & Wendi N. Manuel-Scott

American Nineteenth Century History

Universities and Slavery. Volume 26, Issue 1 of American Nineteenth Century History

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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 29d

Delighted to see this important special edition of @anchistjournal.bsky.social "Universities and Slavery" out now, edited by Benedict Carton & Natalie Zacek, and featuring contributions from Chana Kai Lee, George D. Oberle III, Wendi N. Manuel-Scott

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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · Sep 7

@branchuk.bsky.social @anchistjournal.bsky.social BrANCH/BGEAH conference looking real now. Who doesn't love putting name tags into plastic wallets and lanyards. Rock n roll...

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · Sep 7

As summer comes to an end, why not try out our most-read paper of 2025 so far. It's OPEN ACCESS, so no subscription necessary...

Gettysburg and American history: the Peter J. Parish Memorial Lecture by Adam I. P. Smith

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Gettysburg and American history: the Peter J. Parish memorial lecture 2023

The article asks why Gettysburg has always been the granted an exceptional place in the memory of the Civil War. It argues that Gettysburg, more perfectly than any other battle, has suited narrativ...

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · Aug 30

This summer, why not try out our most-read papers? Our second most-read paper of 2025 so far is OPEN ACCESS: The price of knowledge: universities and slavery in Anglo-American perspective by Natalie Zacek

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The price of knowledge: universities and slavery in Anglo-American perspective

This article centers on the different ways that English and American universities have uncovered, publicized, and responded to their historical connections to transatlantic slavery. It argues that ...

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · Aug 21

NEW ARTICLE: April Haynes assesses the historiography of nineteenth-century movements for women's rights in a recent article for ANCH: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Nineteenth-century feminist historiography: continuities, intersections, and breakthroughs

This article assesses the interpretations of nineteenth-century movements for women's rights and finds that the historiography has been shaped equally by narrative continuity and interpretive debat...

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Dr. Jim Downs @jimdowns.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thrilled to publish this article on queer heritage in the 19th Century and beyond

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · Aug 20

NEW ARTICLE: @jimdowns.bsky.social explores the fascinating history of queer history in a recent article for ANCH: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Fellow time travelers: creating queer heritage in the detritus of untold genealogies

The invitation to provide an assessment of the growing, outstanding historiography on nineteenth-century queer sexuality is an honor. I immediately imagined writing an essay that would span from Je...

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · Aug 12

This summer, why not try out our most-read papers?

Our third most read paper in 2025 so far is OPEN ACCESS:

From Brazil to Brattle street: the transnational history of emperor Dom Pedro II’s dinner with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Stefan Aguirre Quiroga

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From Brazil to Brattle street: the transnational history of emperor Dom Pedro II’s dinner with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Through a transnational and microhistorical approach, this article seeks to interpret the Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II’s 1876 visit to Boston, Massachusetts, with a focus on the June 10 dinner be...

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · Jul 21

OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE: Looking for some summer reading? 📚 Why not try this fascinating article by Bill L. Smith on the weaponization of canines by enslavers in the antebellum American South and the manner in which abolitionists used reports of canine attacks in their fight against slavery... 📘📗📕

“Open jaws of this monster-tyranny”: abolitionism, resistance, and slave-hunting canines

This article focuses on the weaponization of canines by enslavers in the antebellum American South and the manner in which abolitionists used reports of canine attacks in their fight against slaver...

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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · Jul 14

Applications still open for this exciting opportunity. Happy to take questions via DM or email.

American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · Jun 21

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Exciting news - the journal is looking for a new book review editor or editors! For details of the role and how to apply, visit the journal website at: www.branch.org.uk/anch Deadline: 28 July 2025 📚✒️

ANCH — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · Jun 21

NEW ARTICLE: Professor Chana Kai Lee (@universityofga.bsky.social‬) explores evidence, both seen and unseen, about this reality for unfree laborers at the University of Georgia before the Civil War: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Of counterhistories and black collective memory: enslaved people and the University of Georgia

The history of slavery at the University of Georgia paralleled the experiences of other colleges during the early nineteenth century. Enslaved persons cooked for students, faculty, and administrato...

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · Jun 21

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Exciting news - the journal is looking for a new book review editor or editors! For details of the role and how to apply, visit the journal website at: www.branch.org.uk/anch Deadline: 28 July 2025 📚✒️

ANCH — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

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Hilary Green, PhD @hngreen.bsky.social · May 29

For those who could not hear this address in person, here is the published version. Thank you for the amazing editors and team at American Nineteenth Century History and BrANCH!

American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · May 28

An innovative NEW PAPER in ANCH. @hngreen.bsky.social, James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College, calls for a new subfield in Civil War memory studies, focusing on the experiences, traditions, and community practices of African Americans.

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“Toward a new future in civil war memory studies”

This paper calls for the development of new subfield for exploring the experiences, traditions, and community practices of African Americans remembered and commemorated the American Civil War. Afri...

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · May 28

An innovative NEW PAPER in ANCH. @hngreen.bsky.social, James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College, calls for a new subfield in Civil War memory studies, focusing on the experiences, traditions, and community practices of African Americans.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“Toward a new future in civil war memory studies”

This paper calls for the development of new subfield for exploring the experiences, traditions, and community practices of African Americans remembered and commemorated the American Civil War. Afri...

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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · May 28

Many congratulations to @aishadjelid.bsky.social – whose recent article for ANCH has been shortlisted for the @royalhistsoc.org Early Career Article Prize 2025 🥳. Fingers crossed for July! 🤞 Read it now for free on our website – OPEN ACCESS.

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“The master whished to reproduce”: slavery, forced intimacy, and enslavers’ interference in sexual relationships in the antebellum South, 1808–1861

This article examines the extent to which enslavers across the antebellum South forced enslaved men and women to reproduce. Using a spectrum of violence as a tool of coercion, enslavers coerced, ca...

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Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · May 28

Excited to see my article published in @anchistjournal.bsky.social has been shortlisted alongside some amazing scholarship!

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · May 28

The shortlist for the Society's 2025 Early Career Article Prize is now available bit.ly/4mS0hUz

Eight articles have been selected, following an open call for submissions. Two winners of the 2025 prize will be announced in July.

The RHS First Book Prize Shortlist is published tomorrow. #Skystorians

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Image of the covers of eight academic journals in which are published the shortlisted articles for the 2025 RHS Early Career Article Prize.

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