Interests includes Slavery Gender 19th century legal history digital history and the american civil war. Her recent book at the threshold of liberty Women Slavery and shifting identities in Washington Dc examines africanamerican women strategies of selfdefinition in the context of Slavery Fugitivity courts schools streets, and the meant during the civil War Era she is currently completing a second book the demands of Justice Enslaved Women capital crime and clemency an early, virginia 1705 to 1865 to be published by the university of north carolina press. Speaking today on at the threshold of liberty black women in wartime, washington we welcome to Mika Nunley to the program. Thank you, michelle. And thank you to the Abraham Lincoln Institute for having me today. Ill go ahead and begin throughout the american civil war africanamerican women and girls tested the scope of emancipation policies leverage the conditions of war and redefined the meaning of liberty in the Nations Capital. Leg
Her Research And Teaching interests includes Slavery Gender 19th century legal history digital history and the american civil war. Her recent book at the threshold of liberty Women Slavery and shifting identities in Washington Dc examines africanamerican women strategies of selfdefinition in the context of Slavery Fugitivity courts schools streets, and the meant during the civil War Era she is currently completing a second book the demands of Justice Enslaved Women capital crime and clemency an early, virginia 1705 to 1865 to be published by the university of north carolina press. Speaking today on at the threshold of liberty black women in wartime, washington we welcome to Mika Nunley to the program. Thank you, michelle. And thank you to the Abraham Lincoln Institute for having me today. Ill go ahead and begin throughout the american civil war africanamerican women and girls tested the scope of emancipation policies leverage the conditions of war and redefined the meaning of liberty i
American history at Oberlin College and conservatory in ohio. Although she will soon be joining the faculty in the History Department of cornell university. At oberlin she created the History Design Lab which allows students to develop scholarly projects that involve methodological approaches such as digital humanities public history creative nonfiction and curatorial practices. Her Research And Teaching interests includes Slavery Gender 19th century legal history digital history and the american civil war. Her recent book at the threshold of liberty Women Slavery and shifting identities in Washington Dc examines africanamerican women strategies of selfdefinition in the context of Slavery Fugitivity courts schools streets, and the meant during the civil War Era she is currently completing a second book the demands of Justice Enslaved Women capital crime and clemency an early, virginia 1705 to 1865 to be published by the university of north carolina press. Speaking today on at the thres
from digital humanities, digitalization, hot gas, historical fiction, public history. remember when i said earlier about our speaker s commitment to mentorship and to education. she is the author of essays published in 2018 and 19 on the civil war, transformation of american citizenship and new perspectives of the union war. as i was preparing this introduction with her work in the flagship journal a part of a round table discussion of the views on revision isn t. and the boundaries of freedom in washington, d.c. is now under contract, i am pleased to say, explaining how black women in the nation s capital made claims to liberty during the civil war. the program today free women, mobilizing emancipation and citizenship in wartime washington, d.c. it is from that work that the program today is derived. free women mobilizing and self making in wartime deeds washington d.c.. ladies and gentlemen, tamika nunley. [applause] thank you. good afternoon. i should thank you ex
she s no stranger to virginia, having earned her, one of her m.a. s and phd at the university of virginia. at oberlin, she created the history design lab that allows students to develop projects involving methodological approaches ranging from oral history, podcast, historical fiction and public history. remember what we said about our speakers and their commitment to mentorship and education. she s the author of the civil war and transformation of american citizenship. as i was preparing this introduction, i read her work in the flagship journal civil war history, part of a roundtable discussion about new civil war revisionism. also, women, sl slavery and the boundaries of freedom in washington, d.c. is now under contract, i am pleased to say, explaining how black women in the nation s capital made claims to liberty during the civil war. the program today free women, mobilizing emancipation and citizenship in wartime washington, d.c. ladies and gentlemen, tamika