James Brewer Stewart, James Wallace Professor of History Emeritus at Macalester College, St. Paul Minnesota, specializes in the history of the abolition of slavery in the United States and in the greater Atlantic world.
Over the past four decades, he has published ten books and over 60 articles, all addressing this broad and complex topic.
Besides having held the position of President of the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic (2005), he continues to serve on advisory boards for the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Emancipation and Resistance (Yale University), the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and the Smithsonian's Museum of African American History.
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With Richard J.M. Blackett (Vanderbilt University), he co-edits a book series titled "Abolition, Antislavery and the Atlantic World" for Louisiana State University Press.
His current project, “Abolishing Slavery in Lincoln's Time and Ours" links the contemporary problem of human trafficking to the historical legacies of slavery. |
Keynote Speaker: Lecture Bowl, 4:00 p.m.
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Keynote Speaker: Lecture Bowl, 4:00 p.m.
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