Books in the The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series series

Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America.

Secession Winter explores the fact of contingency and reminds readers and students that nothing was foreordained.

Written for scholars and students alike, Plantation Kingdom is an accessible and fascinating study.