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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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Our 2025 ANCH journal prize goes to the exceptional @aishadjelid.bsky.social and her article on slavery and forced intimacy, which has now reached a simply staggering 82,000 VIEWS! Amazing work 🥳
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On this day in US history (1849) - James K. Polk became the first sitting president to have his photograph taken - find out more about Polk in these ANCH articles by Scott Stephan and W. Dusinberre:
Stephan: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Dusinberre:
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Dusinberre:
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President James K. Polk’s deathbed conversion: the contest of ideas and market within the mid-nineteenth-century southern evangelical press
In June 1849, James K. Polk died from cholera in Nashville, less than four months removed from the presidency. Seizing on a sensational column in the New York Herald, the editor of the Tennessee Ba...
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February 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
On this day in US history (1849) - James K. Polk became the first sitting president to have his photograph taken - find out more about Polk in these ANCH articles by Scott Stephan and W. Dusinberre:
Stephan: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Dusinberre:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Stephan: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Dusinberre:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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American Nineteenth Century History
Volume 26, Issue 3 of American Nineteenth Century History
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February 8, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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Today is the anniversary of the start of the California Gold Rush back in 1848, so why not check out an article from our online archives, which explores the development of race relations during this crucial turning point in California's history?
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Hinton Rowan Helper's the land of gold and the evolution of race relations in California
The California Gold Rush of the mid‐nineteenth century attracted a multitude of prospectors from around the world, bringing together a vibrant mix of ethnicities and cultures. Historians have argue...
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January 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Today is the anniversary of the start of the California Gold Rush back in 1848, so why not check out an article from our online archives, which explores the development of race relations during this crucial turning point in California's history?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Looking for a New Year's Resolution? Look no further - how about reading an article a month from 'American Nineteenth Century History'? Simple, achievable and effective! 🇺🇸💡📚
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January 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Looking for a New Year's Resolution? Look no further - how about reading an article a month from 'American Nineteenth Century History'? Simple, achievable and effective! 🇺🇸💡📚
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Our 2025 ANCH journal prize goes to the exceptional @aishadjelid.bsky.social and her article on slavery and forced intimacy, which has now reached a simply staggering 82,000 VIEWS! Amazing work 🥳
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“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...
www.tandfonline.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Our 2025 ANCH journal prize goes to the exceptional @aishadjelid.bsky.social and her article on slavery and forced intimacy, which has now reached a simply staggering 82,000 VIEWS! Amazing work 🥳
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our 2025 ANCH journal prize goes to the exceptional @aishadjelid.bsky.social and her article on slavery and forced intimacy, which has now reached a simply staggering 82,000 VIEWS! Amazing work 🥳
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“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...
www.tandfonline.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Our 2025 ANCH journal prize goes to the exceptional @aishadjelid.bsky.social and her article on slavery and forced intimacy, which has now reached a simply staggering 82,000 VIEWS! Amazing work 🥳
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Check out our multi-expert review of "The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860–1920," by @profmsinha.bsky.social Manisha Sinha
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“Reconstruction: Democracy for All”
Published in American Nineteenth Century History (Vol. 26, No. 2, 2025)
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December 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Check out our multi-expert review of "The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860–1920," by @profmsinha.bsky.social Manisha Sinha
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We are excited to reveal another new article in ANCH, available now ahead of print via our website. In it, Isaiah Sterrett (Boston College) explores how young Northerners maintained a sense of morality and self amidst the maelstrom of the Civil War.
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“To keep me steady”: Northern culture, temptation, and the talismanic home in the Civil War Age
Young people away from home in a world replete with temptation: to many Northerners, this was a disturbing fact of life in the nineteenth century's middle decades. How could a young person operate ...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We are excited to reveal another new article in ANCH, available now ahead of print via our website. In it, Isaiah Sterrett (Boston College) explores how young Northerners maintained a sense of morality and self amidst the maelstrom of the Civil War.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We are excited to reveal another new article in ANCH, available now ahead of print via our website. In it, Isaiah Sterrett (Boston College) explores how young Northerners maintained a sense of morality and self amidst the maelstrom of the Civil War.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“To keep me steady”: Northern culture, temptation, and the talismanic home in the Civil War Age
Young people away from home in a world replete with temptation: to many Northerners, this was a disturbing fact of life in the nineteenth century's middle decades. How could a young person operate ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We are excited to reveal another new article in ANCH, available now ahead of print via our website. In it, Isaiah Sterrett (Boston College) explores how young Northerners maintained a sense of morality and self amidst the maelstrom of the Civil War.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Thrilled to have this roundtable on @profmsinha.bsky.social's (most recent!) hugely significant book. As ever, if you're interested in submitting to @anchistjournal.bsky.social - whether a research essay, historiographical or methodological piece, or perhaps a review roundtable - drop us a line!
Very grateful to American Nineteenth Century History’s David Cox for putting together this wonderful symposium on #theriseandfallofthesecondamericanrepublic which grew out of the panel on the book at the United States Intellectual History conference organized by Benjamin Park.
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Thrilled to have this roundtable on @profmsinha.bsky.social's (most recent!) hugely significant book. As ever, if you're interested in submitting to @anchistjournal.bsky.social - whether a research essay, historiographical or methodological piece, or perhaps a review roundtable - drop us a line!
Fascinating new article in ANCH, available online ahead of print.
K. Howell Keiser Jr. (University of Florida, Gainesville) explores mid-nineteenth century US efforts to reopen the African slave trade: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
K. Howell Keiser Jr. (University of Florida, Gainesville) explores mid-nineteenth century US efforts to reopen the African slave trade: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Demographic theory and the movement to reopen the African slave trade
During the 1850s, southern defenders of slavery used the concepts of Malthusian-Ricardian political economy to contest class relations, territorial policy, and the reopening of the international sl...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Fascinating new article in ANCH, available online ahead of print.
K. Howell Keiser Jr. (University of Florida, Gainesville) explores mid-nineteenth century US efforts to reopen the African slave trade: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
K. Howell Keiser Jr. (University of Florida, Gainesville) explores mid-nineteenth century US efforts to reopen the African slave trade: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Just a reminder, as November reaches its midpoint, there's plenty of innovative US history to enjoy in our latest issue!
The latest issue of American Nineteenth Century History has just dropped online - the perfect thing to fill that awkward gap between Halloween and Thanksgiving! 🎃 🦃 🇺🇸 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fanc20/c...
American Nineteenth Century History
Volume 26, Issue 2 of American Nineteenth Century History
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November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Just a reminder, as November reaches its midpoint, there's plenty of innovative US history to enjoy in our latest issue!
The latest issue of American Nineteenth Century History has just dropped online - the perfect thing to fill that awkward gap between Halloween and Thanksgiving! 🎃 🦃 🇺🇸 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fanc20/c...
American Nineteenth Century History
Volume 26, Issue 2 of American Nineteenth Century History
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November 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The latest issue of American Nineteenth Century History has just dropped online - the perfect thing to fill that awkward gap between Halloween and Thanksgiving! 🎃 🦃 🇺🇸 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fanc20/c...
Are you fascinated by the US Civil War era? If so, we have a number of fantastic ahead-of-print articles available now on our website, bringing fresh light to this complex and always resonant conflict - www.tandfonline.com/action/showA...
Latest articles from American Nineteenth Century History
Browse the latest articles and research from American Nineteenth Century History
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October 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Are you fascinated by the US Civil War era? If so, we have a number of fantastic ahead-of-print articles available now on our website, bringing fresh light to this complex and always resonant conflict - www.tandfonline.com/action/showA...
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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October 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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....
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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.'
You can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
'Enslaved women were not only violent in their interactions with Southern overseers through avenues of assault, homicide, and attempted murder, they were also armed.'
You can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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September 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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.'
You can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
'Enslaved women were not only violent in their interactions with Southern overseers through avenues of assault, homicide, and attempted murder, they were also armed.'
You can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Hot on the heels of the latest issue of ANCH comes a TRIPLE drop of new articles available ahead of print on our website.
September 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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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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....
September 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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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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
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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September 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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
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
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
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
www.tandfonline.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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
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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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
September 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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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@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...
September 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
@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...
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 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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September 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Gettysburg and American history: the Peter J. Parish Memorial Lecture by Adam I. P. Smith
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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August 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....