David Ballantyne
dballantyne.bsky.social
David Ballantyne
@dballantyne.bsky.social
Historian who works mostly on politics, race and memory in the US from the Civil War onwards. Among other things, I like running, music and baking. Views are my own.
My book on Reconstruction came out with @lsupress.bsky.social today! Link below. If you’re interested, I’m giving a book talk tomorrow at 2pm central/8pm UK time. For more details see www.facebook.com/events/16683...

lsupress.org/978080718303...
"Fractured Freedoms: Reconstructing Central Louisiana" Book Launch
Art event in Gardere, LA by LSU Press on Wednesday, February 5 2025 with 209 people interested and 45 people going.
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February 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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In case you are interested, I’m giving a talk online next Wednesday (Feb 5) about my new book on the Civil War, Reconstruction and afterwards in central Louisiana. facebook.com/events/s/fra...
January 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
📚 I wanted to share that my book on the Civil War, Reconstruction, and after in Louisiana will be out next month and I’m giving an online book talk on Feb 5! Details here facebook.com/events/s/fra... and here lsupress.org/978080718303...

@lsupress.bsky.social
Fractured Freedoms
David T. Ballantyne’s Fractured Freedoms is a riveting history of central Louisiana from the 1860s to the 1890s, focusing on majority-Black Rapides Parish ...
lsupress.org
January 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM