Deirdre Lyons
@deirdrelyons.bsky.social
Assistant Instructional Professor of History, University of Chicago. Historian of gender in the French Atlantic empire. Always seeking a cozy detective novel and a good 🍷
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Ok, this is really cool: @deirdrelyons.bsky.social is looking at the family networks that (some) mixed race children had on their mother's side, which mattered as the French government liberalized laws regarding manumission in the 1830s and 1840s. #OI2025
June 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Ok, this is really cool: @deirdrelyons.bsky.social is looking at the family networks that (some) mixed race children had on their mother's side, which mattered as the French government liberalized laws regarding manumission in the 1830s and 1840s. #OI2025