Warren Milteer
@wemilteer.bsky.social
Historian; Author of Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era (coming soon); Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South (2021); and more at warrenmilteer.com
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Warren Milteer
@wemilteer.bsky.social
· Oct 2
Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia coming to a bookstore near you in May 2026. Available for preorder now. For more info, see www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10193/
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The C. Vann Woodward Award for the best dissertation written on Southern history in the preceding year is awarded to Jewel Parker #2025SHA
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The C. Vann Woodward Award for the best dissertation written on Southern history in the preceding year is awarded to Jewel Parker #2025SHA
Now available for preorder on the UNC Press website.
Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom by @wemilteer.bsky.social
The story of free people of color before and during the Civil War. Builders of freedom in their own right, front and center in the fight for rights, belonging, and real citizenship. uncpress.org/978146969499...
The story of free people of color before and during the Civil War. Builders of freedom in their own right, front and center in the fight for rights, belonging, and real citizenship. uncpress.org/978146969499...
Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom
Free people of color were both architects of equal rights and active participants in the Civil War, on and off the battlefield. Their unique status as alread...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Now available for preorder on the UNC Press website.
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So many want an individual hero or savior. In religion. In politics. In celebrity. Is this universal or more pronounced in this individualist society?
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So many want an individual hero or savior. In religion. In politics. In celebrity. Is this universal or more pronounced in this individualist society?
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Friends, I could not be more excited to let you know that my book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, is out today from Penguin. I’m super proud of it and super grateful to all the scholars whose work informs it. I hope you’ll take a peek and spread the word!
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The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
The American Revolution and the Fate of the World [Bell, Richard] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
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November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Friends, I could not be more excited to let you know that my book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, is out today from Penguin. I’m super proud of it and super grateful to all the scholars whose work informs it. I hope you’ll take a peek and spread the word!
amzn.to/4nHkziG
amzn.to/4nHkziG
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Missed the conversation live? Check it out on our YouTube page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPWU...
SHA Across the Generations Interview, featuring Dr. Lorri Glover and Dr. Lauren Duval
YouTube video by Southern Historical Association
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November 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Missed the conversation live? Check it out on our YouTube page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPWU...
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In today's Muster, contributor Kris Plunkett examines the rise of the New Lost Cause in Post-Civil Rights era alternative history stories www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/10/alte...
Alternative Fictions: The New Lost Cause in the Post-Civil Rights Era - The Journal of the Civil War Era
“What if the South Won the Civil War?” Answers to this question reflect shifts in collective memory as authors use artistic license to reframe the real-world past.[1] Mackinlay Kantor’s answer in 1960...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In today's Muster, contributor Kris Plunkett examines the rise of the New Lost Cause in Post-Civil Rights era alternative history stories www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/10/alte...
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Today the Court starts two weeks of oral arguments. You can tune in to watch live here: www.youtube.com/@supremecour...
Supreme Court of North Carolina
The Supreme Court of North Carolina is the state’s highest court, and there is no further appeal from its decisions on matters of state law. It is made up of the Chief Justice, who also serves as head...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Today the Court starts two weeks of oral arguments. You can tune in to watch live here: www.youtube.com/@supremecour...
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It’s officially pub day for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America‘s First Opioid Crisis! Available at a bookshop near you. Thanks to everyone who made it possible to bring this research to life! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146968953...
October 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It’s officially pub day for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America‘s First Opioid Crisis! Available at a bookshop near you. Thanks to everyone who made it possible to bring this research to life! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146968953...
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New podcast with @alkleintop.bsky.social about her new book COUNTING THE COST OF FREEDOM: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation After the Civil War just dropped on the UNC Press Presents Podcast via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 🎧👇
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October 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New podcast with @alkleintop.bsky.social about her new book COUNTING THE COST OF FREEDOM: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation After the Civil War just dropped on the UNC Press Presents Podcast via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 🎧👇
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newbooksnetwork.com/counting-the...
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Walking the streets of Gettysburg in October:
October 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Walking the streets of Gettysburg in October:
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St Peter’s Church in #Zurich where Mary Church #Terrell, the only Black delegate to the 1919 Women’s #Peace Congress, gave a key address urging delegates to include the end of lynching in the US as part of their vision of peace. Also: more mountains!
#womenshistory #blackhistory #pacifism #philsky
#womenshistory #blackhistory #pacifism #philsky
October 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
St Peter’s Church in #Zurich where Mary Church #Terrell, the only Black delegate to the 1919 Women’s #Peace Congress, gave a key address urging delegates to include the end of lynching in the US as part of their vision of peace. Also: more mountains!
#womenshistory #blackhistory #pacifism #philsky
#womenshistory #blackhistory #pacifism #philsky
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As the 2026 legislative session approaches, audiologists are urging legislators to revisit the proposal, saying the lack of coverage for hearing aids affects thousands of Mississippians each year.
Music Student Pays $3,000 for Hearing Aid Due to Coverage Gap
Emma Walker’s choice between surgery or paying thousands of dollars for a hearing aid highlights a coverage gap in Mississippi for hearing aids.
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October 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
As the 2026 legislative session approaches, audiologists are urging legislators to revisit the proposal, saying the lack of coverage for hearing aids affects thousands of Mississippians each year.
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Meet Cleopatra Coleman, the Caroline County woman working to preserve a small Virginia town's (Port Royal) history www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Meet the woman working to preserve a small Virginia town's history
A broken-down building on King Street in Port Royal is standing on its last leg. But Cleopatra Coleman sees only beauty and potential.
www.wtvr.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Meet Cleopatra Coleman, the Caroline County woman working to preserve a small Virginia town's (Port Royal) history www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
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Here it is, my 247th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 247 (10/26/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 247th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy,...
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October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Here it is, my 247th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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🎥 Missed our NARA Webinar? Watch the recording now!
Who’s safeguarding the history of now? Learn why it's important to capture the stories of our present.
📺 Watch the recording: https://ow.ly/VOfG50Xf1Ac
Who’s safeguarding the history of now? Learn why it's important to capture the stories of our present.
📺 Watch the recording: https://ow.ly/VOfG50Xf1Ac
October 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🎥 Missed our NARA Webinar? Watch the recording now!
Who’s safeguarding the history of now? Learn why it's important to capture the stories of our present.
📺 Watch the recording: https://ow.ly/VOfG50Xf1Ac
Who’s safeguarding the history of now? Learn why it's important to capture the stories of our present.
📺 Watch the recording: https://ow.ly/VOfG50Xf1Ac
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Come work with me! My department at JMU is hiring for a tenure-track historian of the modern US (post 1950). Otherwise, the position is broadly construed. We are a large department in a growing university with strong enrollment, just 2 hrs from the archives in DC 🗃️ networks.h-net.org/jobs/69300/j...
James Madison University - Assistant Professor of History | H-Net
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October 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Come work with me! My department at JMU is hiring for a tenure-track historian of the modern US (post 1950). Otherwise, the position is broadly construed. We are a large department in a growing university with strong enrollment, just 2 hrs from the archives in DC 🗃️ networks.h-net.org/jobs/69300/j...
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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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A reflection on history and freedom. "Histories can be revised; rights revoked."
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Please read and share!
Thanks to Allie Lopez and Made By History for working with me on this.
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Please read and share!
Thanks to Allie Lopez and Made By History for working with me on this.
The Perils of the Supreme Court Forgetting the Past
Louisiana is asking the Supreme Court to erase a critical chapter of the past and to weaken the Voting Rights Act.
time.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A reflection on history and freedom. "Histories can be revised; rights revoked."
time.com/7325167/supr...
Please read and share!
Thanks to Allie Lopez and Made By History for working with me on this.
time.com/7325167/supr...
Please read and share!
Thanks to Allie Lopez and Made By History for working with me on this.
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North Carolina is one of 27 states that has been given the designation “needs assistance” two years in a row.
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NC isn’t meeting federal special education requirements. State officials point to the teacher shortage
North Carolina will face more scrutiny from the federal government after failing to meet benchmarks of the federal Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act.
www.wral.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
North Carolina is one of 27 states that has been given the designation “needs assistance” two years in a row.
www.wral.com/story/nc-isn...
www.wral.com/story/nc-isn...
LSU Press is getting started early with the annual holiday sale. You can receive 40% off North Carolina's Free People of Color, 1715-1885 and many other titles using the code SAVE40LSU. lsupress.org/978080717176...
October 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
LSU Press is getting started early with the annual holiday sale. You can receive 40% off North Carolina's Free People of Color, 1715-1885 and many other titles using the code SAVE40LSU. lsupress.org/978080717176...
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So grateful to @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social for their time and care and for giving me space to have a verrrrrrry "thinking out loud" piece.
ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...
ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...
A Great Reputation Among Men: Race and Contested Masculinities in the Early American Republic
By Kathleen Telling In 1785, Robert Pleasants, a wealthy tobacco planter, abolitionist, and prominent member of Henrico County’s Quaker community, penned a letter to Virginia’s most famous son, Geo…
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October 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
So grateful to @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social for their time and care and for giving me space to have a verrrrrrry "thinking out loud" piece.
ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...
ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...
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When people tell you that founders as enslavers was something we should see "in the context of their time." Great piece fr @katytelling.bsky.social abt a wealthy 18hc Virginian (and there were others) who thought Washington and co. risked their honor and more. ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...
A Great Reputation Among Men: Race and Contested Masculinities in the Early American Republic
By Kathleen Telling In 1785, Robert Pleasants, a wealthy tobacco planter, abolitionist, and prominent member of Henrico County’s Quaker community, penned a letter to Virginia’s most famous son, Geo…
ageofrevolutions.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
When people tell you that founders as enslavers was something we should see "in the context of their time." Great piece fr @katytelling.bsky.social abt a wealthy 18hc Virginian (and there were others) who thought Washington and co. risked their honor and more. ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...
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Happy to announce that after my Lillian Smith bio comes out in Sept 2026, a new 10 year anniversary edition of #MasterlessMen - edited down with a new introduction - will debut spring 2027 (@CambridgeUP).
It will also have a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Hahn!!!
It will also have a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Hahn!!!
October 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Happy to announce that after my Lillian Smith bio comes out in Sept 2026, a new 10 year anniversary edition of #MasterlessMen - edited down with a new introduction - will debut spring 2027 (@CambridgeUP).
It will also have a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Hahn!!!
It will also have a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Hahn!!!
You can use the code 10VABOOKS to receive 30% off your preorder of Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia. www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10193/
Freedom in the Age of Slavery
<p><b>An authoritative study of the free people of color in the largest state of the Old South</b></p><p>Virginia was the state with the most enslaved
www.upress.virginia.edu
October 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
You can use the code 10VABOOKS to receive 30% off your preorder of Freedom in the Age of Slavery: A History of Free People of Color in Virginia. www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10193/
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“A key contribution of Cirillo's intricate and insightful book is to reframe the chronology of the American abolitionist movement by making the Civil War ‘the center of, rather than a bookend to, its story.’"— New review in 𝘑𝘈𝘏 https://bit.ly/abolitionistcivilwar
The Abolitionist Civil War
Winner of the 2024 Wiley-Silver Prize in Civil War HistoryFinalist for the 2024 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln PrizeThe astonishing transformation of the abolitionis...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“A key contribution of Cirillo's intricate and insightful book is to reframe the chronology of the American abolitionist movement by making the Civil War ‘the center of, rather than a bookend to, its story.’"— New review in 𝘑𝘈𝘏 https://bit.ly/abolitionistcivilwar