Warren Milteer

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How can you be talking about HISTORY with everything that's going on. 18th century history? Women's history? Waves hands.

Friends, it is precisely because of everything that's going on that we need to talk about history much, much more.

I don't think most people understand how little we make off of books

Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom : Warren Eugene Milteer 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 already free persons before emancipation shaped t...

UNC Press has posted a preview of my forthcoming book on Book2Look. The Intro, Chapter 1, and part of Chapter 2 are available to view for free.
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Wow! Must be the same cover designer.

Christiana Carteaux Bannister is not a name that most people think of when discussing the Civil War. However, she’s an important actor in my forthcoming book, Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom. She was one of the strongest supporters of the 54th Mass. Inf. during the struggle for equal pay.

Flyer advertising the event. Image shows a work desk with computer and lots of books. Top words read “pricing strategies for professionals in public history.” March 2, 1pm EST. Co-organized by NCPHs labor task force and consultants committee.

Are you a public historian? Join us next week to learn how to set up your pricing structure when you consult! This event is open to anyone, from grad students to experience professionals. Sponsored by @ncph.bsky.social ‘s Consultants Committee and Labor Task Force.

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Given how much of the conversation about higher ed in the U.S. revolves around a handful of elite institutions, I'm gonna reshare today's blog post a bunch of times. These are colleagues at our regional comprehensive public uni who, while teaching at least a 4-4, have published so much great stuff.

The same happens when you open the book

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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

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In my forthcoming book, Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom, I discuss Baltimore native Thomas Toogood, a free man of color who was a cook on the USS Iroquois. The Iroquois served in the Mediterranean, defending US interests, and in the East Indies, where it chased the rebel raider Shenandoah.

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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Check out @nyupress.bsky.social's Black History Month 30% off sale, including my *Black Religion in the Madhouse* and Vaughn Booker's fantastic *Lift Every Voice and Swing.* #AmRel #AfAmReligion #AfricanaReligions

Many many many thanks to @woodbrooke.bsky.social for virtually hosting me on the 27th! Going to discuss Quakers, slavery, and early abolitionist strategies in the American South.

I’m not great at self-promotion, but my new book enabled me to highlight so many people I admire and respect, especially artists, who have helped me see a wider array of primary documents available to scholars.

Photos: Oxford, Mississippi, After the Ice Storm A historic late January 2026 weekend ice storm left Oxford, Mississippi, frozen and without power. Here are some photos of the aftermath.

The historic ice storm left Oxford, Mississippi, without power.

Here are some photos of the city in the aftermath.

If you can't attend in person, be sure to visit our virtual exhibit here: www.upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/aha...

Take 40% off when you enter code <10AHA26> at checkout!

Over an image of the background of Chicago, there is text celebrating day one of the American Historical Association's 139th meeting. The graphic also celebrates some of SIU Press' books on Chicago in honor of the location of the meeting, including LATINOS IN CHICAGO, FORTUNE AND FAITH IN OLD CHICAGO, THE LOOP, and TALES OF FORGOTTEN CHICAGO.

Happy Day 1 of AHA26! This year, the meeting is happening in Chicago! SIU Press has a wide selection of books about Chicago. USE CODE "HOLIDAY" AT CHECKOUT AT SIUPRESS.COM FOR 40% OFF YOUR ORDER THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2026! 🙌

Civil War historians! If you published your first book in 2025 on a topic related to the Civil War (broadly construed), please consider submitting it for the Center for Civil War Research's Wiley-Silver Prize! The deadline is Friday, February 20.
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book cover with Virginia map at the top and woman with dress and earrings at the bottom

book cover with Civil War soldier with sword

Just submitted the corrected page proofs and indexes for both books about free people of color. Look for Freedom in the Age of Slavery and Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom in print in the Spring.

All in the Family All in the Family page for UNSUNG HISTORY

If you need a break from the news (and you do), listen to the latest episode of Unsung History with @oscarwinberg.bsky.social and learn who Archie Bunker endorsed in the 1972 presidential election.

My semi-annual request for nominations for the digital history reviews section of the Journal of American History. Self-nominations welcome.

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Indigenous slavery shaped the early American West—but it’s a history many have never heard. 🪶📜

Estevan Rael-Gálvez uncovers a powerful archive of memory, survival, and resistance.

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#IndigenousHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History #Slavery #USHistory

How C-reactive protein outpaced ‘bad’ cholesterol as leading heart disease risk marker C-reactive protein – a marker of inflammation – is as easily measured with blood work in a doctor’s office as cholesterol.

Doctors relied on cholesterol levels to assess heart disease risk for decades.

In 2025, accumulated research led to more screening for C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, as a better predictor of heart attacks and strokes, a professor of family medicine explains: buff.ly/5mrGLNB

If You Build It, Will They Come? New charter schools are struggling to enroll enough students to stay solvent. One High Point school’s implosion shows the consequences.

My latest looks at why new charter schools in North Carolina are struggling. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

Life on a Mississippi Steamboat Podcast Episode · American History Hit · 12/15/2025 · 45m

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Buy University Press Books This Holiday Season Whatever success I can claim as a published author is the result of editors at academic publishers believing in and supporting my projects.

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