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Jonathan W. White

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What a Teacher's Letters Reveal About Robert Smalls, Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Secure Freedom

Harriet M. Buss' missives home detail the future congressman's candid views on race and the complicity of Confederate women.

by Jonathan W. White via Smithsonian on February 13, 2024
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Holding an Election During the Civil War Set the Standard for Us Today

On-time elections are a key part of ensuring the promise of American democracy.

by Jonathan W. White via Made By History on October 5, 2020
What Frederick Douglass Had to Say About Monuments

In a newly discovered letter, the famed abolitionist wrote that ‘no one monument could be made to tell the whole truth'

by Jonathan W. White, Scott Sandage via Smithsonian on June 30, 2020
When Emancipation Finally Came, Slave Markets Took on a Redemptive Purpose

During the Civil War, slave pens held captive Confederate soldiers. After, they became rallying points for a newly empowered community.

by Jonathan W. White via Smithsonian on February 26, 2018

Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade

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A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House

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The front cover of Jonathan W. White's new book.

Calling on Lincoln

A new book explores Abraham Lincoln's interactions with African Americans during his presidency.

by Ronald White via Los Angeles Review of Books on June 16, 2022

A drawing of President Abraham Lincoln with African Americans outside of the White House.

Guests of the Great Emancipator

Lincoln’s interactions with black Americans provides a valuable resource for understanding a more farseeing Lincoln than the voices of despair have described.

by Allen C. Guelzo via National Review on March 17, 2022

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