"We are actively trying to recruit the students who have been worst-hit by this pandemic." - Dickinson College's Matt Pinsker says of House Divided summer program for underserved high school students. Listen live on @SmartTalkWITF

This was a remarkable and humbling weekend. Thanks to the more than 50 descendants who journeyed to Carlisle and generously shared their time and family histories.

Appears that the Franklin Pierce section of the local bookstore is a tad thin

"To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner" by Carole Emberton is "an elegantly written book that grapples with the lingering traumas of slavery," writes Cooper H. Wingert in our latest #BookReview. Read more about it here: bit.ly/3NRG2mR

I’m honored and thrilled to be joining the Richards Center’s impressive community of scholars working on the Civil War Era!

Excited to share my new digital history project, an interactive GIS map of cases under the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. It accompanies my June 2023 @JournAmHist article. Thanks to Process History for the chance to share how I created my dataset and map!

New from Process History: Mapping the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. "The map highlights the prevalence of group escapes ... challenging scholars and students to rethink what we know about the Underground Railroad," writes Cooper Wingert. ow.ly/ePq850PlfGo

Thanks to the The National Civil War Museum for the opportunity to discuss my recent article in the September 2023 issue of Civil War History Kent State U Press m.youtube.com/watch?v=wK-pd-…

Predoctoral fellow Cooper Wingert recently sat down with the The National Civil War Museum to discuss his article, "Fighting for State Citizenship in the US Colored Troops," published in the September issue of Civil War History! youtube.com/watch?v=wK-pd-…

“In short, ONWARD TO CHICAGO has much to offer both Underground Railroad scholars as well as general readers,” writes Cooper Wingert in his H-CivWar review of Larry A. McClellan’s new book. SIU Press h-net.org/reviews/showpd…

Predoc Cooper Wingert recently wrote a series of three essays about stampedes of freedom seekers to Camp Nelson during the Civil War. The essays are part of a cooperative project between House Divided and the National Park Service Network to Freedom Program. housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/stampede…