Nail gun: one of the best purchases of my life.

The Walter O. Evans Collection of Frederick Douglass and Douglass Family Papers has been processed and digitized and is now accessible online to scholars, students, and the public. beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/hi…

#BlackHistoryMonth  giveaway! Follow and retweet by 2/18 to be entered in a drawing for a signed copy of my book Yes, Lord, I Know the Road: A Documentary History of African Americans in South Carolina 1526-2008

Eight writing tips by the great @MarcusRediker- can’t wait to start using some of these

It’s here!!!

7/28/22 12pm ET Virginia Museum of History & Culture hosts Brent Morris for an in person/streaming discussion of his new book, "Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp." RSVP @ link below (tickets required for in person attendance). secure.virginiahistory.org/1555/1557 #twitterstorians

Live Stream TODAY at 5pm ET: jence and UNC Press Presents Brent Morris author of DISMAL FREEDOM: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp. RSVP to attend this free online event, and consider purchasing a copy from Malaprop's! ow.ly/y7PS50JRKpF

A very happy #pubday to Brent Morris and DISMAL FREEDOM: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp, available wherever books and ebooks are sold. uncpress.org/book/978146966…

Preview DISMAL FREEDOM: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp by Brent Morris online: flexpub.com/preview/dismal…

Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars, including DISMAL FREEDOM: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp by Brent Morris jbhe.com/2022/07/recent… via The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

↘️ In person event next Thurs. 7/28 at Flyleaf Books Chapel Hill w/Brent Morris, author of just-released DISMAL FREEDOM: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp (insider tip: BookTV will be filming for later date broadcast, so come prepared w/?s for Q&A!).

Correction: LAWCHA's book talk is on Thurs 11/10 with Brent Morris's, *Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp* 7PM EDT @HNet_Humanities @Greeneland @willpjones.bsky.social UNC Press Register:cwm.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

13/15 Dr. Ashley Towle writes Brent Morris's Dismal Freedom (UNC Press) "deserves high praise" for revealing the complex story of maroon communities in the Great Dismal Swamp, their persistence, & the challenge they presented to the institution of slavery: digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewconten…

DISMAL FREEDOM: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp author Brent Morris to give lecture, sign books at Museum of the Albemarle Museum of the Albemarle Friday, Feb. 17th at 6pm ET coastalreview.org/2023/01/dismal…

We've finalized the rest of our Spring line up! Be sure mark your calendar for some great discussions! And be sure to join @PlantRjp & Frances Clarke on Feb. 9, and John Davis on Feb. 23! Brent Morris @cagraham UNC Press UVA Press Harvard University Press Liveright Books

@fotmproject invites apps to fill 5 data fellow positions for the summer of 2023…They will be appointed as Cornell interns & receive a stipend of $11K to offset living expenses & need to be in res. at Cornell from June 5-July 28. #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians @Ed_Baptist

Join us March 23 at 8pm eastern for our next happy hour with Brent Morris where he will discuss his new book Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp (UNC Press).

Head over to Patreon to check out last night's happy hour with Brent Morris. And be sure to go out and read "Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp." UNC Press patreon.com/posts/j-brent-…

64/90 The Great Dismal Swamp sprawls over 2,000 square miles & spills over parts of Virginia & N Carolina. What may have been an impediment to the expansion of slave society became an essential sanctuary for many of those who sought to escape it. #MAAHStoneAtoZ Brent Morris