Dr. Alice Baumgartner interview (Part 2)

Holly Pinheiro, Jr. Discussion

Dear H-CivWar Subscribers,
 

Today we feature the next part of an author interview with Dr. Alice Baumgartner, the author of South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War (Basic Books). Today's discussion focuses on how this book complicates our understanding of African American citizenship by examining Mexico: Video

 

Dr. Alice Baumgartner is an assistant professor of history at the University of Southern California.

 

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Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. is an Assistant Professor of African American History at Augusta University. He is the author of the forthcoming book, The Families' Civil War: Northern African American Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice.