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The Last Conquistadors of Southeast North America: Pedro Menéndez and the Collapse of La Florida’s Frontier

Imperial Spain’s conquistadors failed to add North America to its worldwide empire between 1513-1543. Decades later King Philip II renews the Spanis…

One Drop of Blood: The American Misadventure of Race

Why has a nation founded upon precepts of freedom and universal humanity continually produced, through its preoccupation with race, a divided and cons…

The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy

Advanced Genetic Genealogy: Techniques and Case Studies

Tazewell (Images of America)

The first pioneers to explore the Tazewell area were the long hunters, surveyors, and land speculators. In 1750, Dr. Thomas Walker remarked in his dia…

Tazewell County (Images of America)

Tazewell County, one of the gems of Southwest Virginia, lies within a couple hours' drive of four state lines in this unique corner of the Commonwealt…

Doomsayers: Anglo-American Prophecy in the Age of Revolution

The age of revolution, in which kings were dethroned, radical ideals of human equality embraced, and new constitutions written, was also the age of pr…

The Road to Black Ned’s Forge: A Story of Race, Sex, and Trade on the Colonial American Frontier

In 1752 an enslaved Pennsylvania ironworker named Ned purchased his freedom and moved to Virginia on the upper James River. Taking the name Edward Tar…

Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World

The story of freedom and all of its ambiguities begins with intimate acts steeped in power. It is shaped by the peculiar oppressions faced by African …

To Belong Here: A New Generation of Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Appalachian Writers

Appalachia has long been flattened into a white, Christian, and conservative place. While many Appalachians embrace those labels, they fail to acknowl…

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