John Harris
Historian of slavery and abolition. Author of The Last Slave Ships: NYC & The End of The Middle Passage (Yale, 2020). Working on a new book Spying on The Slave Trade 🕵️. Rep’d by Deirdre Mullane
N. Ireland - U.S.
https://www.johnaeharris.com/
@freedomseekers.bsky.social
A growing resource of short stories of enslaved people who attempted to seize their freedom by escaping. Discover more at freedom-seekers.org
@samihistorian.bsky.social
Manchester/New Orleans/Turkey Historian, Manchester & the British West Indies,1700-1833 http://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2019.1614324 #DigHums historical #GIS #dataviz VIEWS MY OWN
@profmk.bsky.social
Professor of Cultural Studies at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Eclectic scholar of radicalism and culture. Currently writing a civics textbook from a critical perspective. https://blogs.bgsu.edu/tmesser/
@jbessmor.bsky.social
Ph.D., history of slavery & gendered violence. Moved here from the other place. Dog person, obviously. Tweets my own because--let's be honest--who else's would they be?
@joekrulder.bsky.social
Proud dad, lucky husband, an existentialist historian of the 18th-century Atlantic, laughing as I go. Author of “The Execution of Admiral John Byng as a Microhistory of Eighteenth-Century Britain” (2021)
@marthasjones.bsky.social
Historian | Writer | Lapsed Lawyer | Professor JHU | Director Hard Histories | The Trouble of Color (March 2025, Basic Books) | [email protected]
@arielagross.bsky.social
Distinguished Prof of Law & History @UCLALaw, cat lady, mom, lover of democracy. Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. Www.arielajgross.com
@drhardesty.bsky.social
Professor of History at Western Washington University. Historian of colonial America, labor, and slavery. Most recent book: https://hackettpublishing.com/the-suriname-writings-of-john-gabriel-stedman
@drslater.bsky.social
she/her Associate Professor of History (College of Charleston) Director, Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World Program scholar of 17th century New England
@robertdbland.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies @ the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Associate editor @ Journal of Civil War Era/Muster Scholar of Reconstruction-era and memory. Weekend hiker. Iverson-era NBA apologist.
@devingarofalo.bsky.social
Writing and teaching about C19 literature, empire, race, and climate collapse. Editor of Victorian Poetry (JHUP). Lover of all things goth. She / her.
@donmoyn.bsky.social
Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan. Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy. Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
@gregjenner.bsky.social
~Public Historian 📜🤓 ~Host & creator of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐📻📜🏛️ ~Hon. Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓 ~ Author of 7 funny history books ✍️📚 ~ CBBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV (series 1-9) 🎭🤣 ~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️ www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@biblioracle.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. Www.whytheycantwrite.com
@profluskey.bsky.social
WVU prof., history of capitalism and culture in 19thcUS. Author/Editor of _On the Make_; _Capitalism by Gaslight_; _Men Is Cheap_. Next book on slave trader and swindler Monroe Edwards. https://history.wvu.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty/brian-luskey
@profmsinha.bsky.social
President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, author most recently of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic, Draper Chair at UConn
@sarahkaybierle.bsky.social
Author. Speaker. Historian - mostly Civil War studies. Battlefield preservation. Everyone has a story...I'm listening. (Posts do not represent employer.)
@catbateson.bsky.social
American Historian & Lecturer/FRHistS/British Online Archives Academic Liaison Manager/Associate Editor http://irishamericancivilwar.com / “Irish American Civil War Songs” LSU Press out now! https://lsupress.org/books/detail/irish-american-civil-war-songs/
@andrewsbledsoe.bsky.social
Professor of Civil War History at Lee University Books: Citizen-Officers, Upon the Fields of Battle, Decisions at Franklin
@richcondon.bsky.social
| Historian | Researcher | Writer | Yinzer | | Civil War and Reconstruction Era | *Opinions shared here are my own*
@pptsapper.bsky.social
History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com
@cagraham.bsky.social
Historian and author of Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause: Confessions of a Southern Church. A Clodhopper from North Carolina, forced to live on the mountain of conceit, Richmond, Va. Museums are not neutral.
@stephanmaurer.bsky.social
Economist by day, Civil War historian by night. University of Edinburgh, UPF-BSM, and CEP. Author of "Die Schlacht von Gettysburg": amzn.eu/d/epEJdVz Personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/stephanernstmaurer/
@ryancordell.org
he/him—textual technologies enthusiast—suspected mechanical paragraphist—Associate Professor at UIUC's School of Information Sciences & Department of English—DPCD—co-director of the Viral Texts Project (viraltexts.org) & Director of @skeuomorphpress.org
@bdproctor.bsky.social
Historian at the Evergreen State College, occasional/lapsed banjo player, IndyCar fan. Olympia, WA. 🏳️🌈
@hngreen.bsky.social
Scholar, Educator. Author of Educational Reconstruction (Fordham UP, 2016) and Unforgettable Sacrifice (forthcoming Fordham UP, 2025) and other works.
@cblevins.bsky.social
Digital History | US History Professor at CU Denver 📖 Paper Trails: The US Post and the Making of the American West 📖 cblevins.github.io
@brianlyman.bsky.social
Editor, Alabama Reflector. Podcaster, Becoming Lincoln. 2024 Pulitzer finalist. Past: MGM Advertiser; Press-Register; The Anniston Star; Norwich Bulletin; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Politics, history, science, horrific puns.
@susannaashton.bsky.social
#C19 AmLit Prof.@Clemson. Author: A Plausible Man. the True Story of the Man who Inspired Uncle Tom's Cabin -with The New Press. Exploring fugitivity, life writing, slavery studies, freedom
@mlmcgill.bsky.social
C19 American Lit and Culture; poetry & poetics; trying to understand these dark times. Also, idly scrolling, interested in what you are reading….
@jenmills2483.bsky.social
George Mason PhD Student, 19th Century U.S. Historian of the Civil War and Reconstruction, Labor, military, and religious history.
@scottsandage.bsky.social
History isn’t reality, it’s methodology. Historian in Pittsburgh. Iowan. Husband.🏳️🌈🐕🪕⚾️🎓 Wrote a book long ago. Writing another on the Métis Rez in Nebraska. The most useful thing I’ve done is https://commonplace.online/article/how-to-read-a-book/
@sarahbelle721.bsky.social
History prof in Buffalo | Civil War era, disability, medicine | AAHM & DHA | Exec Editor, Nursing Clio | Prod, Dig: A History Podcast | she/her |Order Spiritualism’s Place now! https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777264/spiritualisms-place/
@ashleighwrites.bsky.social
Historian, currently researching Black memory. Assistant Professor at University of Colorado Boulder. Lowcountry SC born and raised.
@knit1write2.bsky.social
Biblioholic, fiber enthusiast, and gardening novice. Hoarder of books, yarns, and (apparently) Bluesky accounts. 🤦🏻♀️ Working on Act III. She/her
@jmcclurken.bsky.social
Chief of Staff, VP of Strategy & Prof of History/AMST @UMW. Digital History Reviews Ed for JAH (Former Dept Chair & Spec Asst to the Provost).
@deedeebaldwinms.bsky.social
Engagement librarian at Mississippi State. Researching Black legislators in Mississippi during Reconstruction. Opinions represent me alone. Rocking the AuDHD. 40-something fangirl and secular humanist. Aunt to humans, mom to cats. she/her
@grodzins.bsky.social
Historian of American religion and democracy; husband and dad; believer in the brotherhood of man and the neighborhood of Boston; quondam cartoonist www.deangrodzins.com
@jbutlerphd.bsky.social
Assistant professor of history. I study Civil War and Reconstruction, Black American history, and Southern history. Currently published in Before Obama and Florida Historical Quarterly. Working on a book about the Camilla Massacre.
@coachdkendrick.bsky.social
Government/US History Teacher, National Council for the Social Studies Board of Directors, Retro Report Council of Educators, NCC TAC, 2X District TOY, Past President of the Georgia Council for Social Studies (GCSS) #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation 🗺️🍎
@erikalexander.bsky.social
Associate Professor of American history at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. UVa PhD. Father of 2 boys, dog person, University of Illinois sports fanatic. Opinions are my own.
@steveprocko.bsky.social
Emmy award-winning TV Producer/Director/Writer Author of the books "Rebel Correspondent" and "Captured Freedom" CapturedFreedom.com RebelCorrespondent.com #author #cinematographer #photographer
@msacks.bsky.social
Historian. Runner. Trying to make my corner of the world a better place.
@calscherm.bsky.social
Author of The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made (2025) @yalepress. From Southern Maryland🍂. Teaches history in Arizona 🌵
@skaylawton.bsky.social
not-quite-as-newbie history professor at a SLAC; CA girl in the South, Ph.D cand. @UVa working on 19th c. US history, presidents, funerals, classics; creator of #histgym
@ekytle.bsky.social
Historian, Fresno State; co-author "Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery & Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy"; next book on 1960 fight to desegregate New Orleans public schools; Tar Heels sports