Kevin Waite

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Mathew Brady (1822–1896), William M. Gwin, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, between ca. 1844 and ca. 1860. Courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress.
West of Slavery
Posted on May. 26, 2021

In his book, West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire (University of North Carolina Press, 2021), Kevin Waite, assistant professor of history at Durham University in England, uncovers the surprising history of the Old South in unexpected places, far beyond the region's cotton fields and sugar plantations.