I'm a historian of the nineteenth century South who taught U. S. history at Texas State University, San Marcos, for almost 25 years. My research interests center on people who lived outside the law--not necessarily "outlaws" as we might imagine them, but outside the law nonetheless. The South's Civil War home front, including Unionists and other men and women who fought against the Confederacy, mixed race communities, and the history of racial identity are my special interests.
It’s always nice to receive praise for one’s work that is unsolicited, unexpected, and unequivocally positive! The following commentary about slavery, which proclaims The Free State of Jones one of “two of […]
By Ed Payne In 2010, Renegade South host Vikki Bynum told the story of Charles Landrum’s murder and the subsequent trial of Thomas Lyons (Lyon, Lynes, Lines) and his son Thomas Morgan […]
I recently returned from the Spring Creek Campus of Collin College in Plano, Texas, where I delivered the keynote address, “The Free State of Jones: Class, Kinship, and Revolt in Civil War […]
I’m excited to announce that The Free State of Jones (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001, 2016) is featured on the new National Humanities alliance website! The National Humanities Alliance […]
“The Free State of Jones: Class, Kinship, and Revolt in Civil War Era Mississippi” Welcome to registration for the 4th annual Texas Center for Working-Class Studies Conference Thursday, March 22, 2018 […]
I’m excited to be heading to the University of Alabama on March 1, 2018, to discuss the movie, The Free State of Jones, as well as my book, The Free State of […]
Don’t miss this much needed discussion of THE FREE STATE of JONES!—Vikki Bynum, Renegade South. The Free State of Jones A Roundtable The summer of 2016 saw the release of the […]
This is the third and final of Ed Payne’s three-part series on the Landrum family of Civil War Mississippi. To read Part 1: “The Gray,” click here. To read part 2: “The […]
This is the second of Ed Payne’s three-part series on the Landrum family of Civil War Mississippi. To read Part 1: “The Gray,” click here. —vb Part 2: The Blue By […]
By Ed Payne Note: Nine years ago I began research on men from the Mississippi Piney Woods region who joined the Union 1st New Orleans Infantry Regiment in 1863-1864. I eventually compiled […]
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