By Vikki Bynum I’ll never forget the excitement I felt when, in the midst of researching The Free State of Jones, I came upon the WPA’s 1936 interview with Martha Wheeler, a […]
Martha Wheeler, Eye-Witness to the “Free State of Jones”
Camp Morton: “A Black and Damning Trail”
In the following essay by Chuck Shoemake, we learn about the wretched conditions at Camp Morton, Indiana’s federal Civil War prisoner of war camp. In the course of telling the story, Chuck […]
The Free State of Jones in Virginia, Mississippi—and China!
This past week in Virginia, I discussed legendary, historical, and cinematic versions of the story of The Free State of Jones for Lynchburg College’s Civil War and Reconstruction Lecture Series. Adding immeasurably […]
Free People of Color in Slaveholding North Carolina: The Andersons of Granville County
By Vikki Bynum Late last year, I was contacted by Raymont Hawkins-Jones, a descendant of a family I’d written about many years earlier: the Andersons of Granville County, North Carolina. The Andersons […]
Announcement: My upcoming Presentation on the Free State of Jones at Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia
Civil War and Reconstruction Lecture Series: Dr. Victoria Bynum Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia When: April 5, 2017 @ 6:00 pm Where: Snidow Chapel 1501 Lakeside Drive Lynchburg, VA 24501 Cost: Free […]
My Upcoming talks about The Free State of Jones
I’m pleased to announce my forthcoming spring 2017 presentations on The Free State of Jones! 1. McCallie School 500 Dodds Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37404 Chapel: Guest Speaker: Victoria Bynum, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, […]
Dorothy Knight Marsh, “From Cotton Fields to Mission Fields: The Story of Anna Knight”
Accomplishing what others could not with so little, this woman of courage and determination, too white to be black and too black to be white, stood up against the moonshiners who threatened […]
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