Amy Murrell Taylor

Historian of the American South

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Feature in Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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The Worcester Telegram & Gazette was in attendance when I gave a talk at Clark University in February. Here’s what resulted: https://www.telegram.com/news/20190205/story-of-civil-war-slave-refugees-resonates-today Despite how it looks in the photo, I really appreciated writer Mark Sullivan’s attention to the connections between this history and our lives today.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 4, 2019 by amta237.

Interview with America’s Civil War

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I really enjoyed my conversation with Nancy Tappan of the magazine, America’s Civil War. She posed ten great questions, and I offered ten answers, all of which appear in this feature for the May 2019 issue of the magazine. See it online at https://www.historynet.com/10-questions-flight-and-fight.htm

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 4, 2019 by amta237.

“Author’s Corner” Interview

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John Fea, Professor of History at Messiah College, asked me some big questions–and kindly posted my answers–on his blog, “The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Reflections at the Intersection of American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic Life.” Here it is: https://thewayofimprovement.com/?s=taylor

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 4, 2019 by amta237.

“Migrant Caravans” Then and Now

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The Journal of the Civil War Era’s “Muster” blog featured my essay on the connections between today’s political conflict over “migrant caravans” and a similar incident in 1862. Check it out at https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2018/12/the-electoral-politics-of-migrant-caravans/

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2018 by amta237.

Interview with the Civil War Institute

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Ashley Whitehead Luskey of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College asked me some great questions about the history of Civil War refugees. Find it here: https://gettysburgcompiler.org/2018/12/11/an-interview-amy-murrell-taylor/

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2018 by amta237.

First Published Review for Embattled Freedom

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Check out the “starred” review for Embattled Freedom at Publisher’s Weekly. The reviewer calls the book “gracefully written and exhaustively researched.” 

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 8, 2018 by amta237.

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