Erica Johnson Edwards

@DrEricaJohnson
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Associate Prof. of History at Francis Marion University, Editor for Age of Revolutions, USS faculty coordinator, LACS-SHA treasurer (she/her)
Event this Thursday!

Happy #pubday to CROSS-BORDER COSMOPOLITANS: The Making of a Pan-African North America by Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey, available now wherever ebooks and books are sold.

"A fascinating and original examination."—Russell Rickford
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469672113/cross-border-cosmopolitans/

Cross-Border Cosmopolitans | Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey | University of North Carolina Press

African American history from 1900 to 2000 cannot be told without accounting for the significant influence of Pan-African thought, just as the story of twent...

University of North Carolina Press
Be sure to register for the SC USS Symposium by Janaury 3, 2023!

Doing some light bibliography building this morning and stumbled across a fantastic October 2022 article about the French enslaving hundreds of Natchez and selling them in Saint-Domingue. (The European enslavement of Indigenous people also fueled the plantation economy.)

See Noel E. Smyth; The Obfuscation of Native American Presence in the French Atlantic: Natchez Indians in Saint Domingue, 1731–1791. Ethnohistory 1 July 2022; 69 (3): 265–285

Consider attending the first #NCPH #publichistory educators virtual meet-up on Dec. 14 at 2 pm EST (11 am PST). Join other @histodons to talk about #grading tips and challenges and for some informal end-of-semester griping.

https://community.ncph.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1694948&group=

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A way I’ve seen it explained that helps it make sense to me: DMs aren’t meant for *private* communication, but rather to keep one-on-one conversations from cluttering up everybody else’s timeline.
I'm already excited for the World History Association conference next June at Pitt. Energies, indeed! Early CFP still open. The WHA is a great space for collaboration between and among secondary teachers and academic #histodons.
#TeachWorldHistory #WorldHistory
https://www.thewha.org/conferences/2023-energies/
World History Association

The World History Association (WHA) is an academic association that promotes the study of world history through the encouragement of research, teaching, and publication. It was founded in 1982.

COVID is still very real, ya'll. I let my guard down, thinking it was okay because I am vaccinated and boosted. I still got it though, and it has been rough. I am thankful for the vaccine though because it could be worse. #vaccinessavelives #COVIDStillReal
All of my work on the “Irish slaves” meme (2015–’23)

What follows is a full list of all my recent work challenging contemporary propaganda (based primarily on ahistorical blogs and memes) which equate indentured servitude or penal servitude with…

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Francis Marion University is now accepting proposals for the Universities Studying Slavery in South Carolina 2023 Spring Symposium! See the CFP below. #USSinSC