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William G. Thomas III

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William G. Thomas III
Born1964 (age 59–60)
EducationTrinity College
University of Virginia
OccupationHistorian
EmployerUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln

William G. Thomas III (born 1964) is an American historian. He is a Professor of History and the John and Catherine Angle Professor in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[2] His research focuses on the Southeastern United States, including slavery, the American Civil War and the New South. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016.[3]

Works

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  • Lawyering for the Railroad: Business, Law, and Power in the New South (1999)
  • The Iron Way: Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America (2011)
  • A Question Of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War (2020)

References

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  1. ^ Thomas III, William G. (2013). "My Home, the House of the Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. ^ "William Thomas III". Department of History. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "WILLIAM G. THOMAS III". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
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