Eric Foner, Columbia University

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History Professor Emeritus New York City, New York ef17@columbia.edu

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Foner is perhaps the leading authority on political ideology and social change in 19th-century America, particularly the era of slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction. He has authored numerous books on this period of history, most recently, Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstructio...

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Bio/Research

Foner is perhaps the leading authority on political ideology and social change in 19th-century America, particularly the era of slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction. He has authored numerous books on this period of history, most recently, Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction. Foner has also been the co-curator, with Olivia Mahoney, of two prize-winning exhibitions on American history.

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