William G. Thomas III explained

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

• 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)

Notes and References

1. News: Thomas III . William G. . My Home, the House of the Dead . 25 October 2023 . The New York Times . 2013.
2. Web site: William Thomas III. Department of History. October 22, 2017.
3. Web site: WILLIAM G. THOMAS III. Guggenheim Foundation. October 22, 2017.