About the lecture

In this module, we explore the use of slaves in the United States at the time of the American Revolution, thinking in particular about how the use of slaves differed between the north and the south.

About the lecturer

Tim Lockley is Professor of American History at the University of Warwick. where his teaching and research interests include colonial and antebellum North America, with a particular focus on slavery and the South. He has written and edited a number of books, including 2009’s Welfare and Charity and the Antebellum South. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.