![]() Ever since I wrote “Black Majority,” a book about slavery in colonial South Carolina, I have been interested in African American history. I called it “One Nation-One Semester,” and it was a blast to teach. Using my own textbook, “Created Equal,” I once taught a brisk survey of all of US history. Besides teaching about colonial America, I taught the History of Documentary Film and organized Duke’s first Native American History class. ![]() I have written articles about early French explorers and books about the great American artist Winslow Homer. So I wrote about African American history, teamed up on a college textbook, and published articles about everything from ancient dugout canoes to Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon. ![]() What kind of work did you do at Duke University? Duke was flexible, and my interests are wide-ranging. Who wouldn’t jump at the chance to live in Colorado? After I retired, CU Boulder offered a job to my wife, historian Elizabeth Fenn. ![]() What brought you here? What has kept you? I taught early American history at Duke for 35 years. ![]()
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