Loren Schweninger
American historian
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Loren Lance Schweninger (born January 7, 1942) is a history professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an author.[1][2] He has written books on African American history including James T. Rapier and African American property owners in the South. In 2019, his book on freedom suits was published.[3][4]
He has appeared on The Charlie Rose Show[5] and C-SPAN.[6]
Work
- James T. Rapier and Reconstruction (1972)[7]
- In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South, co-author with John Hope Franklin
- Black Property Owners in the South, 1790-1915[8]
- The Southern Debate Over Slavery, editor (2007)[9]
- Families in Crisis in the Old South: Divorce, Slavery, and the Law (2012)[10]
- Appealing for Liberty: Freedom Suits in the South, Oxford University Press, New York (2019)
