Jonathan Daniel Wells
Author of The Kidnapping Club
About the Author
Jonathan Daniel Wells is Professor of History in the Departments of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, and Director of the Residential College, at the University of Michigan.
Works by Jonathan Daniel Wells
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- Canonical name
- Wells, Jonathan Daniel
- Other names
- Wells, Jon
- Birthdate
- 1969
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Florida (BA|American History|1991)
University of Michigan (Ph.D|American History|1998) - Occupations
- professor
historian - Organizations
- University of Michigan
- Relationships
- Thompson, Heather Ann (wife)
- Short biography
- Jon Wells is a social, cultural, and intellectual historian interested in the literary, cultural, and political evolution of nineteenth-century America. Professor of History in the
Departments of Afroamerican and African Studies, History,
and the
Residential College University of Michigan. He is the author or editor of ten books and has been invited to present his work to audiences across the US and internationally. He delivered the 2017 Lamar Lectures at Mercer University on the coming of the Civil War. Wells is also the previous editor of The Journal of the Early Republic, and has served a range of colleges and universities in administrative capacities. [website] - Nationality
- USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War by Jonathan Daniel Wells
Really demonstrated how Wall Street and really the vast majority of businesses fed into slavery and racism and how that continued into the 20th and 21st centuries.
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- Works
- 8
- Members
- 199
- Popularity
- #110,456
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 41