Sean
Gallagher
2021-2022 David Center for the American Revolution Postdoctoral Fellow
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Sean Gallagher received his Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Davis (2021). His manuscript "Slaves of the Revolution: Enslaved Public Labor in the War for Independence" examines enslaved people's experiences of confiscation, impressment, and military labor during the American Revolution. He has published his research in the Journal of Southern History, Slavery & Abolition, and the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society, Black Perspectives."

Research Project: "Slaves of the Revolution: Enslaved Public Labor in the War for Independence"