“What’s past is prologue”
Welcome. I research, write, and teach 19th Century U.S. History, African American History, and Slavery in the U.S.
I am an Associate Professor of African American History at the College of Charleston where I also serve on the executive board of the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston. I recently published my first book, Sexual Violence and American Slavery: The Making of a Rape Culture in the Antebellum South, with the University of North Carolina Press.
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Faculty Pages
Department of History, College of Charleston
Contact
Email: drshannoneaves@gmail.com
Email: eavessc@cofc.edu
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