Biography
Angela F. Murphy is the Ingram Professor of History. She received her PhD in US History from the University of Houston in 2006.
Research Interests
Recent Research Topics :
(1) Biography of Black Abolitionist and Prominent Figure in the Underground Railroad, Jermain Wesley Loguen
(2) Agitation after Abolition: Addressing the “Question of Caste” in the Reconstruction Era United States
(3) Black and white resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
(3) Irish Abolitionists and their connections in the Atlantic World
(4) Irish American attitudes towards slavery and the abolition movement in the United States
(1) Biography of Black Abolitionist and Prominent Figure in the Underground Railroad, Jermain Wesley Loguen
(2) Agitation after Abolition: Addressing the “Question of Caste” in the Reconstruction Era United States
(3) Black and white resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
(3) Irish Abolitionists and their connections in the Atlantic World
(4) Irish American attitudes towards slavery and the abolition movement in the United States
Teaching Interests
Antebellum US; Civil War Era US; Biography & History; Slavery and Emancipation in the Atlantic World; Historiography