6 01 AnneMarie Brosnan - A Contested Terrain

Dr AnneMarie Brosnan, Associate Professor in the History of Education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick joins Oliver Mumford to discuss her latest book: A Contested Terrain: Freedpeople’s Education in North Carolina During the Civil War , examining the education experiences of Black North Carolinians through the American Civil War and Reconstruction period. The episode will discuss Dr Brosnan’s research into the diverse motivations, forces and experiences that drove educational efforts amongst freedpeople in a period of great change in the United States of America.

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6 01 AnneMarie Brosnan - A Contested Terrain is an episode from History of Education Society UK Podcast by History of Education Society UK.

This episode is 49:01 long.

This episode was published on Nov 24, 2025.

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