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Nicholas Sifford

Status: MA Student

Adviser: Kathleen Duval and Antwain Hunter

Graduate Email: nsifford@unc.edu

Education

B.A. Juniata College (2023), Digital History

Research Interests

I study African American history with a focus on free people of color and enslaved people in the 1800s. I compare the lives of free people of color and enslaved people to gain a fuller understanding of what life was like for African Americans in the 1800s. Other research interests include: West African history, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and Caribbean history.


554A Pauli Murray Hall*
102 Emerson Dr., CB #3195
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3195

*Though the History Department uses the name Pauli Murray Hall for our building, on official maps you will find it as Hamilton Hall. Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton’s intellectually dishonest historical and archival work promoted white supremacy. In contrast, Pauli Murray marshaled unassailable evidence and analysis in the service of racial and gender equality. In July 2020, all of the departments housed in the building agreed to adopt the name Pauli Murray Hall in place of Hamilton Hall. An official request with the Chancellor is pending. For more information, please see here.
phone: 919.962.2115
fax: 919.962.1403
email: history@unc.edu
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