President Lincoln Experts

February 9, 2009

President Lincoln Experts

Prof: Lincoln fought slavery's spread to Latin America, not just West

Robert May, a professor of history who teaches a class on Lincoln and the Civil War, can talk about the life and history of Lincoln, especially his efforts to fight the expansion of slavery outside of the United States. He also explains Lincoln's determination to stop slavery's spread southward in his books about filibustering -- "Manifest Destiny's Underworld: Filibustering in Antebellum America" and "The Southern Dream of a Caribbean Empire: 1854-1861."

May's homepage: https://www.cla.purdue.edu/history/directory/?personid=1515

CONTACT: (765) 494-4131, mayr@purdue.edu

Historian: Obama will affect how we remember Lincoln on the 200th anniversary

Caroline E. Janney, an assistant professor of history who studies Civil War memorials and remembrance, can talk about how Lincoln is remembered. She also can discuss how Obama's connections to Lincoln today, will affect how the 16th president continues to be memorialized. Janney is writing about the memory of Lincoln in an upcoming Civil War series that will be published by the University of North Carolina Press to mark the 150th anniversary of the war. She also is author of the book "Burying the Dead but Not the Past: Ladies' Memorial Associations and the Lost Cause."

Janney's homepage: https://www.cla.purdue.edu/history/facstaff/Janney/h-Janney.htm

CONTACT: (765) 496-9496, cjanney@purdue.edu

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu

Note to Journalists: President Abraham Lincoln's 200th anniversary of his birthday is Feb. 12. The Purdue University experts below can talk about issues related to the holidays. Journalists who have questions or want to make arrangements to speak with the experts can contact Amy Patterson Neubert, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu

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