Remember what we said about our speakers and their commitment to mentorship and education. Shes the author of essays published in 2018 and 2019 in the civil war and transformation of american citizenship. And new perspectives on the union war. As i was preparing this introduction, i read her work in the flagship journal civil war history, part of a roundtable discussion about new civil war revisionism. Her book manuscript, mentioned in your program, women, slavery and the boundaries of freedom in washington, d. C. Is now under contract, i am pleased to say. With u. N. C. Press. It explains how black women in the Nations Capital made claims to liberty during the civil war. It is from that work that the program today is derived, free women, mobilizing emancipation, citizenship and self making in wartime washington, d. C. Ladies and gentlemen, tamika unley. [applause] prof. Nunley thank you. Good afternoon. Should thank you extra, because it is after lunch, late in the afternoon and you a