| Kentucky Rising : Democracy, Slavery, and Culture from the Early Republic to the Civil War "The authors integrate the cultural, social, economic, and military history of the state into a highly readable, interesting story of antebellum Kentucky" (Marion Lucas, author of A History of Blacks in Kentucky ). James A. Ramage, Regents Professor of History at Northern Kentucky University, is the author of John Wesley Hunt: Pioneer Merchant, Manufacturer, and Financier and Rebel Raider: The Life of General John Hunt Morgan.Andrea S. Watkins is assistant professor of history at Northern Kentucky University. |