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- ↑ Bynum, Victoria E. (1987). Unruly women : the relationship between status and behavior among free women of the North Carolina Piedmont, 1840-1865. University of California, San Diego.
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- ↑ Walsh, David; Laurier, Joanne. "An interview with Victoria Bynum, historian and author of "The Free State of Jones"". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ↑ Blow, Charles (June 27, 2016). "White Savior, Rape and Romance?". New York Times. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- 1 2 Cieply, Michael (July 29, 2009). "Civil War Fires Up Literary Shootout". New York Times. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ↑ "We Respond to the Historians Who Critiqued the 1619 Project". New York Times. January 19, 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
