Sharon Ann Murphy - History at Providence College
My first book, Investing in Life: Insurance in Antebellum America, considers the creation and expansion of the American life insurance industry from its early origins in the 1810s through …
How Banks Played a Role in Upholding Slavery During the 19th …
Oct 17, 2023 · Sharon Murphy discussed the findings of her new book that exposes how American banks directly and knowingly interacted with the slave system. Sharon Ann Murphy, …
Sharon Ann Murphy, Investing in Life: Insurance in Antebellum America (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010).
Banking on Slavery: Financing Southern Expansion in the …
Apr 5, 2023 · Yet as Sharon Ann Murphy shows in her powerful and unprecedented book, the centrality of enslaved labor to banking in the antebellum United States is far greater than …
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Banking on Slavery - The University of Chicago Press
"More surprising has been the lack of historical analysis of the banking firms and financial practices that underwrote the expansion of slavery in the antebellum United States. In her …
Sharon Ann Murphy, Ph.D. (401) 865-2380 Professor and Chair [email protected] EDUCATION 2005 Ph.D. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Department of History …
Providence College Professor Investigates Slavery and Banking
May 10, 2018 · Sharon Ann Murphy, professor of history at Providence College, has received an American Council of Learned Societies fellowship for her project "Banking on Slavery...
Other People's Money: How Banking Worked in the Early …
Mar 15, 2017 · In Other People’s Money, Sharon Ann Murphy explains how banking and money worked before the federal government, spurred by the chaos of the Civil War, created the …
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Sharon Ann Murphy - Professor of History - LinkedIn
Apr 15, 2023 · Professor of History at Providence College · Experience: Providence College · Education: University of Virginia · Location: Providence County · 180 connections on LinkedIn. …
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Scholar Power: Dr. Sharon Ann Murphy, professor of history
Nov 17, 2017 · Dr. Sharon Ann Murphy. HIGHEST DEGREE: Ph.D., University of Virginia. EXPERTISE: 19th & 20th century United States economic and business history, financial …