American Uprising Debuts Today
Today is the publication date for American Uprising. I couldn’t be more thrilled to finally have the book on sale. You can buy it anywhere books are sold and through the links on this website. I hope...
View ArticleOp-Ed in the New Orleans Times-Picayune
I have an opinion piece in the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Check it out: http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2011/01/1811_slave_revolt_cant_be_forg.html Two hundred years ago this Saturday, the city...
View ArticleBlog Reviews
American Uprising has been getting a lot of attention on various blogs, and I wanted to share a few of my favorite reviews: ““Rasmussen writes with a youthful enthusiasm and is very passionate about...
View ArticleStory on the Daily Beast website
I published a story on the Daily Beast website about the 1811 revolt today. In my next post, details of my trip down to New Orleans…...
View ArticlePenTales Story Contest
My good friend Stephanie Hodges runs a worldwide salon and education network that promotes the long lost art of storytelling. It’s an incredibly cool idea and a wonderful organization that’s having a...
View ArticleNew York Times Bestseller!
I was thrilled to find American Uprising on the New York Times bestseller list. Thank you to everyone who has bought the book – I’m really thrilled that the story is catching on....
View ArticleA Re-Trial
group of organizations in New Orleans, led by the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, will be hosting a re-trial of the slave rebels who fought and died for their freedom in 1811. I...
View ArticleThank You – and what you can do to help
I wanted to write and thank you for your wonderful emails and support for my book, American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt. I’ve been so honored and uplifted by your...
View ArticleWhy I write about slavery
A few days ago, I recieved an interesting email through this website. Debra wrote, “First, honestly and exactly what is your true motivation for having chosen to study slavery in American? Second,...
View ArticleOn Lincoln
Amid all the talk about Spielberg’s movie about Lincoln, I thought I’d share the back-story to the movie and sketch out Lincoln’s earlier positions on slavery. In 1861, Lincoln expressed his belief...
View ArticleAmerican Uprising Debuts Today
Today is the publication date for American Uprising. I couldn’t be more thrilled to finally have the book on sale. You can buy it anywhere books are sold and through the links on this website. I hope...
View ArticleOp-Ed in the New Orleans Times-Picayune
I have an opinion piece in the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Check it out: http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2011/01/1811_slave_revolt_cant_be_forg.html Two hundred years ago this Saturday, the city...
View ArticleBlog Reviews
American Uprising has been getting a lot of attention on various blogs, and I wanted to share a few of my favorite reviews: ““Rasmussen writes with a youthful enthusiasm and is very passionate about...
View ArticleStory on the Daily Beast website
I published a story on the Daily Beast website about the 1811 revolt today. In my next post, details of my trip down to New Orleans…...
View ArticlePenTales Story Contest
My good friend Stephanie Hodges runs a worldwide salon and education network that promotes the long lost art of storytelling. It’s an incredibly cool idea and a wonderful organization that’s having a...
View ArticleNew York Times Bestseller!
I was thrilled to find American Uprising on the New York Times bestseller list. Thank you to everyone who has bought the book – I’m really thrilled that the story is catching on....
View ArticleA Re-Trial
group of organizations in New Orleans, led by the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, will be hosting a re-trial of the slave rebels who fought and died for their freedom in 1811. I...
View ArticleThank You – and what you can do to help
I wanted to write and thank you for your wonderful emails and support for my book, American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt. I’ve been so honored and uplifted by your...
View ArticleWhy I write about slavery
A few days ago, I recieved an interesting email through this website. Debra wrote, “First, honestly and exactly what is your true motivation for having chosen to study slavery in American? Second,...
View ArticleOn Lincoln
Amid all the talk about Spielberg’s movie about Lincoln, I thought I’d share the back-story to the movie and sketch out Lincoln’s earlier positions on slavery. In 1861, Lincoln expressed his belief...
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