Doctoral Candidate

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M. A., History, University of Washington, 2019
M. A., Gender Studies, Queen's University, 2018
H. B. A., History, University of Toronto, 2016
Frances O’Shaughnessy (they/them) is a historian of the African Diaspora with a specialization in nineteenth-century African American history. Their dissertation, "Black Revolution on the Sea Islands," historicizes Gullah Geechee practices of freedom, kinship, and care during the US Civil War and Reconstruction.