Department of History

Adam Rothman is an Associate Professor of History. He teaches courses in Atlantic history, 19th century U.S history, and the history of slavery.

Rothman's book, *Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South*, was published by Harvard University Press early in 2005.

In 2007, he co-authored *Major Problems in Atlantic History* (Houghton Mifflin) with his colleague Alison Games.

Rothman is an expert in the history of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War, and in the history of slavery and abolition in the Atlantic world.