eMail: rhsewell@wisc.edu
Education: PhD: Harvard University (1962);
MA: Harvard University (1954); BA: University of Michigan (1953)
Specialization:
19th century Political and Social History
Research Interests:
Civil War and Reconstruction
Selected Publications:
- John P. Hale and the Politics of Abolition (1965)
- Ballots for Freedom: Antislavery Politics in the United States, 1837-1860 (1976)
- A House Divided: Sectionalism and Civil War, 1848-1865 (1988)