Ron Soodalter is a passionate educator and lay historian. With a master's degree in education and full master's credits in American folk culture, he has taught American history and was formerly a museum curator. He has also been a professional artist and concert guitarist, and has field-collected the traditional ballads of America, Scotland and Ireland. He operates a consortium of special effects and animation studios for the commercial television market. Mr. Soodalter lives in Chappaqua, New York.
On a frosty day in February 1862, hundreds gathered to watch the execution of Nathaniel Gordon. Two years earlier, Gordon had taken Africans in chains...
...Warner Library 121 N Broadway, Tarrytown, NY When: March 11, 2013 Time: 7:00 pm–8:30 pm Author Ron Soodalter will discuss his book HANGING CAPTAIN GORDON:The Government, Lincoln, and the Slave Trade. - at Warner Library. Free/ sponsored by the...
...responded, “I could not hang men for votes.” Follow Disunion at twitter.com/NYTcivilwar or join us on Facebook. Ron Soodalter is the author of “Hanging Captain Gordon: The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader” and a co-author of “The...
...Ley de Protección de Víctimas de Trata, que ayudó a llevar el tema a la esfera pública, dijo Ron Soodalter, autor de The Slave Next Door (La esclava en la casa de al lado). La ley prevé un nuevo fundamento jurídico para perseguir a los...
...responded, “I could not hang men for votes.” Follow Disunion at twitter.com/NYTcivilwar or join us on Facebook. Ron Soodalter is the author of “Hanging Captain Gordon: The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader” and a co-author of “The...
...responded, “I could not hang men for votes.” Follow Disunion at twitter.com/NYTcivilwar or join us on Facebook. Ron Soodalter is the author of “Hanging Captain Gordon: The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader” and a co-author of “The...
...American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy (Random House, 2007) Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter, The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today (University of California Press, 2...