The Interviewees

Richard Beeman Author of “Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor” and Professor of History, the University of Pennsylvania	Lonnie Bunch Founding Director of The National Museum of African American History & Culture	Joseph Ellis Author of “Founding Brothers” and Professor Emeritus of History at Mount Holyoke College
Jon Kukla Author of “Mr. Jefferson’s Women” and former Director of Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial	David Azerrad Director, Center for Principles and Politics at the Heritage Foundation	Walter Brueggemann Professor Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary
Richard Cooper Director of Interpretation at National Underground Railroad Freedom Center	Christian Cotz Director of Education at James Madison’s Montpelier	Thomas Kidd Author of “Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots” and Professor of History at Baylor University
Christa Dierksheide Historian at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, and Co-Author of “Thomas Jefferson’s Worlds”	Sara Georgini Assistant Editor, The Adams Papers at The Massachusetts Historical Society	Travis Ricketts Professor of History, Politics & Government at Bryan College
Allan Kulikoff Professor of History at University of Georgia	George McDaniel Executive Director Emeritus, Drayton Hall Plantation	David Eltis Author of “The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas” and Professor Emeritus at Emory University
Carl Westmoreland Senior Historian at National Underground Railroad Freedom Center	Eric Jackson Professor of History at Northern Kentucky University	India Meissel National Council for the Social Studies Teacher of the Year
Kat Imhoff President at James Madison’s Montpelier	Mary V. Thompson Research Historian at Mount Vernon and Author of ” The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret : George Washington and Slavery “	Sara Bon-Harper Executive Director at Ash Lawn-Highland
Caroline Keinath Deputy Superintendent at Adams National Historic Park	David Rutledge Professor of History at Furman University	Rick Starr Park Ranger at Independence National Historic Park
Doug Bradburn Founding Director of the Fred W. Smith National Library at Mount Vernon	Tolivar Wills Senior Pastor at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church	Nicholas Wood Adjunct Instructor of History at the University of Virginia specializing in slavery and abolitionism in the early republic
Leonce Crump Lead Pastor at Renovation Church	Ken Turner Professor of Theology at Bryan College	K. Carl Smith Author of “Frederick Douglass Republicans”
Julian Dangerfield Associate Pastor at Shiloh Church	Catherine Braxton Descendant of enslaved person of Drayton Hall Plantation	Jim Reimann Editor of the Updated Oswald Chambers, “My Utmost for His Highest”
Harry Reeder Senior Pastor at Briarwood Presbyterian Church	Alisha Cromwell Ph.D Candidate, University of Georgia specializing in enslaved women’s role in the Southern Economy	Rod Gragg Author of “Forged in Faith” and Professor at Coastal Carolina University
Henry Wiencek Historian and Author of “Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves”	Carolyn Davis Assistant Professor at Morehouse College	Carter Hudgins President and CEO, Drayton Hall Preservation Trust
Edward Larson Author of “The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789″	Robert Baker Author of “Prigg v Pennsylvania”	Matt Reeves Director of Archaeology and Landscape Restoration at James Madison’s Montpeilier
Zac Cunningham Historian at George Washington’s Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm