The James Blair Historical Review, Volume 8:2 (Spring 2018)

James Blair Historical Review Volume 8 Issue 2 Article 1 2017 The James Blair Historical Review, Volume 8:2 (Spring 2018) Barrett Mills The College of William and Mary, Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/jbhr Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Mills, Barrett (2017) "The James Blair Historical Review, Volume 8:2 (Spring 2018)," James Blair Historical Review: Vol. 8 : Iss. 2 , Article 1. Available at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/jbhr/vol8/iss2/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in James Blair Historical Review by an authorized editor of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact . Mills: The James Blair Historical Review, Volume 8:2 (Spring 2018) The James Blair Historical Review Volume 8, Issue 2 Spring 2018 Published by W&M ScholarWorks, 2017 1 James Blair Historical Review, Vol. 8 [2017], Iss. 2, Art. 1 The James Blair Historical Review Volume 8, Issue 2 (Spring 2018) Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Layout Editor Barrett Mills Jacob Manvell Yutong Zhan Peer Reviewers Matthew Cohen Ryan Conner Zoë Connor Sara Donovan Margaret Duke Natalie White Ana Murias Samantha Slusher Sonja Sponholz Joseph P Teknus Sara Clark Abby Whitlock Grant Wong Luke Campopiano Taylor Galanides Faculty Advisor Dr. Ayfer Karakaya-Stump https://scholarworks.wm.edu/jbhr/vol8/iss2/1 2 Mills: The James Blair Historical Review, Volume 8:2 (Spring 2018) Editor’s Note This Spring 2018 edition of the James Blair Historical Review marks a milestone in our publication’s history—never before has our journal released two issues in one academic school year. The sheer level of work to produce just one issue has typically required two semesters of investment. However, with a great deal of effort on behalf of our editing team and peer reviewers, we managed to push our boundaries and produce not one, but two compilations of exemplary undergraduate historical research for the Fall 2017-Spring 2018 academic year. Given that additional issues grant students more opportunities to share their stellar work with the rest of the world, we hope that publishing biannually will become an ongoing practice for our journal. But besides starting this new convention, we also revived an earlier tradition—publishing an issue in print. The last time our journal existed in a physical form was 2014. I believe that history is best consumed from old-fashioned ink on paper, so I am happy to announce that physical copies of the Spring 2018 issue of the James Blair Historical Review will be available in early Fall 2018 for students and faculty of the College of William & Mary, as well as visitors. Of course, none of these achievements would have been possible without tremendous support from many people. I would like to thank my fellow editors for suggesting article revisions to authors and formatting this issue, and our peer reviewers for highlighting the articles most fitting for publication. I would also like to thank our faculty advisor, Dr. Stump, for overseeing our journal’s progress this past year. Lastly, I would like to extend my greatest appreciation for every author who submitted articles to our journal. Our publication would not exist without their assistance, and we wish we could publish all of the amazing papers that we receive. Alas, only four could make the cut for this issue, but I am incredibly pleased with the results—and I hope you, the reader, will share the same sentiment. Thank you for engaging with our Spring 2018 issue, and please enjoy the subsequent 70+ pages of excellent historical research. Sincerely, Barrett Mills Editor-in-Chief Published by W&M ScholarWorks, 2017 3 James Blair Historical Review, Vol. 8 [2017], Iss. 2, Art. 1 Table of Contents Stirring Appeals: Elite Southern Women, Confederate Fasts, and Christian Unity 7 Daniel Burns Overseers' Quest for Control in the WPA Slave Narratives 23 Delia Karamouzis International Waters: Putting Hawaii Back in the American Civil War 51 Rebecca Leidenheimer Foes, Friends, and Fighting for Freedom: The United States, Soviet Union, and Cuba in the Southern African Regional Conflict, 1975-1988 60 Erik Roberts Online: In addition to this printed issue, the James Blair Historical Review can be accessed online through our website <https://publish.wm.edu/jbhr/>. Cover: A. Meyer, Principal Church, Charleston, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., accessed April 27, 2018, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004662332/ https://scholarworks.wm.edu/jbhr/vol8/iss2/1 4 Mills: The James Blair Historical Review, Volume 8:2 (Spring 2018) About the Authors Daniel Burns is a senior at the College of William and Mary majoring in history and finance with a concentration in business analytics. His research interests include colonial American history, the African diaspora, the history of the American presidency, and American religious history from the colonial era through the Civil War. He will join Ernst & Young’s risk advisory practice in Tysons Corner, Virginia after graduating in May of this year. He hails from Columbia, New Jersey. Delia Karamouzis hails from Rockville Centre, New York. She is a Junior at Boston College, majoring in History with a minor in Management and Leadership. Delia was recently selected to the Boston College Chapter of the Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society. She is a proud dual citizen of the United States and Greece, and during the Fall 2017 semester she studied abroad in Thessaloniki, Greece. In her spare time, Delia serves as a trip leader for the Appalachia Volunteers Program of Boston College and a volunteer manager for the BC Varsity Baseball Team. After graduation, she plans to attend law school and pursue a career in sports law. Published by W&M ScholarWorks, 2017 5 James Blair Historical Review, Vol. 8 [2017], Iss. 2, Art. 1 Rebecca Leidenheimer is a sophomore history major at the College of William & Mary. Her research interests include the global seventeenth century, onomastics, the antebellum United States, and the history of historic preservation. She works part-time as an education guide at Historic Jamestowne and hopes to work on future projects that interpret Jamestown's history. Erik Roberts is a fourth-year history student at the University of Virginia. He became interested in Cold War history after taking a foreign relations history course with distinguished historian Melvyn Leffler, and he became interested in southern African history after spending a summer studying in Cape Town. Erik wrote his included piece with guidance from his advisors, Melvyn Leffler and James Loeffler, as well as with the assistance of a Harrison research grant from the University's Undergraduate Research Network. Erik will be moving to New York City upon graduation from UVA to pursue a career in management consulting. https: (...truncated)