Scholars@Duke
Tamika Nunley

Tamika Nunley

William & Sue Gross Professor of History
History
tamika.nunley@duke.edu
224 Classroom Building, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27302
1356 Campus Drive, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Books

The Demands of Justice Enslaved Women, Capital Crime, and Clemency in Early Virginia

Book · March 9, 2023 Award-winning historian Tamika Y. Nunley has unearthed the stories of enslaved Black women charged by their owners with poisoning, theft, murder, infanticide, and arson. ... Cite

At the Threshold of Liberty Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C.

Book · January 29, 2021 In telling these stories, Nunley places Black women at the vanguard of the history of Washington, D.C., and the momentous transformations of nineteenth-century America. ... Cite