Background
Thornton, Jonathan Mills was born on October 27, 1943 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Jonathan Mills and Priscilla Marks Thornton.
("By exploring antebellum politics in Alabama, Thornton ex...)
"By exploring antebellum politics in Alabama, Thornton explains the conditions of the hidden alliance between slavery and Jacksonian ideology that made secession possible. Supported by maps, charts, and voting records the book argue that slavery, contrary to our conventional wisdom, was not an un-American institution. White Alabamians, valuing personal freedom and political equality, came to believe that their independence was political equality, came to believe that their independence was predicated on the preservation of black slavery.
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Thornton, Jonathan Mills was born on October 27, 1943 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Jonathan Mills and Priscilla Marks Thornton.
Bachelor, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1966. Master of Philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, 1974.
Instructor University Illinois, Chicago, 1971—1974. Assistant professor University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1974—1977, associate professor, 1977—1982, professor history, 1982—2010, professor emeritus, since 2010. Fellow Woodrow Wilson International Center Scholars, Washington, 1994—1995.
Pitt professor American history Cambridge University, England, 2007—2008.
("By exploring antebellum politics in Alabama, Thornton ex...)
Married Brenda Booth, January 5, 1985.