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name: Richard J. Boles
about: I am an Assistant Professor of History at Oklahoma State University (PhD from George Washington University and BA and MA from Boston College). I specialize in early American history, particularly African American and Native American history from the colonial era to the Civil War, and American religious history. Before moving to Oklahoma, I lived in California, Massachusetts, Washington DC, and New York. My first book focuses on race relations in northern Protestant churches from 1730 to 1850. This work examines the transition from racially diverse churches during the early eighteenth century to separate American Indian and African American congregations by the early nineteenth century in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions. It shows th I am an Assistant Professor of History at Oklahoma State University (PhD from George Washington University and BA and MA from Boston College). I specialize in early American history, particularly African American and Native American history from the colonial era to the Civil War, and American religious history. Before moving to Oklahoma, I lived in California, Massachusetts, Washington DC, and New York. My first book focuses on race relations in northern Protestant churches from 1730 to 1850. This work examines the transition from racially diverse churches during the early eighteenth century to separate American Indian and African American congregations by the early nineteenth century in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions. It shows that a significant portion of northern Protestants worshiped in interracial churches between 1730 and 1820. I have published articles in the Lutheran Quarterly, the Rhode Island History Journal, the New England Quarterly, and other publications. ...more