He received his B.A. and M.A. in history from North Carolina Central University, and his Ph.D. in history from the Ohio State University. He has authored scholarly reviews for the Journal of African American History and H-Net Slavery Reviews. He is currently completing his first book tentatively titled “city of refuge”: Petit Marronage and Slave Economy in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1790-1860, under contract with the University of Georgia Press.