Michael Vorenberg

Michael Vorenberg is a professor of history at Brown University. His research takes place at the intersection of three fields in American history: Civil War and Reconstruction; Legal and Constitutional History; and Slavery, Emancipation, and Race.

Books in order of publication:

Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment (2001)

The Emancipation Proclamation: A Brief History with Documents (2010)

Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War (2025)