Tony Bly

A native of Tidewater Virginia, Dr. Antonio T. Bly completed his undergraduate degree in History at Norfolk State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in American Studies at the College of William & Mary. Before joining the History Department at Sac State, he served as the Director of Africana Studies at Appalachian State University. In addition to being an engaging teacher, this historian of early America and book history is an active scholar and researcher. Dr. Bly’s current research projects: a documentary history of fugitive Native American in eighteenth-century America and a study of New England runaway slaves.

Areas of Interest:

• United States of America History
• 18th-19th Century U.S.
• African American History
• History of the Book
• Pop Culture