Aline helg biography of abraham lincoln

Aline Helg is a historian, specializing in the history of slavery.

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She is known for her research and books on the history of revolutions, the Americas, the African diaspora, civil rights, racism and ethnicity.^[1]

Biography

At the age of six, Helg and her parents left Switzerland to live in the United States. There, she experienced life in a country with a language unknown to her.^[2]

She returned to Switzerland to obtain her doctorate at the University of Geneva in 1983 and became a professor in the same institution in 2003.^[3] As Switzerland offered her few opportunities as a historian after her doctorate, she began her academic career in America working on Cuba, and Colombia.

She was interested in emancipation movements and the racial question, and focused on how people demonstrated resilience to build a dignified life.^[4]

She subsequently taught at the Department of Political Science at University of Los Andes in Bogotá The Best Biographies of Abraham Lincoln MAXAX