Five Â鶹¹û¶³ students received cash awards from the Birmingham Center of Colonial Dames of America for outstanding papers written in Â鶹¹û¶³ history classes. The papers were submitted in the Colonial Dames' American Independence essay contest.
James Franklin Lowe, a junior history major from Fayetteville, Ga., won first place for his paper, "Albion's Abolition: The Moral and Public Campaigns that Ended Slavery and the Slave trade in Britain and British North America." He received a $1,000 cash prize.
Clay Mapp, a junior history major from Greenwood, Miss., won second place and a $750 cash award for his paper, "Vigilantes of the Backcountry: the Regulators of South Carolina."
Sarah Grace Buckley, a senior history and journalism and mass communication double major from Florence, Ala., won third place and $700 for her paper, "The Parsons' Cause and Tactics of the Clergy and Anti-Clerical Groups: 1758-1766."
Matthew Sessions, a senior history major from Monticello, Ga., won fourth place and $650 for his paper, "The North Carolina Regulators: Motivated Men."
Baker Ellis, a senior history major from Danville, Ky., won fifth place and $250 for his paper, "The Forgotten Drama: the Burning of the Gaspee."
The award winners gave brief overviews of their papers at a luncheon at Mountain Brook Club on April 2. The awards were presented by Â鶹¹û¶³ history department chair Dr. Jonathan Bass. A bound volume containing the papers was dedicated to Birmingham Center awards committee chairman Grace Whatley. It will be housed in the Â鶹¹û¶³ library.