Thomas A. Foster

Thomas A. Foster is a Professor of History at Howard University. He is the author of Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men; Sex and the Founding Fathers: The American Quest for a Relatable Past; and Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man: Massachusetts and the History of Sexuality in America. Foster is also editor of Long Before Stonewall: Histories of Same-Sex Sexuality; New Men: Manliness in Early America; Documenting Intimate Matters: Primary Sources for a History of Sexuality in America; and Women in Early America. Twitter: @ThomasAFoster On Sex and the Founding Fathers: http://notchesblog.com/2015/03/14/sex-and-the-american-quest-for-a-relatable-past/