David L Lightner

David L. Lightner is professor emeritus of history at the University of Alberta. He is the author of Slavery and the Commerce Power: How the Struggle against the Interstate Slave Trade Led to the Civil War ; Asylum, Prison, and Poorhouse: The Writings and Reform Work of Dorothea Dix in Illinois ; and Labor on the Illinois Central Railroad, 1852-1900: The Evolution of an Industrial Environment . He became interested in Winnie Lightner because of their shared surname, but he is not related to...See more

David L. Lightner is professor emeritus of history at the University of Alberta. He is the author of Slavery and the Commerce Power: How the Struggle against the Interstate Slave Trade Led to the Civil War ; Asylum, Prison, and Poorhouse: The Writings and Reform Work of Dorothea Dix in Illinois ; and Labor on the Illinois Central Railroad, 1852-1900: The Evolution of an Industrial Environment . He became interested in Winnie Lightner because of their shared surname, but he is not related to her. See less