"A lively story that not only details the fort s rise and fall but also carefully fits its fate into the larger picture of Anglo-American imperial rivalry and the meaning of freedom in an age of revolution."--Robert Paquette, coauthor of The Oxford Handbook of Slavery in the Americas
"By examining the maroon community that formed at Prospect Bluff after the War of 1812, Millett reveals how anti-slavery radicalism threatened to rewrite the history of race in the Early Republic."--Andrew K. Frank, author of Creeks and Southerners: Biculturalism on the Early American...
"A lively story that not only details the fort s rise and fall but also carefully fits its fate into the larger picture of Anglo-American imperial ...
A stimulating collection of new scholarship that brings together three approaches to the history of migration comparative, transnational, and borderlands to tell histories of connection across geopolitical boundaries. Jordan Stanger-Ross, author of Staying Italian: Urban Change and Ethnic Life in Postwar Toronto and Philadelphia Highlights how migrants shaped local, regional, and transnational connections across time, place, and ethnicities. Stephanie Bangarth, author of Voices Raised in Protest: Defending North American Citizens of Japanese Ancestry, 1942 49 For...
A stimulating collection of new scholarship that brings together three approaches to the history of migration comparative, transnational, and borderla...
Since so much of Indian-European relations and the course of the American Revolution in the South pivoted on how the Creeks and British dealt with each other, illuminating that relationship is of critical importance. Juricek demonstrates an absolute mastery of the sources and a bone-deep understanding of the nuances of both Creek and British culture. Joshua Piker, author of Okfuskee: A Creek Indian Town in Colonial America A much-needed modern treatment of colonial Indian relations in the South. Plumbing the depths of archival sources, Juricek brings to life the dramas behind...
Since so much of Indian-European relations and the course of the American Revolution in the South pivoted on how the Creeks and British dealt with eac...
"Provides fresh insights into the ways that New Orleans was tied to the larger Atlantic world and how the city and its inhabitants weathered their incorporation into the United States."--Ashli White, author of Encountering Revolution: Haiti and the Making of the Early Republic "Dessens reveals a vanished world of transatlantic circuits, interracial families, politics and property, even ethnic rivalries--but most of all, the resilience, adaptability, and hard times of Saint-Domingue exiles whom revolution and war on two continents had cast ashore in New Orleans."--Lawrence N....
"Provides fresh insights into the ways that New Orleans was tied to the larger Atlantic world and how the city and its inhabitants weathered their inc...
"Brilliant. Puts the Bahamas on the map with Jamaica, Antigua, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone as sites where black refugees who fled the American victory in the War of Independence added mightily to the economy and religious life in their new homes."--John Saillant, author of Black Puritan, Black Republican: The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes, 1753-1833 "A rich social history that recognizes both the unique nature of Bahamian society and the ways in which it fit into an Atlantic context."--Carla Gardina Pestana, author of Protestant Empire: Religion and the Making of the British...
"Brilliant. Puts the Bahamas on the map with Jamaica, Antigua, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone as sites where black refugees who fled the American victo...
"Breathes new life into the borderlands debate by reinforcing that 'borderlands' are more than mere locations--they are also imagined spaces and metaphorical tools with which scholars can explore the commonalities of human experiences across time and place."--Kristofer Ray, author of Middle Tennessee, 1775-1825: Progress and Popular Democracy on the Southwestern Frontier "Offers a wide-ranging tour of some of North America's most intriguing borderlands contexts. A smart and timely collection."--Brian DeLay, editor of North American Borderlands Broadening the idea of "borderlands" beyond its...
"Breathes new life into the borderlands debate by reinforcing that 'borderlands' are more than mere locations--they are also imagined spaces and metap...
After the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of liberty and land. Freedom and Resistance shows how Black Loyalists struggled to find freedom, clashing with white loyalists who tried to bind them to illegal indentured contracts or to enslave them.
After the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of l...
This work examines James Monroe's attempt to craft a legacy as a champion of American republicanism. Monroe wanted to make the U.S. a beacon of republicanism around the world and secure his place as the republic's greatest diplomat.
This work examines James Monroe's attempt to craft a legacy as a champion of American republicanism. Monroe wanted to make the U.S. a beacon of republ...
