Mary T. Freeman, Heather Walser, Nora Slonimsky, Jessica Chopin Roney, A. Shankman, Brooke Bauer, E. Ellis, V. Holden, Elise A. Mitchell, W. Stewart, Greta L. Lafleur, Sari Altschuler, C. Crouch, L. Harris, D. Richter, Nicola Martin, M. Lender, Benjamin L. Carp, Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan, Donald F. Johnson, A. M. Becker, E. Gelles, Rachel Tamar Van, Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Kara M. French, K. Tillman, Campbell F. Scribner, Sasha Coles
Abstract:During the era of gradual emancipation, between about 1780 and 1830, ordinary African Americans tested the power of correspondence in efforts to advance their claims to freedom. Their demands often exceeded the limits of emancipation laws, but the letters themselves became a form of evidence in cases that challenged the existing legal regime. This article draws upon the correspondence files of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society to reveal a pattern of antislavery activism in which enslaved and free Black correspondents communicated their views directly white abolitionists, seeing themselves as participants in a cooperative activist partnership. Writing as deferential petitioners, indignant parents, aggrieved victims, and shrewd negotiators—sometimes all within the space of the same letter—African Americans used correspondence to present their political concerns as inseparable from their daily lives. Harnessing the medium of correspondence, they made immediate demands for legal freedom and relief from suffering. They also made implicit claims to equality through their conscious deployment of language and letter-writing conventions to reflect good moral character—a prerequisite for equal membership in the body politic. Together, these sources demonstrate that African Americans used letter-writing to secure freedom for themselves and their families as well as to emphasize the universal injustice of slavery and the moral obligation to oppose it.
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Recent work from Sarah Swedberg connects this rhe toric directly to that of “madness” and mental health.6 Mind and Hearts is a highly readable and succinct account of the American Revolution through the lives and labors of two Mas sa chu setts icons and American found ers (223). By valuing hearts as well as minds, the book compellingly weaves together the personal and po liti cal lives of these influential siblings.
Sarah Swedberg最近的研究将这个故事直接与“疯狂”和心理健康联系起来《思想与心灵》是一本极具可读性和简洁的美国革命描述，通过两个马斯·萨朱的生活和劳动，偶像和美国发现的人(223)。通过重视心灵和思想，这本书令人信服地将这对有影响力的兄弟姐妹的个人生活和政治生活编织在一起。
{"title":"Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives: The Lost Story of Enslaved Africans, Their Arabic Letters, & an American President by Jeffrey Einboden (review)","authors":"Kambiz GhaneaBassiri","doi":"10.1353/jer.2023.0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2023.0021","url":null,"abstract":"Recent work from Sarah Swedberg connects this rhe toric directly to that of “madness” and mental health.6 Mind and Hearts is a highly readable and succinct account of the American Revolution through the lives and labors of two Mas sa chu setts icons and American found ers (223). By valuing hearts as well as minds, the book compellingly weaves together the personal and po liti cal lives of these influential siblings.","PeriodicalId":45213,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC","volume":"43 1","pages":"184 - 187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45021658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Journal of the Early Republic: Volume 42, 2022","authors":"","doi":"10.1353/jer.2012.0093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2012.0093","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45213,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/jer.2012.0093","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43003688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Public historians and historical interpreters are often misunderstood by academic historians. They face challenges such as their work being undervalued and being underpaid. Through personal experience about the publication of a paper that bridged the public and academic history fields, the author describes ways she believes the fields could merge more to the benefit of not only historians, but the general public as well.
{"title":"Up for Interpretation: The Historical Interpreter's Role in Producing and Expanding Scholarship","authors":"Jessie Serfilippi","doi":"10.1353/jer.2022.0077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2022.0077","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Public historians and historical interpreters are often misunderstood by academic historians. They face challenges such as their work being undervalued and being underpaid. Through personal experience about the publication of a paper that bridged the public and academic history fields, the author describes ways she believes the fields could merge more to the benefit of not only historians, but the general public as well.","PeriodicalId":45213,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC","volume":"42 1","pages":"577 - 582"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48205658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Family, Slavery, and Love in the Early American Republic: The Essays of Jan Ellen Lewis ed. by Barry Bienstock, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Peter S. Onuf (review)","authors":"Sara Georgini","doi":"10.1353/jer.2022.0088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2022.0088","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45213,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC","volume":"42 1","pages":"648 - 650"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42130184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Historians need time, money, and community to support their research, writing, and scholarly production. Where can historians turn to get the help they need to produce works of scholarly history as all but the most elite universities shift away from providing tenure-track positions and research support? What can scholarly organizations like the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic do to support those who wish to pursue scholarly work but find themselves working in undersupported positions or outside of the academy? This essay explores ideas for how scholarly organizations can better support and help their members produce scholarship and include them in scholarly publishing and peer review.
{"title":"Rethinking Time, Money, Access, and Community","authors":"Liz Covart","doi":"10.1353/jer.2022.0074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2022.0074","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Historians need time, money, and community to support their research, writing, and scholarly production. Where can historians turn to get the help they need to produce works of scholarly history as all but the most elite universities shift away from providing tenure-track positions and research support? What can scholarly organizations like the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic do to support those who wish to pursue scholarly work but find themselves working in undersupported positions or outside of the academy? This essay explores ideas for how scholarly organizations can better support and help their members produce scholarship and include them in scholarly publishing and peer review.","PeriodicalId":45213,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC","volume":"42 1","pages":"561 - 566"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45684442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Academic Journals rely on people who devote their time and expertise to supporting the production of historical scholarship in diverse institutions—in archives and libraries, universities and museums, professional organizations and their conferences, and journals and presses. This network is complex, yet at its core it takes for granted the existence of researchers with the time, resources, and incentive to produce new scholarship. With the decline of traditional academic structures, other ways are needed to support and facilitate the production of knowledge.
{"title":"Preface: The Material Conditions of Historians' Labor","authors":"Will B. Mackintosh, J. Neem, Jessica Chopin Roney","doi":"10.1353/jer.2022.0071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2022.0071","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Academic Journals rely on people who devote their time and expertise to supporting the production of historical scholarship in diverse institutions—in archives and libraries, universities and museums, professional organizations and their conferences, and journals and presses. This network is complex, yet at its core it takes for granted the existence of researchers with the time, resources, and incentive to produce new scholarship. With the decline of traditional academic structures, other ways are needed to support and facilitate the production of knowledge.","PeriodicalId":45213,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC","volume":"42 1","pages":"539 - 542"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46201312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Law in American Meetinghouses: Church Discipline and Civil Authority in Kentucky, 1780–1845 by Jeffrey Thomas Perry (review)","authors":"A. S. Watkins","doi":"10.1353/jer.2022.0090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2022.0090","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45213,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC","volume":"42 1","pages":"653 - 655"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46242031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
and to stymie abolitionist writers. White writers used euphemisms or communicated “in code” (190) in their private correspondence. With this dearth of immediate primary materials, postbellum archivists did not attempt to collect materials about an event they did not know of. Without these materials and with a white historical profession that was already convinced of slave docility, the story of Nicholas was effectively silenced. So, in writing All for Liberty, Jeff Strickland unsilences the past—to borrow Trouillot’s language.2 Luckily for the reader, he has done so with prose that is as accessible for general audiences, including undergraduates, as it is enlightening for seasoned scholars of antebellum slavery.
{"title":"A Fire Bell in the Past: The Missouri Crisis at 200: Western Slavery, National Impasse ed. by Jeffrey L. Pasley and John Craig Hammond (review)","authors":"Van Gosse","doi":"10.1353/jer.2022.0086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2022.0086","url":null,"abstract":"and to stymie abolitionist writers. White writers used euphemisms or communicated “in code” (190) in their private correspondence. With this dearth of immediate primary materials, postbellum archivists did not attempt to collect materials about an event they did not know of. Without these materials and with a white historical profession that was already convinced of slave docility, the story of Nicholas was effectively silenced. So, in writing All for Liberty, Jeff Strickland unsilences the past—to borrow Trouillot’s language.2 Luckily for the reader, he has done so with prose that is as accessible for general audiences, including undergraduates, as it is enlightening for seasoned scholars of antebellum slavery.","PeriodicalId":45213,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC","volume":"42 1","pages":"642 - 645"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47266635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:In the decades leading up to the Civil War, American officials established multiple reservations on the west bank of the Missouri River and used it to delimit land for Indian Removal. They expected the wide Missouri to contain Indigenous peoples in the Great Plains to the west of the river, dividing them from white settlers on the east bank. Yet throughout this period, Siouan-speaking peoples in the central Plains—Omaha, Otoe, and Missouria peoples—fought to uphold their navigation rights on the river and preserve access to homelands on its east side. Enlisting Indigenous navigational technologies, they continued traveling on the river and landed repeatedly on its east bank, where they carried out hunting expeditions along eastern tributaries into northwest Missouri and western Iowa and confronted soldiers and settlers attempting to enforce the river boundary of Indian Territory. In doing so, Omahas, Otoes, and Missourias sustained their own deep histories of mobility and communication on Indigenous waterways that spanned American boundaries in the Great Plains. This article addresses how they resisted American authority across the Missouri watershed in the early to mid-nineteenth century.
{"title":"Indigenous Waterways and the Boundaries of the Great Plains","authors":"Christopher Steinke","doi":"10.1353/jer.2022.0070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2022.0070","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In the decades leading up to the Civil War, American officials established multiple reservations on the west bank of the Missouri River and used it to delimit land for Indian Removal. They expected the wide Missouri to contain Indigenous peoples in the Great Plains to the west of the river, dividing them from white settlers on the east bank. Yet throughout this period, Siouan-speaking peoples in the central Plains—Omaha, Otoe, and Missouria peoples—fought to uphold their navigation rights on the river and preserve access to homelands on its east side. Enlisting Indigenous navigational technologies, they continued traveling on the river and landed repeatedly on its east bank, where they carried out hunting expeditions along eastern tributaries into northwest Missouri and western Iowa and confronted soldiers and settlers attempting to enforce the river boundary of Indian Territory. In doing so, Omahas, Otoes, and Missourias sustained their own deep histories of mobility and communication on Indigenous waterways that spanned American boundaries in the Great Plains. This article addresses how they resisted American authority across the Missouri watershed in the early to mid-nineteenth century.","PeriodicalId":45213,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC","volume":"42 1","pages":"513 - 538"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47291406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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