Colonial/Revolutionary/Early National America

Slaves dancing to a banjo

Early Americanists examine not only America but also the Atlantic world as a whole. Faculty members are particularly interested in race and identity, slavery, colonization, and revolution.

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Final Public Oral Examination Final Public Oral Exam: John Paniagua
Michael Blaakman; Photo credit: Joanna Mobley Michael A. Blaakman
Anne Pollard, 100 years old, portrait from 1721 Wendy Warren
Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century US by Laura F Edwards Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States
Sean Wilentz Sean Wilentz
Pravilova and Warren Awarded NEH Grants to Support Advanced Research in the Humanities
As a City on a Hill: The Story of America's Most Famous Lay Sermon by Daniel T. Rodgers As a City on a Hill: The Story of America's Most Famous Lay Sermon
New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America
Sarah Matherly Sarah Matherly
Elise Mitchell Elise Mitchell
Liberty, Equality, Power Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People, Volume I: To 1877
Barbara Oberg Barbara Oberg
Sean Wilentz, The Rise of American Democracy The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln