Colonial/Revolutionary/Early National America

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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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Elise Mitchell Elise Mitchell Joins Department of History as Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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
Michael Blaakman; Photo credit: Joanna Mobley Michael A. Blaakman
Anne Pollard, 100 years old, portrait from 1721 Wendy Warren
Sean Wilentz Sean Wilentz
New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America
Sarah Matherly Sarah Matherly
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