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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Davis Center Seminar Sarah L. H. Gronningsater - Poor Law, Slave Law, and the Golden Rule: Quaker Antislavery and the Early Modern Origins of Gradual Abolition Policy
Davis Center Works in Progress Sean Wilentz - The Political Origins of American Antislavery
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: David C. Williard Michael A. Blaakman
Eleanor Hubbard Eleanor Hubbard
Wendy Warren
Sean Wilentz Robert Sean Wilentz
New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America
Liberty, Equality, Power Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People, Volume I: To 1877
John Murrin John Murrin
Barbara Oberg Barbara Oberg
Sean Wilentz, The Rise of American Democracy The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln