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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Michael Blaakman; Photo credit: Joanna Mobley Michael A. Blaakman
Elizabeth Ellis Photo Credit Zoë McWhirter Elizabeth Ellis
Myth America by Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
Anne Pollard, 100 years old, portrait from 1721 Wendy Warren
Sean Wilentz Sean Wilentz
The Great Power of Small Nations Indigenous Diplomacy in the Gulf South by Elizabeth N. Ellis The Great Power of Small Nations: Indigenous Diplomacy in the Gulf South
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
Elise Mitchell Elise Mitchell
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
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