Born in Connecticut, Lemuel Haynes was first an indentured servant, then a soldier in the
Continental Army, and, in 1785, an ordained congregational minister. Haynes's writings …

summary For pious converts to Christianity in late eighteenth-and early nineteenth-century
New England, all reality was shaped by religious devotion and biblical text. It is therefore not …

N these pages in i988 (for a Forum) I assessed the scholarship in early J American literature
from the founding of Early American Literature in 1i966 through I987 and received …

Providence called John Marrant to Nova Scotia--a call that was felt quietly and inwardly at
first, then amplified with reports of an African-American exodus to the British province, and …

Los relatos de cautivas son la primera forma literaria típicamente norteamericana dominada
por las experiencias de mujeres en ámbitos variados. El estudio de los relatos presentados …

Nineteenth-century exslave narratives allow us to understand the way in which freedmen,
freedwomen, and runaways experienced and enjoyed liberty. In such narratives, liberty …

This dissertation explores the theological and ethical preoccupations of Phillis Wheatley in
colonial New England. Chapter 1 frames the conversation around relevant research and …

This thesis investigates to what extent political discourse in America's Founding Era, from
the enactment of the Stamp Act in 1765 to the ratification of the Constitution in 1788, was …

Abstract Revising Captivity Narratives demonstrates the power and potential for revisionist
studies to redefine canonical structures. In doing so, it directly confronts those critical and …

Among the papers of the Puerto Rican–born Arturo (aka Arthur) Alfonso Schomburg, one of
the twentieth century's most important bibliophiles, rests an unpublished manuscript labeled …