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De-Silencing the Archive: The Benefits of Microhistory for Romani American History – Ann Ostendorf

When Jean Baptiste “La Chaume” Chevalier entered the New Orleans courtroom in July 1743 his puncture wound must still have been hurting. Few would have extended this soldier much sympathy since he had stabbed himself less than three weeks earlier. After months of laboring at the Natchez Post for an abusive commandant (a punishment he was serving for a prior desertion attempt), La Chaume had lashed out, was restrained, and…

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Roundtable — Facing the Archive from the Present: A Celebration of Dan Richter’s Work, Part II – Tara A. Bynum and Liz Polcha

EAS Editors’ Note: This is Part II of a guest-edited roundtable that was in response to “Facing the Future of Early American Studies,” the July 2023 conference where scholars reflected on the scholarship and mentorship of Daniel K. Richter, director emeritus of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies. Read Part I here. Facing the Archive from the Present: A Celebration of Dan Richter’s Work, Part II Links to Facing…

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“Looking Over Bet’s Shoulders: The Archive and the Albany Arson Plot” – Michael Monescalchi

In the prologue to Facing East from Indian Country, Dan Richter claims that it is nearly impossible for scholars who are interested in recovering disenfranchised persons’ perspectives “to see the world through [the] eyes” of those we study.1 Rather than despair over the archive’s limitations, however, he offers a solution to this problem, arguing that we must try to look over our subjects’ shoulders to “reconstruct something of the way in…

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Roundtable — Facing the Archive from the Present: A Celebration of Dan Richter’s Work – Tara A. Bynum and Liz Polcha

EAS Editors’ Note: This guest-edited roundtable is a follow up to “Facing the Future of Early American Studies,” the July 2023 conference where scholars reflected on the scholarship and mentorship of Daniel K. Richter, director emeritus of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies. Roundtable Introduction – Tara A. Bynum and Liz Polcha Jump to Facing the Archive from the Present Roundtable Posts As literary scholars, we want to honor…

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