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African Slave Trade c.1780s: Selected Perspectives from an African & a Briton
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade — Database (www.slavevoyages.org)
Antera Duke’s Diary & James Irving’s Letters and Journal
African Slave Trade Practices
Abolitionist Movement in Britain
Conclusion
Bibliography
John Ledyard: Globalization in the Atlantic World
The Beginning of the American Traveler
A Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage
Sea Otters and Imperial Design
Cold Russian Shoulders
The Billings Expedition
American Ideal
Bibliography Ledyard
Early Atlantic Naturalism: A Cultivation of National Identity
Friends in Smart Places
From Farmer to Father of American Botany
Contributing to the Scientific Method
Further Research
The Norfolk Riots (1768 -1769): A Case of (Dis)empowerment?
The Idiosyncrasies of Inoculation
The Gentlemen
The Mob
The Press
Bibliography
Dead Men Do Tell Tales: An exploration of anti-piracy campaigns under Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood and the demise of Blackbeard, 1696-1718
A Personal Vendetta: Spotswood’s War on Pirates
Spotswood Intervenes: Virginia on the North Carolina Coast
Officially Offended: A Proclamation Against Blackbeard
The Demise of Blackbeard
Concluding StoryMap & Bibliography
Blurred Lines: The Criminalization of Buggery in 16th Century England
Devising Boundaries: Distinctions Between Man & Animal
Transgressing Boundaries: Birthing Monsters
Establishing Boundaries: Criminalization of Bestiality
Every Dog Has its Day (in Court)
Conclusion
Privileged Pour: Hannah Griffith's Coffeehouse
Her Husband Becomes a Legend
The Legend Grows
Prestigious Pourhouse
A Respectable Option
Legacy of the Lady
“A Testimony of Cherished Affection”: Establishing Legacy in the Early Republic
The Gift Givers
The Recipients
The Gifts
Anniversary Gifts
Encouraging Patriotism
Enhancing Physical Appearance
Making Social Connections
Promoting Education
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About Alexander Spotswood
Objects and Knowledge: The Process of Creating an American Identity
Art and Material Culture
Collecting Mexican Artifacts and Displaying Knowledge in the Early United States
Learned Societies
Joel Poinsett
Spreading the news
Transferring Artifacts to the United States
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About Blackbeard (Captain Edward Teach)
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The Sugar Mill
1748
Inquiry into Dr. Campbell's Burned Down Home
1768-09-22
Photograph of William Wilberforce, English Abolitionist 1880s
1880s
Olaudah Equiano, former slave and British abolitionist
1780s
Map of the Triangle Slave Trade c1750
1750
Dorothy Willing Francis, 1800-1810
1800-1810
Edward Shippen Burd, 1806-1808
1806-1808
Bushrod Washington, 1783
1783
The Washington Family
1789-1796
‘An Accurate Map of Africa from the Best Authorities’, printed for G. Robinson, 18th century. Reproduced by permission of National Museums Liverpool, Merseyside Maritime Museum.
1700s
'Pest house' (isolation hospital in times of plague), Tothill Fields, Westminster, London. Lithograph, c. 1840.
1840
Account of the monthly inquires to the Royal Society.
1701-12-23
Illustration of a slave ship and a descendent of Antera Duke
1859/4/22
A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina.
1700-1754 1708-1757 1771
The Diary of Antera Duke
2010
Newspaper article about a descendant of Antera Duke
1850-6-22
Letter 3 From James Irving to his spouse
1786-11-22
Philosophical Transactions No. 474 Table II
1744-11-08
Woman suffering from discrete smallpox
1903-07
"Traveler in a Kibitka (Hooded Cart or Sledge)"
1819
Paul Loyal's Defense
1768-09-01
Sea Otter
1780
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Charles Thomson
1787-09-20
Elizabeth Willing Powel to Edward Shippen Burd, 18 July 1812
1812-07-18
Edward Shippen Burd to Elizabeth Willing Powel, 18 July 1812
1812-07-18
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