Browsing by Subject "Atlantic World"
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(2018-04-11)Department: Latin American StudiesIn the antebellum American South, slaves and free blacks from across the Atlantic World went to court to petition for their freedom from illegal enslavement. US legal officials primarily cared whether or not slaves could ...
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(2010-04-20)Department: HistoryThroughout its history, the rhetoric of religion, specifically, in this case of Protestant Christianity, has shaped and influenced America. From missions societies to itinerant preachers, Protestants leaders have sought ...
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(2015-05-22)Department: HistoryThis dissertation project examines the impact of one particular insurgent slave group, the Black Auxiliary Troops of King Carlos IV, during the early years of the Haitian revolution. Led by free black generals Jean-François ...