Category: Feature

She is willing to go with her husband

On December 16, 1675, Thomas Hamilton of the Royal Navy in Tangier, Northern Africa, wrote to the Admiralty Board with some observations and recommendations.  Onboard Hamilton’s ship, the Margaret Galley, were thirty New England Indians, condemned to slavery by Massachusetts’ magistrates…

Book Notice: Leviathan

Understanding the British Empire can be particularly challenging for American scholars, especially those of us whose work often intersects with some aspect of its long influence on Native American history.  Most helpful in making sense of British history is David…

A House in Dispute

War, employment at sea, and westward emigration had a significant impact on the demographics of many late eighteenth to early nineteenth century reservation communities in New England.  With the population of adult males much reduced, Indian women were often left…

Book Notice: For Adam’s Sake

We want to call attention to our friend and colleague Allegra di Bonaventura’s new book For Adam’s Sake: A Family Saga in Colonial New England, which traces the astonishing story of five families in the first one hundred years of…