Christine E Sears
Biographic Data
| ID | 1480334 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine E Sears |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine E |
| FAMILY NAME | Sears |
| SIGNATURE | SEARS C E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dismal Freedom
Journal Article Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp Get access Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp. By J Brent Morris. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022. 244 pp. $29.95.) Christine E Sears Christine E Sears University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, V…
“Tyran[n]ical Masters Are the Turks”
In 1785, Barbary corsairs commandeered the (schooner) Maria and her six-man crew. The crew was hauled into Algiers, where they were imprisoned for the next 11 years. In Algiers, one of the men served as an administrative slave, while the captain and mate were able to pay monthly fees that exempted them from labor. One crewman died in Algiers, but the other five were ransomed and freed in 1796. Clearly, these Americans held in Algiers did not endu…
Slavery before Race
“We Set No Great Value upon Money”
Ottoman Algerians offered few elite slave posts, but permitted all enslaved Europeans and Americans, regardless of rank or post, access to money and markets. Any slave with funds might patronize a tavern and drink until he became a “Little fuddleheaded,” as Richard O’Brien did in January of 1790. Most slaves lacked the purchasing power of the well-supported papaluna O’Brien or the self-made slave James Cathcart, but Ottoman Algerians interfered v…
“This World Is Full of Vicissitudes”
Martha W. Routh and her fellow passengers felt sick every time another vessel approached the one carrying her from England to Boston in 1794. Their anxiety soared when the crew spotted a French man-of-war, and she recalled how many English ships the French had recently taken. She uneasily contemplated being captured by the French. French privateers would undoubtedly reroute them to France or French-held territory and possibly claim her personal b…
Introduction
In 1793, sailor John Foss shipped aboard the Polly heading from Baltimore to Cadiz. Like other US vessels at the time, the Polly carried flour to war-torn Europe, where higher grain prices spurred a burgeoning US trade despite the twin difficulties of remaining neutral in a hostile world and avoiding corsairs. 1 Near Cape St. Vincent, the crew sighted a ship flying English colors, which they quickly realized was not English. Perhaps, they specula…
“Once a Citizen of the United States of America, But at Present the Most Miserable Slave”
After the dey claimed his share of the slaves, John Foss and his companions were dispatched to a bagnio . The men wandered around the temporarily empty prison. At five o’clock, six hundred men, just released from their daily labor and all “appearing ... more miserable than ourselves,” entered the bagnio . What crime had these miserable-looking men committed, wondered Foss? They were all “Christian dogs,” an Algerian keeper informed him. Foss woul…
American Slaves and African Masters
Whether by falling prey to Algerian corsairs or crashing onto the desert shores of Western Sahara, a handful of Americans in the first years of the Republic found themselves enslaved in a system that
Victor or Villain? Wernher von Braun and the Space Race
Set during the Cold War and space race, this historical role-play focuses on Wernher von Braun's involvement in and culpability for the use of slave laborers to produce V-2 rockets for Nazi Germany. Students will grapple with two central questions. Should von Braun have been allowed to emigrate to the United States given his affiliation with the Nazis and use of slave laborers? Should the U.S. government and military have put Braun in powerful po…
Captive Knowledge
American Slaves and African Masters
Whether by falling prey to Algerian corsairs or crashing onto the desert shores of Western Sahara, a handful of Americans in the first years of the Republic found themselves enslaved in a system that
Victor or Villain? Wernher von Braun and the Space Race
Set during the Cold War and space race, this historical role-play focuses on Wernher von Braun's involvement in and culpability for the use of slave laborers to produce V-2 rockets for Nazi Germany. Students will grapple with two central questions. Should von Braun have been allowed to emigrate to the United States given his affiliation with the Nazis and use of slave laborers? Should the U.S. government and military have put Braun in powerful po…
Captive Knowledge
Victor or Villain? Wernher von Braun and the Space Race
Set during the Cold War and space race, this historical role-play focuses on Wernher von Braun's involvement in and culpability for the use of slave laborers to produce V-2 rockets for Nazi Germany. Students will grapple with two central questions. Should von Braun have been allowed to emigrate to the United States given his affiliation with the Nazis and use of slave laborers? Should the U.S. government and military have put Braun in powerful po…
“We Set No Great Value upon Money”
Ottoman Algerians offered few elite slave posts, but permitted all enslaved Europeans and Americans, regardless of rank or post, access to money and markets. Any slave with funds might patronize a tavern and drink until he became a “Little fuddleheaded,” as Richard O’Brien did in January of 1790. Most slaves lacked the purchasing power of the well-supported papaluna O’Brien or the self-made slave James Cathcart, but Ottoman Algerians interfered v…
“This World Is Full of Vicissitudes”
Martha W. Routh and her fellow passengers felt sick every time another vessel approached the one carrying her from England to Boston in 1794. Their anxiety soared when the crew spotted a French man-of-war, and she recalled how many English ships the French had recently taken. She uneasily contemplated being captured by the French. French privateers would undoubtedly reroute them to France or French-held territory and possibly claim her personal b…
Introduction
In 1793, sailor John Foss shipped aboard the Polly heading from Baltimore to Cadiz. Like other US vessels at the time, the Polly carried flour to war-torn Europe, where higher grain prices spurred a burgeoning US trade despite the twin difficulties of remaining neutral in a hostile world and avoiding corsairs. 1 Near Cape St. Vincent, the crew sighted a ship flying English colors, which they quickly realized was not English. Perhaps, they specula…
“Once a Citizen of the United States of America, But at Present the Most Miserable Slave”
After the dey claimed his share of the slaves, John Foss and his companions were dispatched to a bagnio . The men wandered around the temporarily empty prison. At five o’clock, six hundred men, just released from their daily labor and all “appearing ... more miserable than ourselves,” entered the bagnio . What crime had these miserable-looking men committed, wondered Foss? They were all “Christian dogs,” an Algerian keeper informed him. Foss woul…
American Slaves and African Masters
Whether by falling prey to Algerian corsairs or crashing onto the desert shores of Western Sahara, a handful of Americans in the first years of the Republic found themselves enslaved in a system that
Slavery before Race
“Tyran[n]ical Masters Are the Turks”
In 1785, Barbary corsairs commandeered the (schooner) Maria and her six-man crew. The crew was hauled into Algiers, where they were imprisoned for the next 11 years. In Algiers, one of the men served as an administrative slave, while the captain and mate were able to pay monthly fees that exempted them from labor. One crewman died in Algiers, but the other five were ransomed and freed in 1796. Clearly, these Americans held in Algiers did not endu…
Dismal Freedom
Journal Article Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp Get access Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp. By J Brent Morris. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022. 244 pp. $29.95.) Christine E Sears Christine E Sears University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, V…
History (8 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (7 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 works)