Jeffrey A Fortin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3677248 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey A Fortin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey A |
| FAMILY NAME | Fortin |
| SIGNATURE | FORTIN J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emmanuel College, Boston, Massachusetts |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Almost Home
The stories of various maroon communities throughout the Atlantic world have drawn a great deal of interest among students and scholars since Orlando Patterson brought them to our attention in his 1970 analysis of Jamaican maroons (“Slavery and Slave Revolts: A Socio-Historical Analysis of the First Maroon War, Jamaica, 1655–1740,” Social and Economic Studies, no. 3, 1970). Yet, in the ensuing decades, relatively few book-length studies have been…
Atlantic Biographies
Slave Ship Sailors and Their Captive Cargoes, 1730-1807 (review)
Cuffe's Black Atlantic World, 1808–1817
This article examines how Paul Cuffe, a man of Native American and African ancestry, developed his views on the colonization of West Africa. Cuffe had long supported the concept of colonization, but later in life he injected his own blend of entrepreneurial zeal, evangelical zest, and moral righteousness into the cause. Cuffe saw an uncivilized population on his first trip to West Africa in 1811, an encounter that perplexed the devout Quaker. Con…
Blackened Beyond Our Native Hue
In the spring of 1796, at the conclusion of the Second Maroon War in Jamaica, over 550 rebellious Trelawney Maroons were corralled onto the transport Dover, awaiting in Port Royal. Despite the Maro
Cuffe's Black Atlantic World, 1808–1817
This article examines how Paul Cuffe, a man of Native American and African ancestry, developed his views on the colonization of West Africa. Cuffe had long supported the concept of colonization, but later in life he injected his own blend of entrepreneurial zeal, evangelical zest, and moral righteousness into the cause. Cuffe saw an uncivilized population on his first trip to West Africa in 1811, an encounter that perplexed the devout Quaker. Con…
Blackened Beyond Our Native Hue
In the spring of 1796, at the conclusion of the Second Maroon War in Jamaica, over 550 rebellious Trelawney Maroons were corralled onto the transport Dover, awaiting in Port Royal. Despite the Maro
Cuffe's Black Atlantic World, 1808–1817
This article examines how Paul Cuffe, a man of Native American and African ancestry, developed his views on the colonization of West Africa. Cuffe had long supported the concept of colonization, but later in life he injected his own blend of entrepreneurial zeal, evangelical zest, and moral righteousness into the cause. Cuffe saw an uncivilized population on his first trip to West Africa in 1811, an encounter that perplexed the devout Quaker. Con…
Slave Ship Sailors and Their Captive Cargoes, 1730-1807 (review)
Atlantic Biographies
Almost Home
The stories of various maroon communities throughout the Atlantic world have drawn a great deal of interest among students and scholars since Orlando Patterson brought them to our attention in his 1970 analysis of Jamaican maroons (“Slavery and Slave Revolts: A Socio-Historical Analysis of the First Maroon War, Jamaica, 1655–1740,” Social and Economic Studies, no. 3, 1970). Yet, in the ensuing decades, relatively few book-length studies have been…
History (5 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)