Jennifer Oast
Biographic Data
| ID | 5661394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Oast |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Oast |
| SIGNATURE | OAST J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bloomsburg University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Forgotten No Longer
Just twenty years ago, little was known about the connections between universities and slavery—few understood that universities had been founded and funded by slave owners and others who made their fortunes through the transatlantic slave trade. This essay examines several excellent books and articles on slavery and universities that have created a new subfield within the historiography of American slavery. This new body of work has focused on th…
William Livingston’s American Revolution
Marie Jenkins Schwartz. Ties That Bound
Over the last few years, historians have shown great interest in slaveholding by presidents of the early United States. Certainly the attention given to President Thomas Jefferson’s long-term sexual relationship with his slave Sally Hemings has provoked new questions from historians and the public alike, but of course Jefferson was only one of several slaveholding presidents. Marie Jenkins Schwartz’s most recent book, Ties That Bound, stands apar…
Institutional Slavery
The traditional image of slavery begins with a master and a slave. However, not all slaves had traditional masters; some were owned instead by institutions, such as church congregations, schools, colleges, and businesses. This practice was pervasive in early Virginia; its educational, religious, and philanthropic institutions were literally built on the backs of slaves. Virginia's first industrial economy was also developed with the skilled labor…
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Institutional Slavery
The traditional image of slavery begins with a master and a slave. However, not all slaves had traditional masters; some were owned instead by institutions, such as church congregations, schools, colleges, and businesses. This practice was pervasive in early Virginia; its educational, religious, and philanthropic institutions were literally built on the backs of slaves. Virginia's first industrial economy was also developed with the skilled labor…
Marie Jenkins Schwartz. Ties That Bound
Over the last few years, historians have shown great interest in slaveholding by presidents of the early United States. Certainly the attention given to President Thomas Jefferson’s long-term sexual relationship with his slave Sally Hemings has provoked new questions from historians and the public alike, but of course Jefferson was only one of several slaveholding presidents. Marie Jenkins Schwartz’s most recent book, Ties That Bound, stands apar…
William Livingston’s American Revolution
Forgotten No Longer
Just twenty years ago, little was known about the connections between universities and slavery—few understood that universities had been founded and funded by slave owners and others who made their fortunes through the transatlantic slave trade. This essay examines several excellent books and articles on slavery and universities that have created a new subfield within the historiography of American slavery. This new body of work has focused on th…
History (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Appeal (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 work) · Commonwealth (1 work) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements (1 work)