Jeffrey R Kerr-Ritchie
Biographic Data
| ID | 794169 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey R Kerr-Ritchie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey R |
| FAMILY NAME | Kerr-Ritchie |
| SIGNATURE | KERR-RITCHIE J R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rebellious Passage
In late October 1841, the Creole left Richmond with 137 slaves bound for New Orleans. It arrived five weeks later minus the Captain, one passenger, and most of the captives. Nineteen rebels had seized the US slave ship en route and steered it to the British Bahamas where the slaves gained their liberty. Drawing upon a sweeping array of previously unexamined state, federal, and British colonial sources, Rebellious Passage examines the neglected ma…
Alt-Borders to Freedom
Black abolitionists, Irish supporters, and the brotherhood of man
Much of the scholarly attention toward black abolitionists in the British Isles has focused on celebrity lecturers in Britain. Yet Ireland was an important location for several black activists who helped shape the transatlantic abolitionist movement. The crowds at antislavery events are usually depicted as a faceless mass. Why they were drawn to these speakers as well as how they differed according to region, religion, and class is examined in de…
Slave Revolt Across Borders
This article examines examples of slave revolt, legal abolition, and post-emancipation developments in the nineteenth-century Americas. This study’s specific concern is with the transmission and nature of slave revolt and abolition in one area, which inspired slave self-emancipation in other places and related ramifications. The author pursues connections between slaves seeking freedom and colonial states as well as the first black republic’s res…
Samuel Ward and the Making of an Imperial Subject
This article examines Samuel Ringgold Ward's anti-slavery labours in Canada, the United Kingdom and Jamaica between 1851 and 1866. It demonstrates the ways in which Ward transformed himself into an imperial subject through the pursuit of personal and race-based liberty. This transformation is explained in four ways: Ward's physical relocation from unfree to free soil; his advocacy of legal equality for all people regardless of racial origin; his …
Fugitive Slaves across North America
This chapter examines cross-border fugitive slave activities in continental North America (the United States, Canada, Florida, and Mexico) during the 19th century. It begins with examples of fugitive slaves crossing borders in search of individual liberation. The second section examines diplomatic responses to these fugitive escapees, especially the signing of international treaties to prevent fugitive escape. The third part focuses on the contri…
And the United Kingdom
On September 11, 2001, four hijacked commercial aircraft crashed into the World Trade Center (WTC), the Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania field, killing nearly three thousand people and the nineteen hijackers. On July 7, 2005, four bombs exploded on London's public transport system killing fifty-two people and the four suicide bombers. This essay examines the British reaction to the 9/11 attacks, British and American reactions to the 7/7 bombings, and…
Bitter Fruits of Bondage
Book Review| April 01 2007 Bitter Fruits of Bondage: The Demise of Slavery and the Collapse of the Confederacy, 1861–1865 Bitter Fruits of Bondage: The Demise of Slavery and the Collapse of the Confederacy, 1861–1865. Armstead L. Robinson. Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2007) 81 (2): 278–280. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-81.2.278 Cite Icon Cite S…
Rehearsal for War
This article challenges the notion that black militias were of little consequence in the antebellum United States. The establishment, personnel and equipment of these militia units, and their importance for local black organization, has largely escaped scholarly attention. The significance of armed companies of young black men at a time when they were not officially sanctioned by federal and state authorities has also not been explored. The artic…
Imperfect Equality
Freedpeople in the Tobacco South
Throughout the colonial and antebellum periods, Virginia's tobacco producers exploited slave labor to ensure the profitability of their agricultural enterprises. In the wake of the Civil War, however, the abolition of slavery, combined with changed market conditions, sparked a breakdown of traditional tobacco culture. Focusing on the transformation of social relations between former slaves and former masters, Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie traces the traje…
Freedpeople in the Tobacco South
Slave Revolt Across Borders
This article examines examples of slave revolt, legal abolition, and post-emancipation developments in the nineteenth-century Americas. This study’s specific concern is with the transmission and nature of slave revolt and abolition in one area, which inspired slave self-emancipation in other places and related ramifications. The author pursues connections between slaves seeking freedom and colonial states as well as the first black republic’s res…
Samuel Ward and the Making of an Imperial Subject
This article examines Samuel Ringgold Ward's anti-slavery labours in Canada, the United Kingdom and Jamaica between 1851 and 1866. It demonstrates the ways in which Ward transformed himself into an imperial subject through the pursuit of personal and race-based liberty. This transformation is explained in four ways: Ward's physical relocation from unfree to free soil; his advocacy of legal equality for all people regardless of racial origin; his …
Fugitive Slaves across North America
This chapter examines cross-border fugitive slave activities in continental North America (the United States, Canada, Florida, and Mexico) during the 19th century. It begins with examples of fugitive slaves crossing borders in search of individual liberation. The second section examines diplomatic responses to these fugitive escapees, especially the signing of international treaties to prevent fugitive escape. The third part focuses on the contri…
Freedpeople in the Tobacco South
Throughout the colonial and antebellum periods, Virginia's tobacco producers exploited slave labor to ensure the profitability of their agricultural enterprises. In the wake of the Civil War, however, the abolition of slavery, combined with changed market conditions, sparked a breakdown of traditional tobacco culture. Focusing on the transformation of social relations between former slaves and former masters, Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie traces the traje…
Freedpeople in the Tobacco South
Imperfect Equality
Rehearsal for War
This article challenges the notion that black militias were of little consequence in the antebellum United States. The establishment, personnel and equipment of these militia units, and their importance for local black organization, has largely escaped scholarly attention. The significance of armed companies of young black men at a time when they were not officially sanctioned by federal and state authorities has also not been explored. The artic…
Bitter Fruits of Bondage
Book Review| April 01 2007 Bitter Fruits of Bondage: The Demise of Slavery and the Collapse of the Confederacy, 1861–1865 Bitter Fruits of Bondage: The Demise of Slavery and the Collapse of the Confederacy, 1861–1865. Armstead L. Robinson. Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2007) 81 (2): 278–280. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-81.2.278 Cite Icon Cite S…
Fugitive Slaves across North America
This chapter examines cross-border fugitive slave activities in continental North America (the United States, Canada, Florida, and Mexico) during the 19th century. It begins with examples of fugitive slaves crossing borders in search of individual liberation. The second section examines diplomatic responses to these fugitive escapees, especially the signing of international treaties to prevent fugitive escape. The third part focuses on the contri…
And the United Kingdom
On September 11, 2001, four hijacked commercial aircraft crashed into the World Trade Center (WTC), the Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania field, killing nearly three thousand people and the nineteen hijackers. On July 7, 2005, four bombs exploded on London's public transport system killing fifty-two people and the four suicide bombers. This essay examines the British reaction to the 9/11 attacks, British and American reactions to the 7/7 bombings, and…
Samuel Ward and the Making of an Imperial Subject
This article examines Samuel Ringgold Ward's anti-slavery labours in Canada, the United Kingdom and Jamaica between 1851 and 1866. It demonstrates the ways in which Ward transformed himself into an imperial subject through the pursuit of personal and race-based liberty. This transformation is explained in four ways: Ward's physical relocation from unfree to free soil; his advocacy of legal equality for all people regardless of racial origin; his …
Slave Revolt Across Borders
This article examines examples of slave revolt, legal abolition, and post-emancipation developments in the nineteenth-century Americas. This study’s specific concern is with the transmission and nature of slave revolt and abolition in one area, which inspired slave self-emancipation in other places and related ramifications. The author pursues connections between slaves seeking freedom and colonial states as well as the first black republic’s res…
Black abolitionists, Irish supporters, and the brotherhood of man
Much of the scholarly attention toward black abolitionists in the British Isles has focused on celebrity lecturers in Britain. Yet Ireland was an important location for several black activists who helped shape the transatlantic abolitionist movement. The crowds at antislavery events are usually depicted as a faceless mass. Why they were drawn to these speakers as well as how they differed according to region, religion, and class is examined in de…
Alt-Borders to Freedom
Rebellious Passage
In late October 1841, the Creole left Richmond with 137 slaves bound for New Orleans. It arrived five weeks later minus the Captain, one passenger, and most of the captives. Nineteen rebels had seized the US slave ship en route and steered it to the British Bahamas where the slaves gained their liberty. Drawing upon a sweeping array of previously unexamined state, federal, and British colonial sources, Rebellious Passage examines the neglected ma…
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