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"Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind when it has once seized on it like a lichen on the rock." - Mary Shelly, Frankenstein, ch. XIII
In the Pilgrim's Pipeline: Canterbury-related Projects in Process
As all researcher/authors know, I have gathered much more information about the Canterbury saga and its aftermath than could ever be placed in a (readable) book. These are some spin-off projects currently under development.
Articles and Digital Humanities Projects
African-American Courage
1. "Black Responses to Racism and Anti-Racism, 1828-1838" - with focus on the students
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2. "Canterbury Female Academy as part of the Black Non-Violent Tradition"
The Burleigh Family
1. “Righteousness Exalteth a Nation: A Content-Analysis of Charles C. Burleigh’s newspaper The Unionist.” Project in process for a Digital Humanities platform, Winter 2023
2. “Roots and Branches: Anti-Slavery and Anti-racist Activities of the Burleigh Family,” Article in process for a Digital Humanities platform, Winter 2023
Illinois and Kansas
1. “Filaments, Webs and Bird Cages: Personal Barriers and Structural Exclusions affecting Prudence Crandall in Illinois.” Article in process for submission to a regional history journal, Summer 2022
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2. "Progress in Every Moral and Intellectual Growth”: African-Americans and Prudence Crandall in Kansas (1877-1890). Article in preparation for submission to a regional history journal.
3. “Diotima in Kansas: Prudence Crandall’s Spiritualism.” Article in process for submission to a religious studies journal
Rhode Island &
New York
1. “Nathaniel Paul, Prudence Crandall, and Julia Foote – From Center to Margin in Antebellum Albany.” Article in process for submission to a regional history journal, Winter 2022-23
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2. What Makes Prudence Crandall Possible?
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3. “All Hail to Phonography!: Prudence Crandall and Phonotypic Teaching amidst Abolitionist Factionalism.” Article in process for submission to a regional history or educational history journal
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4. Amenia and the Perils of Isolated White Anti-Racism. article under development