Active Silence, Archival Presence, and an Enslaved Mother’s Legal Knowledge

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Cory James Young, in a companion piece to his JER article on hereditary term slavery in Pennsylvania, considers the significance of some silences in slavery's archive.

Lincoln Lessons: Teaching Abe in Troubled Times

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In the first installment of our new "Teaching the Early American Republic" series, David Gellman explores the challenges of teaching Abraham Lincoln in 2025.

Digitization of Sources and the American Revolution

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As the semiquincentennial approaches, Miriam Liebman comments on historiographical shifts relating to women's and diplomatic history in the era of the Revolution.

JER From Conference Paper to Article Workshop

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Open to anybody who has presented a conference paper on the era of the early republic in 2022, 2023, 2024, or 2025.