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“Creatures Of Mimic And Imitation”: The Liberty Tree, Black Elections, And The Politicization Of African Ceremonial Space In Revolutionary Newport, Rhode Island, Edward E. Andrews Oct 2007

“Creatures Of Mimic And Imitation”: The Liberty Tree, Black Elections, And The Politicization Of African Ceremonial Space In Revolutionary Newport, Rhode Island, Edward E. Andrews

History & Classics Faculty Publications

The article explains how African slaves changed the colonial space of 18th century Newport, Rhode Island by transporting and preserving cultural and political concepts and codes. African slaves who came directly to Newport frequently came from the Gold Coast and consisted of Mandingo, Mende, Ibo, Ashanti and Fante peoples. Although the city's black population came from various regions and groups, its Africans could draw on a common cultural vocabulary that gave trees a sacred, and even cosmic, importance.


Review/Report Of The Conference On The History Of The Book In Venice For The Sharp Newsletter (Society For The History Of Authorship, Reading And Publishing), Alice H.R.H. Beckwith Aug 2007

Review/Report Of The Conference On The History Of The Book In Venice For The Sharp Newsletter (Society For The History Of Authorship, Reading And Publishing), Alice H.R.H. Beckwith

Art & Art History Faculty Publications

A review of a two day conference at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti on March 9-10 concerning the fifteenth-sixteenth century book industry in Renaissance Venice and Europe.