JOURNAL ARTICLE

From Pirates to Patriots: Constructing the Oppositional Indian on the Road to the American Revolution.

  • Published In: Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2023, v. 56, n. 2. P. 221 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Bahar, Matthew R. 3 of 3

Abstract

Reducing American Indian violence against colonizers to "resistance" is longstanding in the historiography of Indian-European encounter. This paper locates a formative juncture in the development of the Oppositional Indian trope in three acts of colonial rebellion on the eve of the American Revolution where spirited crowds of New England men defied British authority by storming ships, overpowering crews, and seizing cargos, all under the disguise of Indians. Rather than situating this maritime crowd action at the beginning of a revolutionary movement, as founding moments in a national narrative, this essay considers them as the aftermath of an older traumatic contest for Indigenous sovereignty and dominion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Eighteenth-Century Studies. 2023/01, Vol. 56, Issue 2, p221
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0013-2586
  • DOI:10.1353/ecs.2023.0008
  • Accession Number:162635020
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