In this Virginia History Blog, we look at two titles relating to citizenship and constitution making, a legal history, and two biographies of early antislavery Virginians. “The Citizen Revolution” shows the change from “subjects” to “citizens. “Ratification” describes the debates set before the public in the state Federal Conventions. “Aggressive Nationalism” shows economic policy of...
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In this Virginia History Blog, we look at three titles concerning George Washington and his memory. “The Long Farewell” dealt with how American contemporaries mourned the death of George Washington. “Inventing George Washington” studies the portrait of the Founder in myth and memory. “Here, George Washington Was Born” shows how Washington is remembered, important artifacts...
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In this Virginia History Blog, we look at four volumes of George Washington biography. “Washington: A Life” describes the Founder’s personal and political growth in his roles as leader in war and peace. “Ascent of George Washington” focuses on his political practice. “Political Philosophy of George Washington” explores three pillars of his thought. “In the...
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In this Virginia History Blog, we feature four titles related to New Nation and Antebellum Virginia. “Jefferson and the Press” charts the professionalism and partisanship of period newspapers, “Murder at Montpelier” documents the introduction and persistence of Igbo culture among the Piedmont’s African-Virginians. “Proslavery and Sectional Thought” explains the development of organic social theory in...
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In this Virginia History Blog we look at at Thomas Jefferson, his presidential governance and his historical legacy. “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power” is a popular account of Jefferson’s use of power in political office. “Jefferson’s Vendetta” describes the prosecution of Aaron Burr for treason during Jefferson’s second administration. “Mr. Jefferson’s Hammer” describes William...
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This Virginia History Blog reviews four titles concerning Thomas Jefferson. “The Mind of Thomas Jefferson” investigates Jefferson’s thinking in historical context. “Mr. Jefferson’s Women” accounts for the romances throughout his life. “Twilight at Monticello” describes Jefferson, his family and slaves during the last fifteen years of his life. “Thomas Jefferson’s Military Academy” looks at West...
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We look at the social history of the New Nation from perspectives of Virginia migration among whites and blacks in “Bound Away”. A structural analysis of the Constitution and its pro-slavery uses by Courts and Congresses in the New Nation is considered in “Slavery and the Founders”. “Plowshares into Swords” looks at the development of...
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The New Nation was defined by Thomas Jefferson’s presidency and the political party he built occupying the White House for 24 continuous years of the Constitution’s first 36 years. “Jefferson’s America” gives us a political survey from 1760 to 1815, now in its third edition. The transformations both democratic and commercial are conveyed in “The...
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We begin our survey of Virginia’s early New Nation history with two surveys of the Federalist Era, “The Old Dominion and the New Nation” and “Chesapeake Politics”. The last two relate to the bulwarks of provincial establishment in county governments , “Faithful Magistrates and Republican Lawyers” and “Juries and Judges versus the Law”. For book...
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