Aug 20, 2022 | 17th Century, Book, England, Transcription
Eikon Basilike Introduction In progress. Further Reading Sources Cite this page APAMLAHarvardVancouverChicagoIEEESlavery Law & Power in Early America and the British Empire (September 12, 2023) Eikon Basilike. Retrieved from...
Feb 24, 2022 | 17th Century, Book, England, Transcription
Henry Pitman Henry Pitman’s A Relation of the Great Suffering (1689) Introduction In February 1685, Charles II died, and his brother James II was crowned king. James II had many political opponents, partly due to his Catholicism (they worried that he...
Sep 19, 2020 | 17th Century, Barbados, Book, Transcription
Richard Ligon A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados (1657) First published in 1657, Ligon’s account details the experiences of a royalist who escaped to the Caribbean island of Barbados during the English Civil War. Introduction Having lost much...
May 1, 2020 | 18th Century, Book, North America, Transcription
A New Englander Speaks Samuel Sewall – The Selling of Joseph (1700) While not a pamphlet that would consistently continue to catch the attention of others after its publication, The Selling of Joseph represents the first published attack on slavery in New...
May 1, 2020 | 17th Century, Book, England, Transcription
The JUDGEMENT OF LORD JEFFERYS The Bloody Assizes James II’s chief justice had a reputation for his brutal punishments. Following the unsuccessful rebellion by Lord Monmouth, Jefferys doled out punishments so harsh, and so indiscriminately, that his actions...
Apr 30, 2020 | 17th Century, Book, England, Transcription
Ch 4: Glorious revolutions? John LockeTwo Treatises of Government (1690) Perhaps Locke’s best-known writing, this work was a response to Sir Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha. It attacked the very basis of defenses of absolutist monarchies. Written in exile,...
