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SUMMARY:To the Heart of Empire: Indigenous Diplomacy and Settler Revolt in the Hudson Valley, 1766
DESCRIPTION:\nIn the summer of 1766, a group of Wappinger and Mohican diplomats left their Hudson Valley homelands and sailed for London. There, they petitioned the crown to support their land claims against some of New York’s wealthiest landlords. The Wappingers and Mohicans’ diplomatic mission was made possible by Dutch and English tenant farmers, who enlisted Indigenous support in their own contest with New York landlords. In the 1760s, those landlords looked to consolidate, rationalize, and “improve” their estates, replacing traditional lease terms with the short leases and money rents characteristic of capitalist agriculture. Their changes provoked first nonviolent resistance, then armed insurgency. Tenants turned to extra-legal action even as their Wappinger and Mohican allies pursued their land rights within the imperial legal system. Their struggle is more than just a fascinating story—taken together, their actions reveal the contested foundations of rural capitalism and property on the eve of the American Revolution.\nBJ Lillis is the Hench Post-Doctoral Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA. They completed their Ph.D in history at Princeton University in 2024. Their project, A Valley Between Worlds: Land, Labor, and Property in the Hudson Valley, 1674-1766, brings together histories of Atlantic slavery, Indigenous North America, and English, Dutch, and German colonialism to rewrite the history of New York’s manors and large estates. Before graduate school, BJ worked in public history at the Museum of the City of New York, including as Project Assistant for New York at Its Core, the museum’s groundbreaking three-gallery permanent exhibition on the past, present, and future of New York City. They are also known for their acclaimed collaborations with the artist Lissa Rivera, Beautiful Boy and The Silence of Spaces, exploring the history and performance of gender.\n \nThe PHM 2025 Lecture Series is made possible through the generous support of Preston Pittman, Tim Wallach & Fleur Fairman, and George Whipple III.\nFill out my LGL Form! ( https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/x03Ik5MQ8PPH68ug5PIWzw )\n\n\n
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