Thomas Paine on Duelling and Loyalist Cultures: Carol Watts
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Carol Watts introduced the essay teasing out questions about the significance of duelling in loyalist culture situating Thomas Paine's text in the context of her Leverhulme funded project on the culture of loyalist refugees in America during and following the revolutionary wars.
Preparatory reading
Thomas Paine, 'Cursory Reflections on the Single COmbat or Modern Duel. Addressed to Gentlemen in every Class of Life', Pennsylvania Magazine (1775), available online through the Liberty Fund.
Contact name:
Ann Lewis