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Title: "The Unfortunate Persons from St. Domingo" : Refugees from the Haitian Revolution and the Contradictions of Early American Politics
Description: This essay aims to show how the influx of refugees from the Haitian Revolution into the United States was a factor in changing US policies as they related to the practice of human bondage.
Date Created: 2014
PID: grinnell:31902

Title: Obituaries of Grinnell Civil War Veterans: Value Race and Identity in Small Town Iowa
Description: Project examining how Grinnell, Iowa remembered its Civil War veterans, through the content and language of obituaries written in the Grinnell Herald.
Date Created: 2016
PID: grinnell:18758

Title: Quatrevingt-treize in Soixante-Quatorze : Victor Hugo's Portrayal of the Revolution
Description: This essay explores Victor Hugo's novel Quatrevingt-treize as a political warning to his fellow citizens in the 1870s.
Date Created: 2013
PID: grinnell:31907

Title: Shadows and Bloodlines in the Royal Family Potrait: Francisco Goya and 18th Century Mexican Casta Paintings
Description: This essay comapres Francisco Goya's royal portraits with 18th Century Mexican Casta paintings and argues that Goya was influenced by the earler Mexican style.
Date Created: 2013
PID: grinnell:31900