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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America (editie 2021)

door Nicole Eustace (Auteur)

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"An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching consequences for Colonial America. In the summer of 1722, on the eve of a conference between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and British-American colonists, two colonial fur traders brutally attacked an Indigenous hunter in colonial Pennsylvania. The crime set the entire mid-Atlantic on edge, with many believing that war was imminent. Frantic efforts to resolve the case created a contest between Native American forms of justice, centered on community, forgiveness, and reparations, and an ideology of harsh reprisal, based on British law, that called for the killers' execution. In a stunning narrative history based on painstaking original research, acclaimed historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the crime and its aftermath, taking us into the worlds of Euro-Americans and Indigenous peoples in this formative period. A feat of reclamation evoking Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale and Alan Taylor's William Cooper's Town, Eustace's utterly absorbing account provides a new understanding of Indigenous forms of justice, with lessons for our era"--… (meer)

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Lid:	languagehat
Titel:	Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
Auteurs:	Nicole Eustace (Auteur)
Info:	Liveright (2021), 464 pages
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Trefwoorden:	history, america, colonialism

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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America door Nicole Eustace

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I thought the story was interesting and gave me a better sense of the cast of characters that would have inhabited the colonies. The analysis, I felt , was a bit heavy handed, when the colonists set aside the murderers’ indentured servant’s testimony, the author seems quite content to ignore the possibility that they are trying to be just. When the victim went and grabbed his gun, he wasn’t angry or trying to defend himself. It felt to me like this was an historian who preferred black and white characters, good and evil, the stuff of fiction, not history.that marred it a bit for me (

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cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |

A wonderfully researched study of a little known killing of a native American by two brothers in Pennsylvania colony in 1722. This was significant because it could have led to a war between the tribal confederation and local colonists. The study focuses on the negotiations between the two groups. It is interesting that the tribal punishments were much more lenient than the colonies. There is lots of focus on the wheeling and dealing of local politicians and the traditions and culture of the native American.s.A great book. (

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muddyboy | Jan 15, 2023 |

Detailed account of the seminal treaty between Native Americans and early Pennsylvania colonists. in addition to the enormous about of historical detail, the author tells the story with terrific narrative flow and does not hesitate to make thoughtful observations about differing views of justice, redemption, and vengeance. Very good elaboration of the contemporary relevance of this historical episode. (

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brianstagner | Dec 1, 2022 |

Historians have an insight and hindsight advantage over the participants of history. Historians should not impose that advantage over the participants in discussing historical events. Such is the case with “Covered with Night.” All colonialists should have known what the natives were thinking and doing. All natives should have known, to a less extent, what the colonialists were thinking and doing. Unfortunately, the author tilts the scale against the colonialists for apparent reasons. This book is a big DNF for me. I managed to get to the halfway mark but finally gave up. The story would have been interesting, but it got bogged down in details and sidelines and, most obvious, the author adding her spin. A slave led a rebellion in Jamaica with a similar name as a slave in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania slave was attributed to have a rebellious spirit by not planting seeds correctly, as recorded in a journal by the owner. I know a few people named Joe, but not all are presidents of the United States. To add to historical fact is called fiction. (

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Pharmacdon | Jun 17, 2022 |

This is a history book about early interactions between American colonists and Native Americans in the 18th century. A semi-important Native American is murdered by two semi-important colonists. Because the colonists value the copper on the land they feel they have to pretend that their idea of justice applies equally to both colonists and natives. They arrest the 2 perpetrators, throw them in jail, put them in irons, and plan to execute them. The Native Americans don't agree with the idea of jailing people and definitely don't agree with killing them in the name of justice. Their idea of justice is to support the community by keeping important members within the community, requiring them to voice their remorse over their actions, supporting the grief of the rest of the community, and providing financial compensation. Over and over, the colonists fail to comprehend or even consider that there is an idea of justice that differs from their own. (

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"An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching consequences for Colonial America. In the summer of 1722, on the eve of a conference between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and British-American colonists, two colonial fur traders brutally attacked an Indigenous hunter in colonial Pennsylvania. The crime set the entire mid-Atlantic on edge, with many believing that war was imminent. Frantic efforts to resolve the case created a contest between Native American forms of justice, centered on community, forgiveness, and reparations, and an ideology of harsh reprisal, based on British law, that called for the killers' execution. In a stunning narrative history based on painstaking original research, acclaimed historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the crime and its aftermath, taking us into the worlds of Euro-Americans and Indigenous peoples in this formative period. A feat of reclamation evoking Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale and Alan Taylor's William Cooper's Town, Eustace's utterly absorbing account provides a new understanding of Indigenous forms of justice, with lessons for our era"--

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