Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffe,
A Man of Colour: To Which is Subjoined The Epistle of the Society of Sierra Leone, In Africa & c. York, England: C. Peacock. 1811

Paul Cuffe, Sr., one of the most important and least known of the anti-slavery leaders in the United States, was the son of a freed African slave and a Wampanoag Indian woman from Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. He rose from poverty to become one of the wealthiest men of color in the United States by the first decade of the nineteenth century, his fortune based on skill as a shipbuilder and merchant-captain. Through his biography we see his courage in expressing his passionate opposition to slavery that led to the organization of Sierra Leone on the west coast of Africa as a home for manumitted slaves. A short introduction provides additional details on his life and times.

This book is suitable for use in junior and senior high school history and social studies programs.

Price $3.00

Eighteenth Century
Native Communities of Southern New England
in the Colonial Context.
Jack Campisi, ed. Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center. Occasional Paper No. 1. 2005

In 2002, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center sponsored a conference on the Native communities in southern New England during the nineteenth century. This book is a result of that conference. It contains 11 essays with subjects covering the religious, economic, military, and political events that affected both Native and non-Native life. Among the tribes presented are the Mashpee, Mashantucket Pequot, Nipmuck, and Mohegan.

The book includes the following essays:

Introduction
Jack Campisi

A Changing World
Jack Campisi

“on Acot of ye Warr With France & Spain”: New Londoners and the Major Events of the Eighteenth Century, 1711-1758
Patricia M. Schaefer

Continuity and Change in Maritime New London, Connecticut, 1763-1819
Glenn S. Gordinier

Transformation by Degree: Eighteenth Century Native American Land Use
Kevin A. McBride

Magunkaquog: Native American Conversion and Cultural Persistence
Stephen A. Mrozowski, Holly Herbster, David Brown, and Katherine L. Priddy

A Wongunk Women’s Community and Connecticut Law
Katherine Hermes and Alexandra Maravel

Native American Popular Religion in New England’s Old Colony, 1670-1770
Douglas L. Winiarski

Samson Occom and Christian Indian Community and Identity in Southern New England After the Great Awakening
Julius H. Rubin

“The times are exceedingly altered”: The Revolution and Southern New England Indians
Daniel R. Mandell

The Forging of Political Autonomy: The Mashpee Indians, Gideon Hawley and the Balance of Power, 1788-1796
Melissane Parm

“New Maritime History” and Southern New England Indians
Mark A. Nicholas

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Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Paul Cuffee,
A Pequot Indian: During Thirty Years Spent At Sea, and in Traveling in Foreign Lands. Vernon: Horace N. Bill. 1839

Paul Cuffee. Jr., the son of his famous father of the same name and a Wampanoag woman from Martha’s Vineyard, began his career as a member of the crew on his father’s ship. During the War of 1812, he was captured by the English in the Caribbean, imprisoned, and eventually escaped. He spent the rest of his life sailing on merchant ships and whalers, ships that touched nearly every part of the world. His autobiography details his many adventures and provides insights into the commerce of the times, the products bought and sold, and the lives of the men who carried it on.  A short introduction provides additional details on his life and times. To assist the reader, we have included a glossary of terms.
 
This book is suitable for use in junior and senior high school history and social studies programs.

Price $4.00