Mediation and Middlemen Undone: The Demise of the Colonial Go-Between in Revolutionary New York

The American Revolution was revolutionizing for multiple reasons, and the changes in intercultural relations between the British Army, imperial and provincial leadership, and the Iroquois were some of them. The colonial go-between who had mediated exchanges between these two groups since contact and who could represent multiple parties fairly was destroyed during the American Revolution. Joseph Brant, a Mohawk, and Guy Johnson, the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the British, were two go-betweens whose powers and roles as mediators were subverted, even extinguished, by the conclusion of the War for Independence. This thesis examines the events that precipitated this fate for Brant and Johnson and changed the future of intercultural mediation with the Iroquois in New York.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Lusk, Jenna

Contributors dc:contributor

• Holly A. Mayer
• Perry K. Blatz

• American Revolution
• British military
• Guy Johnson
• Iroquois
• Joseph Brant
• Sir. William Johnson

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/844

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1860