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Professor Jennifer Van Horn has recently published an article in "The Junto," a group blog run by early Americanists. Van Horn's article, "An Indian Chintz Gown: Slavery and Fashion" examines a particular incident involving an enslaved woman named Charlotte, who wore a fashionable dress once owned by a white woman. Van Horn's description of the event helps to reveal the importance of fashion in early America, as well as its racial underpinnings.
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Professor Jennifer Van Horn recently published an article on slavery and fashion in a blog for early Americanists.
9/17/2018