Dr. Woody Holton

Associate Professor of History and American Studies
317 Ryland Hall
Office: (804) 289-8340
Fax: (804) 287-6875

Teaching:
Early America, American Revolution, Native Americans, African Americans

Research:
Early America, American Revolution, Native Americans, African Americans

Education:
Ph.D., Duke University

Selected Publications:

Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1999).

Enslaved Americans and the Revolutionary War: A Brief History With Documents (in press at Bedford-St. Martins)

"An 'Excess of Democracy'Or a Shortage? Rebels, Paternalists, and the Creation of the Constitution," Journal of the Early Republic, XXV (Fall 2005), 339-82.

"Divide et Impera: The Tenth Federalist in a Wider Sphere," William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Series, LXII (April 2005), 175-212.

"From the Labours of Others': The War Bonds Controversy and the Origins of the Constitution in New England," William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., LXI (April 2004), 271-316.

Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution (Hill and Wang, 2007). Finalist, National Book Award.

"Abigail Adams, Bond Speculator," William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Series, LXIV (October 2007), 821-38.

"Did Democracy Cause the Recession that Led to the Constitution?" Journal of American History, XLII (September 2005), 442-69.