Date Thesis Awarded
5-2023
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
History
Advisor
Jim Whittenburg
Committee Members
Matthew Schueller
Paul Mapp
Abstract
This thesis attempts to present a more complete view of the often-overlooked conflict over Kent Island between the merchant and early Virginian politician William Claiborne and the Lords Baltimore by presenting it in the evolving cultural context of the Atlantic world.
Recommended Citation
Pleasants, Adam, ""The Unlucky Rebel": William Claiborne and the Evolution of the Kent Island Dispute" (2023). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 2061.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/2061
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