by David Armitage David Armitage is the author of “George III and the Law of Nations” in the January 2022 issue of the William and Mary Quarterly. The world of historical journals, like that of many airlines, has three classes of service: coach, business, and the William and Mary Quarterly. Coach… Read More
by Nathaniel Millett Nathaniel Millett (St Louis University) is the author of “Law, Lineage, Gender, and the Lives of Enslaved Indigenous People on the Edge of the Nineteenth-century Caribbean” in the October 2021 issue of the William and Mary Quarterly. I remember vividly when I sat down and first created the Word document for my WMQ article, “Law,… Read More
It will likely come as no surprise to learn that I spend way too much time worrying about authorial voice. For an editor, that’s very on-brand. I only raise the issue because I’ve been worrying, in particular, about my authorial voice on this blog. I’ve got two go-to voices for blog posts, neither of which seems right for this… Read More