tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post5665660904840582173..comments2024-03-01T10:16:11.283-08:00Comments on AmericanStudies: May 30, 2013: Remembering the Battle of New OrleansAmericanStudierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-23044997833168927562013-05-31T06:16:01.027-07:002013-05-31T06:16:01.027-07:00Thanks for the comments! I'm pretty sure that ...Thanks for the comments! I'm pretty sure that at least one of those Filipino settlements does indeed date to around the 1760s, and I agree that the trans-pacific American connections are and will be of increasing interest and relevance (and I don't just say that 'cause of my upcoming book on the Chinese Exclusion Act, although, yeah, that too!). AmericanStudierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-62528048403428441332013-05-31T05:37:01.066-07:002013-05-31T05:37:01.066-07:00I've been teaching the US survey for years and...I've been teaching the US survey for years and always discuss Jackson's multicultural force at the Battle of New Orleans. But I had never heard the story of Filipino participation! I am intrigued and fascinated by this. One of your two links dates Manila town post battle of NO (mid 19th century), but the other indicates Filipino arrival in Louisiana as early as 1763. Given the range of he Spanish empire, and the proclivity of imperial Navies to make use of colonial labor, it does not surprise me that Filipinos would have arrived in the Americas that early. I am eager to learn more. So much of the historiography in recent decades has focussed on studying American History from a wider "Atlantic World Perspective," which has been useful, but I suspect as the Pacific World becomes increasingly important to the US in this century, scholars will be uncovering more stories like this one, and eventually these will filter into the way we teach the US History survey. Thanks for the nice post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com