Stealing America Book Tour Dates


Linford D. Fisher, Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History (Liveright/Norton, 2026).

3.9.26 – (rescheduled!) Tomaquag Museum, Exeter, RI (virtual), 12 noon EST

3.11.26Slave Legacy History Coalition, Boston (virtual), 10:30 am EST

3.15.26 – Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA (virtual)

3.27.26 – “First America: The Legacies of the Declaration of Independence for Native Nations” conference, Yale University (panel on Stolen Relations; book launch celebration at evening reception)

3.30.26University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2 pm EST

4.2.26University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 5 pm EST

4.8.26Colonial Society of Massachusetts / Historic Bostons, Boston, MA, 7 pm EST

4.9.26Canisius University, Buffalo, NY

4.11.26 – British Association for American Studies conference (paper), Glasgow, Scotland

4.16.26 – New York University, NY

4.21.26 – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

4.23.26Symposium Books, Providence, RI

4.24.26 – John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI **Academic Launch**; with Phil Deloria (Harvard) and Paula Peters (Mashpee Wampanoag); 4:30 pm, with reception following

4.25.26 – TBD, Philadelphia, PA

4.26.26 – TBD, New York City, NY

4.27.26 – University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

4.27.26Print: A Bookstore, with SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME

4.28.26 – RiffRaff Bookstore, Providence, RI **PUBLICATION DAY AND OFFICIAL PUBLIC LAUNCH**

4.29.26Charter Books and Newport Historical Society, Newport, RI

4.30.26Roslindale Library with Rozzie Bound, Roslindale, MA

5.1.26Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC

5.6.26Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA

5.11.26City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA (virtual)

5.21.26 – 19th Century Worlds Seminar, Université Paris Nanterre, Paris, France

5.22.26 – Experiencing Contact in Native North America conference (paper), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

5.28.26American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA

6.2.26 – Laurelmead Cooperative, East Providence, RI

6.3.26 – The Yale Bookstore, New Haven, Connecticut

6.8.26 – Bermuda National Archives, Hamilton, Bermuda

6.17.26 – William Hall Library, Cranston, RI

6.28.26 – La France et la Révolution américaine conference (paper), La Rochelle, France

7.21.26 – NewSouth Bookstore, Montgomery, AL

10.13.26 – American Ancestors, Boston, MA (virtual)

10.27.26 – Columbia University, New York, NY

11.8.26 – Boston Public Library, Boston, MA

Look for additional dates in fall 2026 and spring 2027:

  • University of the West Indies — Mona, Jamaica
  • Oklahoma State University
  • Helmerich Center/Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
  • University of Buffalo
  • Tufts University
  • Dartmouth College
  • Cornell and Syracuse