Stealing America Book Tour Dates

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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

3.11.26 – Slave 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)

3.30.26 – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2 pm EST, in conversation with Prof. Kathy Brown

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

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

4.9.26 – Canisius University, Buffalo, NY

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

4.16.26 – New York University, New York City, NY

4.21.26 – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

4.24.26 – John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI **Academic Launch**; with Phil Deloria (Harvard) and Paula Peters (Mashpee Wampanoag); 5 pm, with reception following; registration for both in person and Zoom attendance requested

4.27.26 – University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

4.27.26 – Print: A Bookstore, with SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME, in conversation with Zahir Janmohammad

4.28.26 – RiffRaff Bookstore, Providence, RI , in conversation with Prof. Mack Scott (Narragansett), Brown University **PUBLICATION DAY AND OFFICIAL PUBLIC LAUNCH**

4.29.26 – Charter Books and Newport Historical Society, Newport, RI

4.30.26 – Roslindale Library with Rozzie Bound, Roslindale, MA, in conversation with Kevin Murray

5.1.26 – Politics & Prose Bookstore, 7 pm, Washington, DC

5.6.26 – Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA, in conversation with Maria K. John

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

5.14.26 – Maury Loontjens Memorial Library and Wakefield Books, Narragansett, RI, in conversation with Vanessa Lillie

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

5.28.26 – American Antiquarian Society, 7 pm, Worcester, MA

6.2.26 – Laurelmead Cooperative, 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, in conversation with Wunneanatsu Lamb-Cason

6.18.26 – Center for Fiction, Brooklyn, NY, in conversation with scholar Joseph M. Pierce (Cherokee Nation), and novelists Eliana Ramage (Cherokee Nation) and Greg Sarris (Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria)

6.20.26 – Symposium Books, Providence, RI, 4 pm, in conversation with Vanessa Lillie (rescheduled from April 23)

6.22.26 – Durham University, England, UK (virtual)

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

7.8.26 – Beijing, China

7.21.26 – NewSouth Bookstore, Montgomery, AL

7.30.26 – Queens Public Library, NYC, NY (virtual)

September date TBD – The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL

10.13.26 – American Ancestors, Boston, MA (virtual)

10.26.26 – Columbia University, New York, NY

11.3.26 – American Indian Workshop (paper), University of Geneva, Switzerland (virtual)

11.8.26 – Boston Public Library, Boston, MA

11.19.26 – Society of Colonial Wars in Massachusetts, Union Club, Boston, MA

12.9.26 – University of Rhode Island, South Kingstown, RI

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
• Tufts University
• Dartmouth College