Banquo’s Ghost
The Nation
The contradictions of the American Revolution.
The contradictions of the American Revolution.
The contradictions of the American Revolution.
The American Revolution Is Not Complete
The New Republic
Long after the founding, many ordinary Americans saw the Revolution as ongoing—an unfinished fight for freedom and equality.
Ken Burns Makes the Case for the Greatness of 1776
Jacobin
Ken Burns talks to Jacobin about his new documentary, The American Revolution; the ongoing project of 1776; and why the Declaration of Independence was far more than a revolt of slaveholders and the wealthy.
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The Rediscovery of America: Why Native History Is American History
The Guardian
Historian Ned Blackhawk stresses the importance of telling US history with a wider and more inclusive lens.
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The Captive Aliens Who Remain Our Shame
The New York Review of Books
This "very important" book offers a new examination of the role of African Americans in the American Revolution and of how racism was used in the service of creating the United States in the late 18th Century.
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