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David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library; Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI); Libraries
AWW: America at the Margins
Friday, October 30,
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Speaker(s): Woody Holton
Duke Assistant Professor of History Justin Leroy welcomes Woody Holton, Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, to kickoff the 26/27 Atlantic Worlds Workshop Series.
Holton's book, Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution (Simon & Schuster, 2021), is "a deeply researched and bracing retelling" of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans- women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters.
Professor Holton's 2009 book, Abigail Adams, which he wrote on a Guggenheim fellowship, won the Bancroft Prize. He is the author of Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution (2007), a finalist for the George Washington Book Prize and the National Book Award. His first book, Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia (1999), won the Organization of American Historians' Merle Curti award.
Lunch will be served following the event.
Holton's book, Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution (Simon & Schuster, 2021), is "a deeply researched and bracing retelling" of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans- women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters.
Professor Holton's 2009 book, Abigail Adams, which he wrote on a Guggenheim fellowship, won the Bancroft Prize. He is the author of Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution (2007), a finalist for the George Washington Book Prize and the National Book Award. His first book, Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia (1999), won the Organization of American Historians' Merle Curti award.
Lunch will be served following the event.
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