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David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library; Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI); Libraries
Worlds of 1776: Liberty is Sweet
Thursday, October 29,
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Speaker(s): Woody Holton
Duke Professor of History Phil Stern in conversation with Woody Holton, Professor of History at the University of South Carolina.
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.
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.
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