Anti-Slavery and the American Revolution
Richard K. MacMaster examines the 'crack in the Liberty Bell'.
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The Ku Klux Klan
The ‘invisible empire’ of the Klan, writes Louis C. Kleber, was the answering organization in the Southern states to the Radical regimes imposed by the victorious North.
Foreign Adventurers in the American Revolution
Soldiers from Britain, France, Germany and Poland contributed to the success of American arms during the Revolutionary War, writes Aram Bakshian Jr.
Robert Liston: Second British Minister to the United States
Liston and his wife enjoyed their years in America and, writes Esmond Wright, considered themselves “well employed in the work of conciliation.”
Where Do We Belong?
A study of English settlers in America raises profound questions of identity.
Washington is Burning
In August 1814, the US capital was torched by British troops. The ‘greatest disgrace ever dealt to American arms’ left its legacy on the US, Britain and Canada.
Launching the Confederate Navy
David Woodward describes how the Confederacy's hope of continuing to exist depended upon gaining command of the sea and of vital coastal and inland waters.
The Trent Affair: How the Prince Consort Saved the United States
One of the Prince’s last and most notable services to his adopted country, writes Sir John Wheeler Bennett, was the redrafting of a provocative British despatch at a moment of high tension in Anglo-American relations.
The American Farmer: St John de Crevecoeur
Crevecoeur fought under Montcalm at Quebec in 1759 and, writes Stuart Andrews, afterwards settled in New York and Pennsylvania.