Author: Greg Brooking and George Burkes

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A Brief Introduction to the Slaving Empire of Henry Laurens

Henry Laurens is recognized by scholars of revolutionary history as the president of the Second Continental Congress during the Valley Forge winter and as a peace commissioner at the close of the American Revolution. He is also known to a broader audience, thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, as the father of John Laurens, the fiercely […]

by Greg Brooking and George Burkes