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Economics, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) March 12, 2019 March 14, 2019

How Robert Morris’s “Magick” Money Saved the American Revolution

by Harlow Giles Unger

The year 1780 ended badly, and the new year boded worse for America’s War of Independence. Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold’s treason and defection to…

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Economics, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) January 21, 2019 January 21, 2019

Continental Congress vs. Continental Army: Paying For It All

by Stuart Hatfield

When the Second Continental Congress met in June 1775, they were not prepared for what they found. Several months earlier on April 19 the…

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1. Jeanne Pirtle “The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret”: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon

Slavery was Never kind. George Washington, I’m sure, and his slaveholding peers truly believed they were kind masters. But if you view history through multiple perspectives, for example through the…
2. Raymond Saint-Pierre “The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret”: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon

The majority of the slaves at Mount Vernon were originally the property of Martha and only became George Washington's upon their marriage as part of her dowry. That this fact…
3. Yvonne Starks “The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret”: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon

Well, my first response is from Symington's parting sentence: Wrestling with our thoughts on Washington . . . no wrestling for me. None. I agree with the comment on current…