Francis Bernard

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Constitutional Debate, Economics, Law, Politics, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Postwar Politics (>1783), Prewar Politics (<1775) September 14, 2020 September 14, 2020

The First Efforts to Limit the African Slave Trade Arise in the American Revolution: Part 1 of 3, The New England Colonies

by Christian M. McBurney

The American Revolution changed the way Americans viewed one of the world’s great tragedies: the African slave trade. The long march to end the…

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Critical Thinking, Loyalists, Patriots, Prewar Politics (<1775) December 12, 2019 December 11, 2019

The Sons of Liberty and Mob Terror

by Jeffrey D. Simon

The day did not start out well for Andrew Oliver. The recently appointed Stamp Act Distributor for colonial Massachusetts awoke on the morning of…

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1. R Paul Mason Alexander Hamilton’s Missing Years: New Discoveries and Insights into the Little Lion’s Caribbean Childhood

I'm surprised that the authors give no mention to the excellent work "Alexander Hamilton: The West Indian “Founding Father”, by William F. Cissel (Historian, Christiansted National Historic Site, National Park…
2. Ellen Alexander Hamilton’s Missing Years: New Discoveries and Insights into the Little Lion’s Caribbean Childhood

On the first census, Who is the Elizabeth Hamelton ? She is second person listed. Same spelling as James.
3. Steve Darley Alexander Hamilton’s Missing Years: New Discoveries and Insights into the Little Lion’s Caribbean Childhood

Excellent research. We need more like this. Applaud your effort.