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The Battle of Bunker Hill and the first martyr of the American Revolution
The American Revolution and Its Discontents." His “The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding” will be ...
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This Forgotten Founding Father Hoped to ‘Die Up to My Knees in Blood’ in the Fight for American Independence. He Got His Wish
Joseph Warren was a key leader of the American Revolution, mobilizing troops and managing a circle of spies. But he's mainly ...
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JOHN HODSON: Early settlers had little impact on Kankakee
JOHN HODSON: Waves of human impact on Kankakee River In “Alfred H. Meyer: The Life and Work of a Midwestern Geographer,” it is stated, “Meyer is perhaps most noted for his application of the ...
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The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes
This interactive, designed and built by Slate’s Andrew Kahn, gives you a sense of the scale of the trans-Atlantic slave trade across time, as well as the flow of transport and eventual ...