Freedom Round the Globe: A New History of the American Revolution
June 13, 2026 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Overview
Historian Sarah Pearsall’s new global history of the American Revolution—encompassing places as distant as Kolkata, St. Kitts, Ghana, and Guangzhou—offers a new view of this epoch-defining set of events. In 1776, all kinds of people around the world, not just the men who declared independence, sought the end of oppression, asserting rights to life, liberty, and happiness. This broader Revolution was more contested, protracted, and diverse, with a wider cast of characters than is usually assumed. Piecing together a number of unexpected locations and unheralded “founders,” this book tells the story of the American Revolution in a surprising and novel way and clarifies the Revolution’s origins, trajectory, ideas, and action.
This program is part of MN250, commemorating the 250th anniversary (semiquincentennial) of the American Revolution.
Freedom Round the Globe: A New History of the American Revolution
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Freedom Round the Globe: A New History of the American Revolution345 W. Kellogg Blvd.
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