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On Feb. 12, 2020 at the Museum, Harvard historian Dr. Vincent Brown discussed his book, Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War, offering a gripping account of how the largest slave revolt in the Atlantic world connected Europe, Africa, and America, and speaks to our understanding of wars on terror today.

Dr. Vincent Brown is the Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and American Studies at Harvard University.

Tacky's Revolt is available to purchase online through the Museum Shop.

Read the Revolution is sponsored by The Haverford Trust Company.

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Read the Revolution Speaker Series with Vincent Brown
 

Read the Revolution Speaker Series

The Read the Revolution Speaker Series brings celebrated authors and historians to the Museum for lively, facilitated discussions of their work.
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Tacky's Revolt

Read an excerpt from Vincent Brown's book, Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War
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Rhonda Brace (left), a descendent of Jeffrey Brace, who was enslaved during the Revolutionary era, found freedom, and wrote a memoir in 1810, which was republished in 2004 by Kari Winter (right).
 

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