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Dr. Friederike Baer to Launch New Book “Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War” at the Museum, May 12
Event is Part of the Museum’s Read the Revolution Speaker Series
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The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn
This excerpt from Robert Watson weaves together details of the horrifying conditions experienced aboard the HMS Jersey during the American Revolutionary.
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Give the Gift of the Revolution! Holiday Gift Ideas from the Museum
Gift Memberships, Any Day Tickets, and Unique Items from the Museum Shop
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Frontier Rebels
Read an excerpt from Patrick Spero's book, Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765-1776.
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From Slaves to Soldiers
This excerpt from Robert Geake highlights the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, an integrated unit composed of African American, Native American and white soldiers
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Never Caught
Read an excerpt from Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Kathleen Van Cleve's young reader adaptation of the story of runaway slave Ona Judge.
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Never Caught
This excerpt from Erica Armstrong Dunbar examines the growth of anti-slavery sentiment in Philadelphia during the 1780s and 1790s.
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Washington's Crossing
Read an excerpt from David Hackett Fischer's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Washington's Crossing.
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