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This excerpt from Robert Patton presents the story of America's seaborne insurgency against British merchant ships and Navy.

Read an excerpt from Donald F. Johnson's book, Occupied America: British Military Rule and the Experience of Revolution.

Read these excerpts featuring Colonial recipes along with tempting and intriguing stories about our early American culinary history.

Read an excerpt from Anne Byrn's recipe book that journeys through America's most beloved sweet treats and historical confections.

Read an excerpt from Thomas J. McGuire's book, The Philadelphia Campaign, Vol. I: Brandywine and the Fall of Philadelphia.

This excerpt from Gerald Horne demonstrates how the Revolution reinvigorated the slave trade and subsequently bore a counter-revolution of slavery.

This excerpt from Erica Armstrong Dunbar examines the growth of anti-slavery sentiment in Philadelphia during the 1780s and 1790s.

Read an excerpt from Jodi Daynard's historical fiction novel about a woman confronting life and widowhood during the American Revolution.

This excerpt from Jonathan Israel investigates radical ideas of self-government, liberty, and republicanism that challenged the Old World institutions.

This excerpt from Peter Thompson highlights the changing culture surrounding taverns and political life on the eve of the American Revolution