EPISODE #1:
The American Revolution and Dreams of Equality
EPISODE #1:
The American Revolution and Dreams of Equality
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The American Revolution and Dreams of Equality
The lives of J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur and Harry Washington capture how dreams of attaining a more equal society inspired immigrants to participate in the American Revolution. The French American J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur conceived early versions of the American “melting pot” drawing on personal experiences and liberal philosophies circulating at the time. Harry Washington, an enslaved Senegambian, became a Black Loyalist drawn by the British and their promise that fighting on their behalf would bring him liberty and freedom.
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Profile Drawing of Author Saint John Crèvecoeur, Lettres d’un cultivateur américain, Paris : Cuchet, 1784.
Inside cover of Letters from an American Farmer. Published by New York, Fox, Duffield & Company, 1904. Courtesy of Library of Congress.
(Top) Portrait of George Washington standing with his enslaved personal servant, William "Billy" Lee. Painting by John Trumbull, ca. 1780. (Bottom) Map of Washington's Farm, ca. 1801. Courtesy of George Washington's Mount Vernon.
Washington as a Farmer at Mount Vernon. Painting by Junius Brutus Stearns, ca. 1851.
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