A Native History of the American Revolution

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The American Revolution was, in many important ways, an Indian War.  It was a war in which ordinary Natives fought and died in great numbers; it was a war which unfolded not just in eastern coastal locations like Valley Forge, Lexington, Concord, and Yorktown, but also deep in the interior in skirmish after skirmish on the frontier between Native America and the backcountry settlements; it was a war in which ordinary Natives assumed critical, pivotal roles as war-fighters, spies, and scouts; a war that would reshape the balance of power between Europeans and Native Americans on this continent drastically and permanently. Join University of Maryland historian Richard Bell for a survey of the Revolutionary War in Native America, paying particular attention to the life and times of Molly Brant, an Iroquois woman who emerged during this long, bitter war as the most important military and cultural broker in Native America.

Richard Bell, Ph,D. is a professor of history at the University of Maryland. He has won more than a dozen teaching awards, including the Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. He serves as a trustee of the Maryland Historical Society and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author of the award winning book, Stolen.

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