Counter-Revolution of 1776, The
Redcoat Django... Author: Gerald Horne Everybody knows that the American Civil War was about slavery. But contrary to what you may have learned in high school, African slavery was equally important as a trigger of the American Revolution, four score and seven years earlier. At least that’s the surprising argument that historian Gerald Horne makes in The Counter-Revolution of 1776. Supporting his thesis with a copious amount of historical documentation, he presents a thoroughly convincing case and turns the conventional view of the United States’ birth story completely on its head. Unfortunately, while the book is chock full of astonishing [...]
