An in-depth look at the premiere episode of Ken Burns' latest documentary The American Revolution. We examine the pivotal ...

Ken Burns' new six-episode docuseries 'The American Revolution' looks at the attitude George Washington had toward allowing Black men to fight alongside the patriots.

"The destinies of life" : on the road to bigger things -- "The birthday of a new world is at hand" : revolutionaries -- "These are the times that try men's souls ...

In “The Revolutionary Self,” the historian Lynn Hunt explores the way 18th-century culture transformed our sense of power in the world. “Two Ladies and an Officer Seated at Tea,” possibly English in ...