Episode 72
Liberty With an Asterisk: Black Americans In the Revolution Era
Black Americans weren’t just passive observers during the American Revolution, they were active participants.
Portraits of Liberty · Libertarianism.org
July 3, 202520m 51s
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Show Notes
In this podcast, we revisit the lives of Elizabeth Freeman, Lemuel Haynes, and James Forten, three Black Americans who lived through the contradictions of the Revolutionary era and helped expand its ideals. These three did not passively await emancipation but seized the rhetoric of liberty and used it to reshape law, religion, and civil society. Their stories illuminate the untold Black contribution to the founding vision of the American Republic.
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