Freedom Round the Globe - Sarah M. S. Pearsall

A fresh and surprising history that reckons with a defining global moment on its 250th anniversary: The American Revolution.

In this authoritative revisionist history, Sarah M. S. Pearsall restores the shock, drama and world-altering flux of 1776, revealing how the fires of change that sparked the American Revolution were igniting all around the world. From St. Kitts to Kolkata, Ghana to Guangzhou, all kinds of people, not just the men declaring independence in Philadelphia, asserted their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the
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