Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution

Mar 03 2025 297 ep. 28 mins 290

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Welcome to Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution. Each week Dispatches features interviews highlighting the latest in scholarship, news, and opinions regarding the American Revolutionary Era. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

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E291: Andrew Lawler: Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment

Mar 03 2025 21 mins

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Andrew Lawler. At the outbreak of the Revolution, Virginia Governor John Murray, Lord Dunmore, shocked the colony when he began arming enslaved men. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E290: Robert J. Walworth: The Green Mountain Insurgency

Feb 16 2025 27 mins

This week our guest is JAR contributor Robert J. Walworth. In the lead-up to the American Revolution, Vermont and New York tangled over territory until the Crown stepped in. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E289: Keith Muchowski: Richard Varick in History and In Memory

Feb 02 2025 27 mins

This week our guest is JAR contributor Keith Muchowski. From his days in the Revolution to his eventual rise to Mayor, Richard Varick was a NYC staple. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E288: Jonathan Burns: Locating George Washington's Friendly Fire Incident

Jan 26 2025 25 mins

This week our guest is Archaeologist Jonathan Burns. In November of 1758, George Washington accidentally opened fire on his own men in the wilds of Western Pennsylvania. For two centuries the battlefield has been lost, and Jonathan Burns believes he's found it. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E287: Christopher R. Pearl: Declarations of Independence: Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution

Jan 13 2025 37 mins

This week our guest is author Christopher R. Pearl, discussing his new book "Declarations of Independence: Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution." For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E286: Blake McGready: The Limits of Enviromental Mastery in the Highland Department

Dec 15 2024 17 mins

This week our guest is JAR contributor Blake McGready. The war in the Hudson Highlands was a difficult affair, made more tedious by the environmental factors. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E285: Paul B. Elmore: James Easton vs. Benedict Arnold: Anatomy of a Feud

Dec 08 2024 17 mins

This week our guest is Paul B. Elmore. Long before he was America's most reviled traitor, Benedict Arnold had a personal grudge with James Easton. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E284: Brady J. Crytzer: Guyasuta and the Fall of Indian America

Nov 24 2024 48 mins

This week on Dispatches, we share Brady Crytzer's lecture on Seneca Chief Guyasuta. A lifelong advocate of Native rights, Guyasuta served as a warrior, Sachem, and diplomat during the Seven Years War and American Revolution. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E283: Robert E. Wright: Cruel Bedlam: Bankruptcies and the Break with Britain

Nov 18 2024 20 mins

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Robert E. Wright. In the years leading to the American Revolution, British fiscal policy was a leading factor of unrest in the colonies. As Robert Wright shows, taxes were just the beginning. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com

E282: Ray Raphael: A Kingly Government? Benjamin Franklin's Great Fear

Nov 11 2024 29 mins

This week our guest is author, editor, and JAR contributor Ray Raphael. When the American Executive was being considered, Benjamin Franklin had strong reservations about the scope of its power. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.