A powerful new documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt is set to premiere ...

Thousands of African Americans fought for the British—then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement.

List of maps -- Cast of characters -- Introduction: Spirit of 1783 -- Part I: Refugees. Civil war ; An unsettling peace ; A new world disorder -- Part II: Settlers. The heart of empire ; A world in ...

The Battle of Brandywine was an example of how the Revolutionary Way was a civil war. About 500 colonists fought at Brandywine on the side of the British as loyalists, firing at their neighbors and ...

From Gen. Nathanael Greene, to Black soldiers to everyday people, RI play key roles in the founding of America, says noted ...

The special event features a preview screening, filmmaker discussion, and living history insights ahead of the PBS premiere.

WHYY’s Terry Gross will interview Ken Burns about his 12-hour film premiering in November, during a preview event in Camden on Oct. 9.

British troops and loyalists fled Boston by ship for Canada in "disgrace" after nearly a decade of occupation that incited protest, bloodshed and then revolution, on this day in history, March 17, ...

2011-03-20T00:48:26-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/7b7/20110320004842002.jpgClip: Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World Clip: Liberty ...