Join prize-winning historian Christina Snyder for an exploration and reinterpretation of the history of Jacksonian America. Most often, this drama focuses on whites who turned west to conquer a continent, extending “liberty” as they went, but the full story is much more complicated. The territorial growth of the United States forged a multicultural, multiracial society, but that diversity also sparked fierce debates over race, citizenship, and America’s destiny. Great Crossings, a place of race-mixing and cultural exchange, emerged as a battleground. Its history provides an intimate view of the ambitions and struggles of Indians, settlers, and slaves who were trying to secure their place in a changing world. Together, their stories demonstrate how this era transformed colonizers and the colonized alike, sowing the seeds of modern America.
21 апр 2024
