For many common people, the American Revolution offered an
opportunity to radically reimagine the wealth and power structures
in the nascent United States. Yet in the eyes of working-class
activists, the U.S. Constitution favored the interests of a corrupt
elite and betrayed the lofty principles of the Declaration of
Independence. The discontent of these ordinary revolutionaries
sparked a series of protest movements throughout the country during
the 1780s and 1790s. Redemption from Tyranny explores the life of a
leader among these revolutionaries. A farmer, evangelical, and
political activist, Herman Husband (1724-1795) played a crucial
role in some of the most important anti-establishment movements in
eighteenth-century America--the Great Awakening, the North Carolina
Regulation, the American Revolution, and the Whiskey Rebellion.
Husband became a famous radical, advocating for the reduction of
economic inequality among white men. Drawing on a wealth of newly
unearthed resources, Stewart uses the life of Husband to explore
the varied reasons behind the rise of economic populism and its
impact on society during the long American Revolution. Husband
offers a valuable lens through which we can view how "labouring,
industrious people" shaped--and were shaped by--the American
Revolution.
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