In our audio podcast, we have Gerald Horne to talk about the founding of our Nation. He is a professor and the author of countless books including The Counter-Revolution of 1776 and the upcoming The Dawning of the Apocalypse, which is set to be released later this year. In today’s audio episode, Gerald Horne explores the class character of the 1776 revolt, he also brings in vivid details about the geopolitical space during that time that lead to the formation of the country. Gerald Horn also makes a provocative case that 1776 is a counter-revolution. Finally, we connect the events of 1776 to the rest of American history and what it means for us, as a people, for the future.
I want to correct your speaker about John Oglethorpe and the Savannah charter What was forbidden: no drinking of alcohol-led to inability to function & be productive, no Papists fearing influence with Spanish colony to the south (Georgia was to be a buffer), no lawyers because they had caused these settlers to be in debtors prison for generations, no slavery because free slave labor would lead to laziness. He didn't care one way or the other about slavery or the plight of Africans.
When building the city required more labor than colonists could provide, plantations in South Carolina lent slaves-but that set the stage Later slavery came to the colony to stay. He later quit the governorship as he did not like the turn of events. (Oglethorpe also brought cotton seeds to the colony.)
Did the Good Guys Win in 1776? w Gerald Horne
I want to correct your speaker about John Oglethorpe and the Savannah charter What was forbidden: no drinking of alcohol-led to inability to function & be productive, no Papists fearing influence with Spanish colony to the south (Georgia was to be a buffer), no lawyers because they had caused these settlers to be in debtors prison for generations, no slavery because free slave labor would lead to laziness. He didn't care one way or the other about slavery or the plight of Africans.
When building the city required more labor than colonists could provide, plantations in South Carolina lent slaves-but that set the stage Later slavery came to the colony to stay. He later quit the governorship as he did not like the turn of events. (Oglethorpe also brought cotton seeds to the colony.)
The angle from which you proceed here leads me into historical questions I had not contemplated. Thank you for this.
Unaware and now need to research. Thank you