Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Slaves and freed blacks accounted for 20% of the population at the time of the Revolutionary War. Historian Simon Schama tells the often overlooked story of the African-Americans who fought with the Redcoats, trying to defeat the colonists and remain a part of the British Empire.
Guests
- Simon Schama University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University and author of "Rough Crossings: Britain, The Slaves, and the American Revolution" (Ecco)
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