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A resource for re-establishing the American System of Political Economy.
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A Report and Reflections on the Virginia250 Conference held in Williamsburg, March 18-20
By Nancy Spannaus*
March 25, 2024—It was my pleasure to join my husband in attending the annual conference of the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission last week. Under the title “A Common Cause to All,” the Commission, in partnership with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, brought together 450 individuals from 37 states and all around Virginia, to discuss plans for commemoration and celebration of our nation’s 250th birthday, July 4, 2026. We were lavishly wined and dined, and able to meet and di ..read more
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By Nancy Spannaus
March 16, 2024—There are few institutions more emblematic of the principles of the American republic than the free press. Extensive debate in the newspapers was crucial to spreading the ideas of the American Revolution itself, and then in creating an informed citizenry after the establishment of the United States. Our literacy rate was the envy of the world.
Are we about to turn our backs on that legacy? Perhaps a review of our history will encourage people to take up the fight to save this vital tradition.
The Zenger Trial
The iconic American battle for freedom of the ..read more
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2w ago
By Nancy Spannaus*
March 6, 2024 –As the nation gets closer to the 250th anniversary of its birth, on July 4, 1776, I am happy to offer two new presentations in anticipation of that momentous event.
A Four-Part Class
The first is a four-part class series on the American Revolution, sponsored by the Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture. The first class will be held on Wednesday, March 13, beginning at 7:00 PM Eastern, and lasting until 8:30. The sessions are on zoom and free, with a suggested donation of $30 per class. The time to sign up is now. You can register to get the zoom link ..read more
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“A Simulating Take on the Intersection of American Slavery and Economic Policy” — Kirkus Reviews
by Nancy Spannaus
February 28, 2024—The title quote is the concluding statement of the Kirkus review of my book Defeating Slavery, which I received today and has now been published on their website. (Click here to see it.) Kirkus Reviews (established 1933) is one of the major and most prestigious book review companies in the United States, and a major source for libraries, publishers, and bookstores. The Indie division is especially for self-published authors like myself.
The author with Def ..read more
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A report on a talk by Glenn F. Williams
By Nancy Spannaus
February 23, 2024—A presentation by well-known military historian Glenn F. Williams[1] to the Sergeant Lawrence Everhart chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution Feb. 21 provides a perfect opportunity to dispel some dominant myths about the American Revolution. This event was particularly timely and useful for me, as I am about to embark on a four-part class series entitled Preparing for America’s 250th Birthday: The Core Principles of the American Revolution.[2]
Glenn F. Williams
Williams’ presentation was entitled “The American ..read more
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D.C. Lincoln Birthday Commemoration features Spannaus talk
By Nancy Spannaus
Feb. 14, 2024—I was honored to have the privilege of addressing this year’s Lincoln Birthday dinner of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS). My topic was Abraham Lincoln’s Debt to Alexander Hamilton, a theme which is featured in both my recent books: Hamilton Versus Wall Street, The Core Principles of the American System of Economics (2019), and Defeating Slavery: Hamilton’s American System Showed the Way (2023).
Nancy Spannaus addresses MOLLUS Lincoln birthday dinner.
In my talk, I sho ..read more
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A review of James Oakes’ Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865, W.W. Norton & Co., 2013
by Nancy Spannaus
Feb. 8, 2024—In this extensive review of the fight over U.S. government policy toward the enslaved during the Civil War, James Oakes brings to light a surprising reality about the Lincoln administration’s emancipation policy. To wit: By the time of the Emancipation Proclamation, hundreds of thousands of enslaved African Americans had already been freed!
How was this possible? As Oakes explains, the key was the Lincoln Administration and Republican ..read more
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By Nancy Spannaus*
Jan. 31, 2024—While the dominant discussion in the U.S. Congress centers around budget cuts, immigration, and war, there are a growing number of national legislators who are exemplary in taking their Constitutional responsibility to provide for the general welfare seriously. These are the 25 Democratic members of Congress who have signed on as co-sponsors to Illinois Rep. Danny K. Davis’s 2023 legislation to create a National Infrastructure Bank. (HR 4052)
Rep. Danny Davis announces his new bill on a video release June 15, 2023.
This progress is due to the concerted efforts ..read more
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Jan. 24, 2024—Ready to learn some history that will challenge today’s popular assumptions? Public historian Nancy Spannaus, author of the just-released book Defeating Slavery: Hamilton’s American System Showed the Way, will be presenting two classes by zoom in February that will do just that.
Public historian Nancy Spannaus
What you learn may even help us in preserving our republic!
Hamilton’s Anti-Slavery Economics: The Road Not Taken
On February 13 and 20, from 10 AM to 12PM Eastern time, Spannaus will address the fight against slavery in the British American colonies from the 17th century t ..read more
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Racial segregation and “Jim Crow” were created to break up Black-White cooperation
By Edward Spannaus
Jan. 14, 2024–At a time when Dr. Martin Luther King’s image has become so sanitized as to become almost unrecognizable, it is useful to recall what he actually said, as opposed to what it is reduced to today. For example, sections of his speech given at the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 25, 1965, after the long-delayed completion of the Selma-to-Montgomery march, described a piece of United States history that few today know – history that has really been “erased.”
Dr. K ..read more