Topic: The American Revolution and the Fate of the World – With Author Richard Bell
When: Tuesday 5/5/2026 at 2:00 pm ET
In this groundbreaking work, historian Richard Bell expands the story of the American Revolution far beyond the familiar narrative of colonial independence. He presents it as a global event that reshaped lives and power structures across the world, reaching from North America to Africa, India, Central America, and Australia. The war Started a domino effect that had vast implications for freedom across the globe. Through intimate stories Bell reveals the Revolution as a world-shaking transformation that redefined societies and forever changed how we understand America’s origins and its place in global history.
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Meet the Guest
Richard Bell
Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He is the author of the book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which was a finalist for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award and the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. His new book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, published by Penguin, recently won the Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year Award. He maintains a list of upcoming events at Richard-Bell.com.