19th-Century American Radicals: Vegans, Abolitionists, and Free Love Advocates

Published: Nov. 21, 2019, 7:45 a.m.

On July 4, 1826, as Americans lit firecrackers to celebrate the country\u2019s fiftieth birthday, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were on their deathbeds. They would leave behind a groundbreaking political system and a growing economy\u2014as well as the...