Richard Bell

Irish people profoundly impacted the American Revolution, fighting on both sides of the war. In return, the Revolution shaped struggles for Irish independence.

The transnational nature of America's fight for independence.

Thousands of free-born Black people in the North were kidnapped into slavery through networks that operated as a form of “Reverse Underground Railroad.”

Few people know about the movement to kidnap free black Americans and traffic them into slavery. It's time to change that.