Some of the many risks & challenges facing “free” black families in 19th century New England…
Category Archives: Revolution Sketchbook
Indian Stream Republic 📖 (PART 1: 1783-1832)
8-page tale of lands, laws, & national identity in the Great Northern Woods…
JUDE HALL #1: Revolutionary War Veteran
“New Hampshire’s best-known black soldier of the American Revolution.” ~ G. Knoblock
Prince Whipple: Revolutionary War Veteran
Served 2 enlistments while enslaved by a signer of the Declaration of Independence!
D.I.Y. Declaration of Independence 📖✏️ Preamble (TEMPLATE BOOKLET)
Let’s take a moment to cartoon the core ideas of the US government ~ You might be surprised by how it looks!
NH State COMICStitution 📖 1784 Bill of Rights (Articles #1-12 & 83a)
The official “Live Free And Draw” adaptation of the original 1784 text…
The Peculiar Death of Nathan Parker (Henniker / 1775)
Out of the firing line, into the forest…
NH COMICStitution / ARTICLE 1: Equality
“Equality of People; Origin & Object of Government.”
NH COMICStitution / ARTICLE 2: Natural Rights
“All [PEOPLE] have certain natural, essential, and inherent rights…”
NH COMICStitution / ARTICLE 10: Right of Revolution
“The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.”
Elisha Haynes: Revolutionary War Veteran
An aged vet’s pension app. provides a peek into his service & later life…