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The British Army is at your door. They need a room. What do you do? For thousands of civilians living in cities occupied during the American War for Independence β Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Newport, Charleston, Savannah β this wasn't a hypothetical. It was a reality that upended daily life and revealed a side of the revolution we rarely talk about. Lauren Duval, author of The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupations, and the Making of American Independence, joins us to explore what the War for Independence actually looked like from inside the household. Women who negotiated quartering terms and held their ground. Men who came to blows over who controlled the parlor. Enslaved people who used the chaos of occupation to reunite families and reach British lines. The revolution didn't just happen on battlefields. It happened at kitchen tables, in back gardens, and on doorsteps. Lauren's Website | Book | Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/403   EPISODE OUTLINE 00:00:00  Introduction 00:01:38  The Home Front of the American Revolution 00:05:24  The Gensis of the Revolutionary Household 00:10:49  Why Focus on Urban Port Cities 00:19:46  The British Occupation's Impact on City Life 00:25:55  Quartering a British Officer: The Drinker Household 00:33:38. Quartering Experiences in Male-Headed Households 00:39:22  Lower-Class Experiences During British Occupation 00:40:55  The Impact of British Hard Currency on Urban Labor Markets 00:44:21  Black Experiences During British Occupation 00:51:21  The Overall American Experience of the War for Independence 00:54:01. The Time Warp 00:59:47 Conculsion RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES π§ Episode 050: Betsy Ross & the Making of America π§ Episode 175: The War in Ben Franklin's House π§ Episode 306: The Horse's Tail π§ Episode 332: Experiences of Revolution: Occupied Philadelphia π§ Episode 333: Experiences of Revolution: Occupied Yorktown π§ Episode 380: The Tory's Wife SUPPORT OUR WORK π Make a Donation to Ben Franklinβs World REQUEST A TOPIC π¨ Topic Request Form π« liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY ποΈ BFW Gazette Newsletter  π©βπ» Join the BFW Listener Community π Join the History Explorers Club TAKE THE QUIZ π§ Discover How You Explore History (under 2 minutes) π https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/quiz LISTEN π§ π Apple Podcasts  π Spotify  πΆ Amazon Music π Pandora CONNECT π¦ Liz on Bluesky π©βπ» Liz on LinkedIn π Lizβs Website SAY THANKS π Leave a review on Apple Podcasts π Leave a rating on Spotify *Book links are affiliate links. Every purchase supports the podcast.
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