Paul Campbell is an M.A. candidate in American History at Temple University. He also works as a park guide at Independence National Historical Park, where he developed a War of 1812 tour of the Portrait Gallery in the Second Bank of the United States.
Philadelphia was pivotal in supporting America’s war effort during the War of 1812, the final war in which the United States and Britain fought on opposing sides. The city functioned as a major supply center for the army, and its revitalized port outfitted vessels for the navy. People from the Philadelphia area operated war-related businesses, helped build fortifications, and traveled far from ...
Hundreds of refugees came to Philadelphia in the mid-1790s as they fled the most successful slave revolt in the history of the modern world. The Haitian Revolution also challenged the first two presidents of the United States, who lived in Philadelphia during this period, to establish policies for the new nation's interaction with St. ...
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