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Stacey Schiff
Biographer and author of The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, providing expert historical analysis and commentary on Samuel Adams and the Boston Tea Party.
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Dec 15, 2025
• 37min
Sam Adams Brews Rebellion in Boston Harbor
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Stacey Schiff, biographer of Samuel Adams, dives into the chaotic night of December 16, 1773, when a group of colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped British tea into Boston Harbor. She highlights Adam's strategic genius and how his pamphleteering amplified revolutionary fervor. The discussion covers Adams' transformation from an underachiever to a pivotal figure in the American Revolution, his rivalry with Thomas Hutchinson, and the significance of the Boston Tea Party in inciting colonial resistance against British rule.
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