Jill Lepore

Associate Professor of History and American Studies Jill Lepore

A portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, Jane, reveals how she was, like her brother, a passionate reader, gifted writer, and shrewd political commentator who made insightful observations about early America.

The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin

Book of Ages

A chronicle of an alleged eighteenth-century slave conspiracy to destroy New York City explores the social and political climate of the 1730s and 1740s and the implications of the conspiracy in terms of American politics and history.

Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-century Manhattan

New York Burning

Jill Lepore, winner of the distinguished Bancroft Prize for history, brings to life in exciting, first-person detail some of the earliest events in American history. Pages From History.

Associate Professor of History and American Studies Jill Lepore

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