The Working Class Uprising They Don’t Teach You About
In the 1760s, powerful men in the American colonies were in danger. The working class people beneath them were sick of the corruption and bullying, and were ready to rebel. All they needed was a ferocious leader willing to take on the fight. Herman Husband was an enigma. Though a pacifist at heart, his fiery spirit and passion for justice led him into violent uprisings.
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@argenisjimenez8118
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
These were more rebellions against the government and taxes that against "the rich"
In my opinion, the thumbnail of this video tries to show that these rebellions were for ideas that really were not, in order to trick people into clicking, and then having other say "hey, look they had the same beliefs as me"
@JohnDoeXx1910xX
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
And then what when we run our of rich people to stole?
@Think_4_yourself_plz
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
It would be phenomenal if people pulled their head out of the rear and did what needed to be done again
@AM-g6h
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
First video… Instant sub brother.
@brianmath393
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
Fascinating story. Funnu how the corrupt officials response to being challenged was never hmmm maybe let's dial back on corruption for a minute nit rather let us exercise our monopoly on violence against the movement. The more things change the more they stay the same
@alexandermuller7142
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
one question i ask everyone of u wannabe weekend communists who cant comprehend what communisn is, who are "they" ?
@MexicanHobbit
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
Literally what Trump is doing right now with Farmers all over the country while Vance and his cronies buy up family farms, and Trump builds tacky ballrooms and "triumphal" arches
@tracyclark7560
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
There are sentiments of justice so natural that they strike every man (woman, child) in the same light.
@NotesNNotes
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
Thanks PBS, now Warren G is stuck in my head
@CW29522
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
Thanks! Please hang in there PBS. We need your voice.
@cbbcbb6803
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
Pole tax?
@HOWdr1
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
This is crap I'm reporting this series to congress. America was under British rule before 1780's and anything before that was BRITISH RULE
@josephmarzullo
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
PBS needs to really hit those propagandists. We have millions of “capitalists” without capital. Pathetic
@jecha915
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
Thank you to the algorithm 😅
@teslaphilipson2406
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
This is the exact reason why PBS needs to be supported more than ever!
@jasonjohnson4028
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
REGULATORS, MOUNT UP!
– Tupac S.
– H. Husband
@Dave435l
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
I am in my thirties and FROM these counties and have never heard of this before. That is wild.
@blueprairiedog
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
Uprisings are EXACTLY what we need now. More stories of past ones, please.
@guillepankeke2844
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
He was going to do something himself, whether it was suicidal or not, and then Tuscape Death. I could use some of that riot violence, i woudn't mind some tar and feathers for Monsanto's Round Up distributors.
@grigorirazumovski1012
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
Finally someone said it. Tax them! Also bind them from running with the money from the country until paying back the country. Yes I said it, take down liberal economics.
@Maddie9185
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
History has a way of repeating again and again.
@schiacciatrollo
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
just take the zinses out of the zinseszins .. zins is enough
@objectivitylove
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
Thank you for telling us about this. Rich people want to suppress this kind of history. The situation improved until the 1970's and since then had deteriorated drastically
@janlindtner305
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
Professional politicians are corrupt. Independent politicians (The third party), the labor movement and veterans need to form a government that gives us a new path 💚Joe Hill 💚Smedley Darlington Butler 💚Martin Luther King Jr.👍 Victory 🤟 Love you all
@davidknightx
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
America is a civil oligarchy. I could easily lead the revolution, but I'm leaving the U.S. asap. I'm not dying in a concrete closet that is Supermax. 50 shades of F that. Besides, it seems to me most Americans want rich people in charge of the legal system. So let them suffer with that choice.
@Roxanne-r3m
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 am
Thank You for this presentation. 🕵️🌎🌏🌍✍️🇨🇦