On this episode, we talk with Dr. Serena Zabin about her groundbreaking book, "The Boston Massacre: A Family History." She explains why we have misunderstood the landmark event in America's founding as a battle between two sides. Rather, she argues, the Boston Massacre was an intimate moment among members of a community. Revolutionary-era Boston was a place where intermingling was unavoidable and where colonists, British soldiers and the enslaved were swept into a tide of events that led to commotion, and ultimately, death. She also helps us explore how Paul Revere made sure to use the media to stoke the embers they would eventually lead to revolution. She even tells us which single piece of evidence would help us even more-fully understand how the massacre happened!

Dr. Zabin is available on social media at twitter.com/serenazabin

Her website is serenazabin.com

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