E378 - Kentucky Statehood, 1792
Published: February 22, 2026
Duration: 31:54
Kentucky began seeking independence from Virginia the year after the Revolutionary War ended. It took nearly a decade of petitions and lobbying to make that a reality.
This episode's, blog entry, at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode.
Book Recommendation of the Week: Kentucky's Road to Statehood, by Lowell Harrison.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Forging a Bluegrass Commonwealth: The Kentucky Statehood Movement and the Politics of the Trans-Appalachian West, 1783–1792: https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2113&context=etd
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