Comparing Atlantic Revolutions

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But beneath their common political vocabulary and a broadly democratic character, the Atlantic revolutions differed substantially from one another. They were triggered by different circumstances, expressed quite different social and political tensions, and varied considerably in their outcomes. Liberty, noted Simón Bolívar, “is a succulent morsel, but one difficult to digest.”2 “Digesting liberty” occurred in quite distinct ways in the various sites of the Atlantic revolutions.