Confounding Father: A Contrarian View of the U.S. Constituti

The U.S. Senate & much of the structure of U.S. government was created in part to protect the interests of an American aristocracy. Confounding Father pulls back the curtain on this and other contradictions and takes an irreverent look at the 1787 constitutional convention. Told from the viewpoint of Maryland delegate and contrarian Luther Martin, this series reveals how he feared an American empire, opposed protections for slavery, all while drinking too much, talking too much, and annoying the framers of the constitution. The series also highlights and demystifies the arguments of other opponents of the constitution – the so-called “antifederalists” who called themselves the true federalists.