089 Slavery & Freedom in Early Maryland
How do you uncover the life of a slave who left no paper trail? What can her everyday life tell us about slavery, how it was practiced, and how some slaves made the transition from slavery to freedom...
5 Jul 201650min
088 The History of History Writing (Doing History)
Historians rely on secondary historical sources almost as much as they rely on primary historical sources. But what are secondary historical sources and how do they help historians know what they kno...
28 Jun 201650min
087 Shays' Rebellion
After achieving independence from Great Britain, the new United States and its member states had to pay war debts. As the national government lacked the power to tax its citizens, the problem of payin...
21 Jun 201645min
086 Benjamin Franklin in London
Over the course of his long life, Benjamin Franklin traveled to and lived in London twice. The first time he went as a teenager. The second as a man and colonial agent. All told he spent nearly 18 yea...
14 Jun 201652min
085 American Loyalists in Canada
The War for Independence was a conflict between Great Britain and her 13 North American colonies. It was also a civil war. Not only did the war pit Briton against Briton when the conflict began in 17...
7 Jun 201644min
084 How Historians Read Historical Sources (Doing History)
What do historians do with historical sources once they find them? How do they read them for information about the past? Today, Zara Anishanslin, an Assistant Professor of History at CUNY’s College ...
31 Mai 201651min
083 Unfreedom: Slavery in Colonial Boston
Colonial Bostonians practiced slavery. But slavery in Boston looked very different than slavery in the American south or in the Caribbean. Today, Jared Hardesty, an Assistant Professor of History at ...
24 Mai 201641min
082 Information & Communication in the Early American South
We live in an age of information. The internet provides us with 24/7 access to all types of information—news, how-to articles, sports scores, entertainment news, and congressional votes. But what do ...
17 Mai 201641min
