135 Moral Commerce: The Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy
If early Americans desired slaves mostly to produce sugarcane, cotton, rice, indigo, and tobacco, what would happen if Europeans and early Americans stopped purchasing those products? Would boycotti...
23 Mai 201743min
134 Pulpit and Nation: Clergymen and the Politics of Revolutionary America
In Colonial America, clergymen stood as thought leaders in their local communities. They stood at the head of their congregations and many community members looked to them for knowledge and insight ab...
16 Mai 201752min
133 The Nat Turner Revolt
The institution of African slavery in North America began in late August 1619 and persisted until the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States in December 1865. Ove...
9 Mai 20171h
132 Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of the Empire
When we explore the history of early America, we often look at people who lived and the events that took place in North America. But what about the people who lived and worked in European metropoles? ...
2 Mai 201738min
131 Thomas Jefferson's Empire of Liberty
The United States has a complicated history when it comes to ideas of empire and imperialism. Since it’s earliest days, the United States has wanted the power that came with being an empire even while...
25 Apr 201752min
130 Paul Revere's Ride Through History (Doing History Rev)
On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere rode to Lexington, Massachusetts to spread the alarm that the Regulars were marching. Revere made several important rides between 1774 and 1775, including one in Septemb...
18 Apr 20171h 33min
129 The Road to Concord, 1775
How did the colonists of Massachusetts go from public protests meant to shame government officials and destroy offending property, to armed conflict with British Regulars in Lexington and Concord? Jo...
11 Apr 201756min
128 American Revolutions: A Continental History
Historians often portray the American Revolution as an orderly, if violent, event that moved from British colonists’ high-minded ideas about freedom to American independence from Great Britain and the...
4 Apr 201749min
