096 The Origins of Racial Segregation in the United States
Ever wonder how the United States’ problem with race developed and why early American reformers didn’t find a way to fix it during the earliest days of the republic? Today, Nicholas Guyatt, author of...
23 Aug 20161h 4min
094 Founding Friendships
Who are you friends with? Why are you friends with your friends? In the early American republic, men and women formed and maintained friendships for many of the same reasons we make friends today: c...
9 Aug 201644min
093 Harvard University & Colonial North America
What can the collections of the Harvard University Libraries teach us about our early American past? It turns out, quite a lot. Taylor Stoermer, a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of A...
2 Aug 201645min
092 How to Research History Online (Doing History)
How do historians conduct research online? This is your second-most asked question after how did everyday people live their day-to-day lives in early America. As the “Doing History” series explores h...
26 Jul 201655min
091 Rumors, Legends, & Hoaxes in Early America
Did you know that George Washington’s favorite drink was whiskey? Actually, it wasn’t. Washington preferred Madeira, a fortified Portuguese wine from the island of Madeira. Why the false start to to...
19 Jul 201643min
090 Age of American Revolutions
The American Revolution inspired revolutions in France, the Caribbean, and in Latin and South America between the late 18th and mid-19th centuries. Naturally, Spanish and Portuguese American revoluti...
12 Jul 201646min
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
