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 W...
24 Mai 201640min
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 w...
17 Mai 201640min
081 After Yorktown: The Final Struggle for American Independence
When did the fighting of the American War for Independence end? In school we learn that the war came to an end at Yorktown. But, this lesson omits all of the fighting that took place after Charles, Ea...
10 Mai 201637min
080 Liberty's Prisoners: Prisons & Prison Life in Early America
American prisons are overcrowded. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world and nearly 2.5 million Americans are serving prison sentences. Nearly all politicians agree that we ...
3 Mai 201635min
079 What is a Historical Source? (Doing History)
Historians research the past through historical sources. But what are the materials that tell historians about past peoples, places, and events? Today, James Horn, the President and Chief Executive O...
26 Apr 201649min
078 Washington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War
The United States is in midst of a political and cultural divide. The last time the United States faced this deep of a division, the nation descended into Civil War. Can history help us solve our pres...
19 Apr 201644min
077 The Oregon Trail
Do you have what it takes to be a pioneer? If offered the opportunity, would you undertake a journey across the Oregon Trail in a mule-pulled covered wagon? Today, we explore the Oregon Trail past and...
12 Apr 201645min
076 Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution
What did it mean to be a citizen during the late-18th and early-19th centuries? Why and how did early American sailors seem intent on proving their citizenship to the United States? In this episode, w...
5 Apr 201646min
