The Age of Pirates | Women of the High Seas | 4
During the Golden Age of Piracy, two female pirates became infamous despite their short careers. Anne Bonny and Mary Read went down as some of the fiercest pirates in popular mythology.. Dr. Rebecca S...
2 Nov 202236min
The Age of Pirates | Blackbeard and the Flying Gang | 3
In 1717, the pirate known as Blackbeard launched an attack along the Atlantic seaboard, disrupting international trade and striking terror into sea captains and colonial governors. Working with his si...
26 Okt 202236min
The Age of Pirates | Captain Kid's Adventure | 2
As England waged war against France in 1689, Scottish sailor William Kidd led a deadly mutiny aboard a French privateer in the Caribbean. It was his first act in becoming one of the most feared sea ca...
19 Okt 202237min
The Age of Pirates | A Gold Chain Or A Wooden Leg | 1
At the end of the 17th century, pirates stalked the coast of North America and the waters of the Caribbean, attacking merchant vessels from every nation. But they were more than just armed robbers of ...
12 Okt 202235min
Encore: The Walker Affair | The Last Filibuster | 3
When he escaped Nicaragua in 1857, American William Walker was a failed despot responsible for the death of thousands of people and the destabilization of Central America. But he returned to New Orlea...
5 Okt 202237min
Encore: The Walker Affair | Nicaragua's Yankee President | 2
In 1855, William Walker faced a criminal trial in the United States for his illegal, and unsuccessful, invasion of Mexico. But he emerged from court fully acquitted, and to some, a national hero. Embo...
28 Sep 202242min
Encore: The Walker Affair | The Gray-Eyed Man of Destiny | 1
In the mid-1800s, the United States was full of adventurers and entrepreneurs looking to take advantage of the country’s ever-expanding boundaries. One of them was a young lawyer and newspaper editor ...
21 Sep 202240min
Civil War | Finding Freedom | 8
During the Civil War, Black people in America took the opportunity to free themselves and to serve the Union cause. At great personal risk, tens of thousands of refugees -- men, women and children -- ...
14 Sep 202236min
