321 BFW Team Favorite: Whose Fourth of July?
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech to an anti-slavery society and he famously asked “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” In this episode, we explore Douglass’ thoughtful que...
1 Feb 20221h 17min
320 Benjamin Franklin's London House
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706, to Abiah Folger and Josiah Franklin. Although Franklin began his life as the youngest son of a youngest son, he traveled through many parts of...
18 Jan 20221h 13min
319 Cuba: An Early American History
One of the Caribbean islands that Christopher Columbus stopped at during his 1492-voyage was an alligator-shaped island that sits at the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico in between the Yucatán and Florida ...
4 Jan 20221h 7min
Bonus: Colonial Ste. Geneviéve, Missouri
What challenges do National Park Service interpretive rangers face when they interpret non-British colonial history? How did the relationships between Ste. Geneviéve's inhabitants and Indigenous peopl...
31 Dec 202111min
318 Ste. Geneviéve National Historical Park
About 620 miles north of New Orleans and 62 miles south of St. Louis, sits the town of Ste. Geneviéve, Missouri. Established in 1750 by the French, Ste. Geneviéve reveals much about what it was like ...
21 Dec 20211h
317 American Jewish Historical Society, Jews in Early America
The first Jewish colonists in North America arrived in 1654. From that moment, Jews worked to build and contribute to early American society and the birth of the United States. Gemma Birnbaum and Mel...
7 Dec 20211h 2min
316 Yellow Fever, Immunity, & Early New Orleans
In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. This purchase included the important port city of New Orleans. But the United States did not just acquire the city’s land, peo...
23 Nov 202148min
315 History & American Democracy
What has enabled the American experiment in democracy to endure for nearly 250 years? What is it about early American history that captivates peoples’ attention and makes them want to support the crea...
9 Nov 20211h 2min
