Ben Franklin's World: A Podcast About Early Americ

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Ben Franklin's World: A Podcast About Early Americ

291 The World of the Wampanoag, Part 2: 1620 and Beyond

Before New England was New England, it was the Dawnland. A region that remains the homeland of...

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290 The World of the Wampanoag, Part 1: Before 1620

Before New England was New England, it was the Dawnland. A region that remains the homeland of...

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289 Marcus Nevius, Maroonage in the Great Dismal Swamp

The name “Great Dismal Swamp” doesn’t evoke an image of a pleasant or beautiful place, and yet,...

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288 Tyson Reeder, Smugglers & Patriots in the 18th-Century Atlantic

In what ways did the Atlantic World contribute to the American Revolution? Empire, slavery, and...

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Our History Has Always Been Spoken: Trailer for Massachusetts, 1620 Series

Join the Omohundro Institute and Mass Humanities for a special two-episode series about the World...

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Bonus. Listener Q&A: The Early History of the United States Congress

This special bonus episode previews the Ben Franklin's World Subscription program and its monthly...

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287 Elections in Early America: Presidential Elections & the Electoral College

For four months during the summer of 1787, delegates from the thirteen states met in Philadelphia...

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286 Elections in Early America: Native Sovereignty

Who is American democracy for and who could participate in early American democracy? Women and...

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285 Elections in Early America: Elections & Voting in the Early American Republic

Independence from Great Britain provided the former British American colonists the opportunity to...

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284 Elections in Early America: Democracy & Voting in British North America

The British North American colonies formed some of the most democratic governments in the world....

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Bonus: A Brief History of the United States Supreme Court

On Friday, September 18, 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an Associate Justice of the United States...

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283 Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Acadie 300

2020 commemorates the 300th anniversary of French presence on Prince Edward Island. Like much of...

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282 Vincent Brown, Tacky's Revolt

Between 1760 and 1761, Great Britain witnessed one of the largest slave insurrections in the...

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281 Caitlin Rosenthal, The Business of Slavery

We live in an age where big businesses track our shopping habits and in some cases our work...

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280 Rick Atkinson, The British Are Coming

The American Revolution is embedded in the American character. It’s an event that can tell us who...

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279 Lindsay Chervinsky, The Cabinet: Creation of an American Institution

As the first President of the United States, George Washington set many precedents for the new...

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278 Sarah Pearsall, Polygamy: An Early American History (No Ad)

Polygamy is not a practice that often comes to mind when many of us think about early America....

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278 Sarah Pearsall, Polygamy: An Early American History

Polygamy is not a practice that often comes to mind when many of us think about early America....

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277 Whose Fourth of July?

On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech to an anti-slavery society and he famously...

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Bonus Listener Q & A: Young Benjamin Franklin

This special bonus episode introduces the Ben Franklin's World Subscription program and a new...

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