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301 From Inoculation to Vaccination, Part 1
Episode 301
Smallpox was the most feared disease in North America and in many parts of the world before its eradication in 1980. So how did early Americ…
5 years, 5 months ago
300 Vast Early America
Episode 300
What do historians wish more people better understood about early American history and why do they wish people had that better understanding…
5 years, 5 months ago
299 Colonial Virginia Portraits
Episode 299
What can a portrait reveal about the history of colonial British America?
Portraits were both deeply personal and yet collaborative artifacts…
5 years, 5 months ago
298 Origins of American Manufacturing
Episode 298
Have you ever stopped to think about how the United States became a manufacturing nation? Have you ever wondered how the United States devel…
5 years, 6 months ago
297 Indian Removal Act of 1830
Episode 297
The history of Native American land dispossession is as old as the story of colonization. European colonists came to the Americas, and the C…
5 years, 6 months ago
296 The Boston Massacre: A Family History
Episode 296
Is there anything more we can know about well-researched and reported events like the Boston Massacre?
Are there new ways of looking at oft-t…
5 years, 7 months ago
295 Whitney Plantation Museum
Episode 295
What does it take to create a museum? How can a museum help visitors grapple with a very uncomfortable aspect of their nation’s past?
Ibrahim…
5 years, 7 months ago
294 1774: The Long Year of Revolution
Episode 294
When we think of important years in the history of the American Revolution, we might think of years like 1765 and the Stamp Act Crisis, 1773…
5 years, 8 months ago
293 Jamaica Ladies: Female Slaveholding in Jamaica
Episode 293
How did Jamaica grow to become the "crown jewel" of the British Atlantic World?
Part of the answer is that Jamaica’s women served as some of …
5 years, 8 months ago
292 Craft in Early America
Episode 292
What was everyday life like for those who lived in early America?
To understand the everyday lives of early Americans we need to look at the …
5 years, 9 months ago