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217 Slavery and Freedom in Early Maryland
Episode 217
How do you uncover the life of an enslaved person who left no paper trail?
What can the everyday life of an enslaved person tell us about sl…
7 years, 9 months ago
216 A History of Stepfamilies in Early America
Episode 216
What do George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln have in common?
They all grew-up in blended or stepfamilies.
Lisa Wilson,…
7 years, 9 months ago
215 A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America
Episode 215
We tend to view gay marriage as a cultural and legal development of the 21st century.
But did you know that some early Americans lived openl…
7 years, 10 months ago
214 Skepticism and American Faith
Episode 214
Was the early United States a “Christian nation?” Did most of its citizenry accept God and the Bible as the moral authority that bound them …
7 years, 10 months ago
213 The Pilgrims of Plimoth
Episode 213
In 1621, the Pilgrims of Plimoth Colony and their Wampanoag neighbors came together to celebrate their first harvest. Today we remember this…
7 years, 10 months ago
212 Researching Biography
Episode 212
How do historians and biographers reconstruct the lives of people from the past?
Good biographies rely on telling the lives of people using …
7 years, 10 months ago
Bonus: The Washingtons' Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Episode 211
As part of the Omohundro Institute's Doing History series on biography, Episode 212 offers us a new conversation with Erica Dunbar, the auth…
7 years, 10 months ago
211 Considering John Marshall, Part 2
Episode 211
Can a biography help us explore big historical questions?
Can knowing about the life of John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the Unite…
7 years, 10 months ago
210 Considering John Marshall, Part 1 (Doing History)
Episode 210
For 34 years, John Marshall presided as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. During his service, Marshal transformed the na…
7 years, 11 months ago
209 Considering Biography
Episode 209
Biography. Since the earliest days of the United States, and even before the thirteen colonies came together to forge a nation, Americans ha…
7 years, 11 months ago