Ben Franklin's World
Summary: This is a show about early American history. Awarded Best History Podcast by the Academy of Podcasters in 2017, it’s for people who love history and for those who want to know more about the historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present-day world. Each episode features conversations with professional historians who help shed light on important people and events in early American history. It is produced by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
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How did Americans learn to establish philanthropic institutions? Victoria Johnson, an Associate Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College in New York City and author of American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic, leads us on an investigation of the life of Dr. David Hosack and the many organizations he founded, including the Elgin Botanical Garden.
What do you know about the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution? Caitlin Galante-DeAngelis Hopkins, a Lecturer in the History Department at Harvard University and a former research associate for the Harvard and Slavery Project, joins us to explore the origins of the Eleventh Amendment and why the United States added it to its Constitution.
286 Vast Early America Series: The Oregon Trail
285 Vast Early America Series: Age of American Revolutions
284 Vast Early America Series: A History of Early Detroit
283 Vast Early America Series: After Yorktown
282 Vast Early America Series: India and the Making of Britain & America
281 Vast Early America Series: The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright
280 Vast Early America Series: Thundersticks
279 Vast Early America Series: Christian Slavery
278 Vast Early America Series: Competing Visions of Empire
277 Vast Early America Series: Aquatic Culture in Early America
276 Vast Early America Series: The Dutch Moment in the 17th Century
275 Vast Early America Series: The Little Ice Age
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He also played a central role in the European adoption of Indian or Native American slavery. When we think of slavery in early America, we often think of the practice of African and African-American chattel slavery. However, that system of slavery wasn’t the only system of slavery that existed in North America. Systems of Indian slavery existed too. In fact, Indians remained enslaved long after the 13th Amendment abolished African-American slavery in 1865.
