Between 1760 and 1761, Great Britain witnessed one of the largest slave insurrections in the history of its empire. Although the revolt...
Polygamy is not a practice that often comes to mind when we think about early America. But it turns out, polygamy was a ubiquitous practice...
What was it like to keep a pet in Early America? How did early Americans acquire pets? What kinds of animals did early Americans keep as...
What do we know about how and why England came to establish its first permanent colony at Jamestown? And what do we know about the English...
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...
What was everyday life like for average men and women in early America? Listeners ask this question more than any other question and today...
How did the people of early America experience and feel about winter? Thomas Wickman, an Associate Professor of History and American...
How do empires come to be? How are empires made and who makes them? What role do maps play in making empires? Christian Koot is a Professor...
We read and hear a lot about money. We read and hear about fluctuations in the value of the Dollar, Pound, and Euro, interest rates and who...
Much of early American history comprises stories of empire and how different Native, European, and Euro-American nations vied for control...