Dr. Kristen Hillaire Glasgow (Ph.D. History, U.C.L.A.) discusses Charlotte Forten, a young woman of color in the 1850s who is an anti-slavery activist. Using Forten’s diary of her teenaged years as a focal point, Glasgow examines her thoughts and perspective shedding new light on the abolition movement.
Episode 21: Creating a Government for a New Nation
Episode 20: The Dakota-U.S. War (1862)
Episode 19: The Pueblo Revolt
Episode 18: A Change of Dress: Women and 19th Century Reform
Episode 17: Gender, Labor & the Lowell Mills
Episode 16: New England Witches Before Salem
Episode 15: Slavery in New England
Episode 14: Alexander Hamilton: More than a Song and a Dance
Episode 13: Cooking an American Identity
Episode 12: Female Soldiers in the American Revolution
Episode Ten: Sickness and Health in British North America
Episode Nine: African American Soldiers and the Families’ Civil War
Episode Eight: Marbury v. Madison and the U.S. Supreme Court
Episode Seven: The War at Home: Paso Del Norte During and After the Mexico-U.S. War
Episode Six: Politics, Protest & the War with Mexico
Episode Five: Herman Melville and Exotic Worlds
Episode Four: Texas: Revolution, Independence and Annexation
Episode Three: Guns, Guts and Glory: The American Revolution
Episode Two: Viva la Revolucion: French North America
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