The Bacon Rebellion
Civics & Coffee: A History Podcast
09/12/20
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This week I am talking about the Bacon Rebellion. Nathaniel Bacon, a Virginia planter focused on unlimited expansion, would go on to lead the first popular revolt in the colonies. The rebellion itself was short, but in this episode I talk about who Bacon was and why his revolt is viewed as important in American History.
Sources Used This Episode:
- You Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned by Kenneth C. Davis
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•11m
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Making Heretics by Michael P Winship
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•12m
This week - by special request from a listener - I take a deep dive into the most infamous witch hunt in United States history - the Salem Witch Trials. I talk about how the accusations started, how the hysteria spread and one of the methods used to test whether someone was bewitched - be warned; it's gross. Grab your coffee - let's do it!
Sources Used in This Episode:
- Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England by John Demos
- Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706 by George Lincoln Burr
- The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege by Marilynne K Roach
- A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials by Frances Hill
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