The Revolution & Slavery - All Men Created Equal?
Civics & Coffee: A History Podcast
01/02/21
•12m
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This week I talk about the institution of human bondage in the immediate aftermath of the American Revolution.
The colonies had just declared themselves a free and independent republic where all men were created equal. But what about the men and women forced to serve in life long bondage? What did this fight for independence mean for them?
As I talk about this week, there was an immediate - albeit short lived - shift in the acceptance of and need for slavery. But as an institution and labor source, slavery would remain as part of the American fabric for another 100 years. Enjoy!
Sources Used This Episode:
- American Slavery by Peter Kolchin
- Vermont, the first state to abolish adult slavery, is trying to remove any mention of slavery from its Constitution altogether by Brandon Griggs, CNN. (LINK)
- Massachusetts Constitution and the Abolition of Slavery (LINK)
- Revolutionary Changes & Limitations: Slavery, U.S. History Online Textbook (LINK)
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2020: What a Decade this Year Has Been - BONUS Episode
December 31, 2020
•11m
Let's celebrate the end of this decade.. I mean year with a review of all the historical stuff that went down in 2020, shall we?
From Kobe Bryant to impeachment; fires to COVID, 2020 grabbed our attention from the beginning and made sure we never stopped worrying. Come hang with me as I salute the end of the year and welcome 2021.
Sources Used This Episode:
- Australia fires: A Visual guide to the bushfire crisis. BBC.com (LINK)
- Novel Corona Virus - China. The World Health Organization. (LINK)
- Iowa Caucuses Results 2020. CNN. (LINK)
- Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years In Prison For Rape And Sexual Abuse by Colin Dwyer, NPR. March 11, 2020. (LINK)
- Coronavirus in Washington state: A timeline of the outbreak through March 2020. By Casey McNerthney. April 3, 2020. KIRO7 News (LINK)
- Police agencies are banning a controversial neck hold after George Floyd's death. By Ben Poston. Los Angeles Times. June 5, 2020. (LINK)
- Breaking barriers: Madame Vice President Kamala Harris. By Melissa De Witte. Standford News. December 11, 2020. (LINK)
- One Term Presidents: Trump Joins John Adams, Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, George HW Bush. By Gillian Brockell. Washington Post. November 7, 2020. (LINK)
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's top opinions and dissents, from VMI to Voting Rights Act. By Richard Wolf. USA Today. September 18, 2020. (LINK)
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Articles of Confederation - Doomed From the Start
January 9, 2021
•13m
This week I talk about the first draft in United States Government - the Articles of Confederation.
Banded together in their quest to defeat the British, the colonies established a basic framework to formalize their current power structure. Nervous about centralizing power, the framers were focused on vesting as much authority as possible into the individual states. However, a series of events known as Shays Rebellion helped put into focus just why a centralized government would be needed if the republic was going to remain standing.
Sources Used This Episode:
- The Quartet by Joseph Ellison
- You Don't Know Much About History by Kenneth C Davis
- The John Dickinson Draft of the Articles of Confederation by Jane E Calvert, The Panorama (LINK)
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