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• 405 African Americans in Early New York

  When we think of slavery in Early America, we often think about the plantations and economies of the South. But did you know that slavery was also deeply entrenched in New York City? Did you know that Africans and African Americans helped New York City confront slavery, freedom, and racism in the Early American Republic and Antebellum periods? Leslie M. Harris, a professor at Northwestern University and author of In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863, joins us to explore the history of Africans and African Americans in early New York City. Leslie’s Website | Book  Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/405   RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES 🎧 Episode 306: The Horse's Tale 🎧 Episode 324: New Netherland and Slavery 🎧 Episode 351: Wealth and Slavery in New Netherland 🎧 Episode 371: Archive of Indigenous Slavery 🎧 Episode 387: California and Slavery REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 [email protected] WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter  👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts  💚 Spotify  🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website   SPONSORS 💼 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation   SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify

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• BFW Revisited: Free People of Color in Early America

  What does freedom mean when the deck is stacked against you? In commemoration of Black History Month, we’re revisiting a story that is too often overlooked, but critical to our understanding of Early America. Join Warren Milteer, Jr., an Associate Professor of History at George Washington University, as we uncover the lives of free people of color in Early America. Warren’s Faculty Page | Book Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/328   RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES 🎧 Episode 118: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island 🎧 Episode 142: A History of Abolition 🎧 Episode 176: The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave 🎧 Episode 289: Maroonage and the Great Dismal Swamp 🎧 Episode 312: The Domestic Slave Trade 🎧 Episode 352: James Forten and the Making of the United States REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 [email protected] WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter  👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts  💚 Spotify  🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website   SPONSORS 💼 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation   SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify

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• 404 The Hidden Legacy of Early African American Cuisine

  Did you know that many of the food traditions that define cuisine in the United States today have roots in African culinary traditions and history? Diane Spviey, a culinary historian and author of three culinary history books, joins us to uncover the rich and complex legacy of African and African American foodways and how those foodways helped establish the United States. Diane’s Website | Book | Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/404   RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES 🎧 Episode 137: The Washingtons’ Runaway Slave, Ona Judge 🎧 Episode 170: New England Bound 🎧 Episode 222: Early History of Washington, D.C. 🎧 Episode 226: Making the State of South Carolina 🎧 Episode 250: Virginia, 1619 🎧 Episode 348: Valley Forge 🎧 Episode 395: The Great New York Fire of 1776 REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 [email protected] WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter  👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts  💚 Spotify  🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website   SPONSORS 💼 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation   SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify

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• BFW Revisited: Running from Bondage in Revolutionary America

  What would you risk for freedom? Would you risk your safety? You family? Your life? During the American Revolution, enslaved women faced these impossible choices when the British Army promised freedom to those who dared to escape. In honor of Black History Month, we’re revisiting an extraordinary chapter of resilience and bravery: the stories of enslaved women who seized the chance to chart their own destinies amid the chaos of war. Join Karen Cook-Bell for an exploration of enslaved women who self-emancipated during the American Revolution. Karen's Website | Book | Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/322   RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES 🎧 Episode 137: The Washingtons' Runaway Slave, Ona Judge 🎧 Episode 142: A History of Abolition 🎧 Episode 157: The Revolution's African American Soldiers 🎧 Episode 162: Dunmore's New World 🎧 Episode 352: James Forten and the Making of the United States REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 [email protected] WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter  👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts  💚 Spotify  🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website   SPONSORS 💼 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation   SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify

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• 403 Re-Evaluating John Adams' Presidency

  Did you know that John Adams, not George Washington, solidified the precedents of the executive branch and the presidency? Lindsay Chervinsky, an award-winning presidential historian and the Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library, has written a book Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic. She joins us to investigate the presidency of the United States’ second president, John Adams. Lindsay’s Website | Book | Instagram Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/403   RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES 🎧 Episode 040: For Fear of an Elected King 🎧 Episode 117: The Life and Ideas of Thomas Jefferson 🎧 Episode 188: The Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798 🎧 Episode 193: Partisans: The Friendship & Rivalry of Adams and Jefferson 🎧 Episode 203: Alexander Hamilton 🎧 Episode 279: The Cabinet: Creation of An American Institution REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 [email protected] WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter  👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community on Facebook LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts  💚 Spotify  🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on BlueSky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website   SPONSORS 💼 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation   SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify

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