2 Complicated 4 History: Recent Episodes
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2 Complicated 4 History is a show that examines the “deleted scenes” of history. In each episode, co-hosts Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by a different guest bringing a fresh perspective to the history you thought you knew.
Most of us studied the American Revolution in grade school. But what did other nations think about the event? Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus welcome Dr. Bertrand Van Ruymbeke to discuss how the American Revolution influenced the French people, the monarchy, and the future of the French nation Check out our ad free and bonus content over at: https://intohistory.com/2c4h For everything else 2 Complicated 4 History check out: 2c4hpod.com Relevant Links:
America 2026 - https://www.america2026.eu/
Benjamin Franklin to Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, 22 September 1769 - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-16-02-0117
Affaires de l'Angleterre et de l'Amérique - https://dictionnaire-journaux.gazettes18e.fr/journal/0004-affaires-de-langleterre-et-de-lamerique
Letters From a Pennsylvania Farmer - https://history.delaware.gov/john-dickinson-plantation/dickinsonletters/pennsylvania-farmer-letters/#:~:text=In%20a%20series%20of%20fourteen,living%20in%20the%20American%20Colonies
Denis Diderot - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Denis-Diderot
Jean-Jacques Rousseau – https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Jacques-Rousseau
Mapping the Republic of Letters - https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2013/novemberdecember/feature/mapping-the-republic-letters
Elizabeth Willing Powel - https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/elizabeth-willing-powel/
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Into History: https://intohistory.com/2c4h Feed drop featuring Shipwrecks and Seadogs feed drop! Episode Description: The Cod Wars were a series of conflicts that took place between Iceland and Great Britain during the 20th century. Centered around disputes over fishing rights and territorial waters, these confrontations showcased the struggle between Iceland's efforts to protect its valuable cod fishing industry and Britain's interests in maintaining access to these fishing grounds. For photos and sources please visit https://shipwrecksandseadogs.com/blog/2023/07/11/cod-wars/. Show Description:Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs is a maritime history podcast which tells the stories of the most notorious, tragic, and mysterious events in the history of ocean voyages, along with the most amazing and significant accomplishments in maritime history
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How did a woman's designation of legal personhood change when she got married in the eighteenth century? And what rights did she lose? Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins welcome historian and scholar Dr. Karin Wulf to discuss women, men, and marriage in the British North American colonies and the early United States. For everything else 2 Complicated 4 History check out 2c4hpod.com Relevant Links:
Dr. Karin Wulf - https://karinwulf.com/
Not All Wives: Women of Colonial Philadelphia - https://www.pennpress.org/9780812219173/not-all-wives/
The Geography of Slavery in Virginia - http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/
Virginia Freedom Suits - https://data.virginia.gov/Education/Freedom-Suits/9vfm-ate3/data and https://enduringconnections.salisbury.edu/virginia_freedom_suits_library_of_virginia/records
Manumission - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manumission
Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic by Dr. Rosemarie Zagarri - https://www.pennpress.org/9780812220735/revolutionary-backlash/
Smithsonian articles by Dr. Wulf - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/author/karin-wulf/
Brown University - https://earlymodernworld.brown.edu/people/karin-wulf
Instagram - @vernaculargenealogy and @karin.wulf
Mastodon - kawulf@historians.social
Twitter - @kawulf
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What roles did public and private power take in the creation of the British Empire? Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus welcome Dr. Philip J. Stern to discuss four centuries of corporate power fueling British colonialism and attempt to answer the deceptively simple question, “What is a corporation?” Everything 2 Complicated 4 History at 2c4hpod.com Relevant Links:
Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism - https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674988125
The English East India Company at the Height of Mughal Expansion: A Soldier’s Diary of the 1689 Siege of Bombay, with Related Documents - https://cmrs.trinity.duke.edu/books/english-east-india-company-height-mughal-expansion-soldiers-diary-1689-siege-bombay-related
The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-company-state-9780195393736?cc=us⟨=en&
British East India Company - https://www.britannica.com/money/topic/East-India-Company
Frederic William Maitland - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-William-Maitland
The Virginia Company - https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/virginia-company-of-london/
Newgate Prison - https://www.historic-uk.com/DestinationsUK/Newgate-Prison/
Royal Niger Company - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Royal-Niger-Company
Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan - https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/hobbess-leviathan
Philip J. Stern at Duke University - https://scholars.duke.edu/person/philip.stern
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Historians have called Alexander Hamilton an abolitionist, and he was portrayed as opposed to slavery in the famous broadway musical. However, when writer Jessie Serfilippi dug into the sources, she discovered a different story. What had been hiding in plain sight all along? For everything for 2 Complicated 4 History check out 2c4hpod.com Relevant Links:
“AS ODIOUS AND IMMORAL A THING”: Alexander Hamilton’s Hidden History as an Enslaver by Jessie Serfilippi: https://parks.ny.gov/documents/historic-sites/SchuylerMansionAlexanderHamiltonsHiddenHistoryasanEnslaver.pdf
Alexander Hamilton, Enslaver? New Research Says Yes: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/arts/alexander-hamilton-enslaver-research.html
Serfilippi upended ‘Hero Hamilton’ narrative so those he enslaved ‘could take their place in history’: https://altamontenterprise.com/04202022/serfilippi-upended-hero-hamilton-narrative-so-those-he-enslaved-could-take-their-place
New Research Suggests Alexander Hamilton Was a Slave Owner: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-research-alexander-hamilton-slave-owner-180976260/
Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site: https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/33/details.aspx
Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site Blog: http://schuylermansion.blogspot.com/p/home-page_5.html
The New York Manumission Society: https://www.nyhistory.org/web/africanfreeschool/history/manumission-society.html
Alexander Hamilton Papers at the Library of Congress: https://findingaids.loc.gov/db/search/xq/searchMferDsc05.xq?_id=loc.mss.eadmss.ms003014&_start=1&_jump=magby240XD.ms003014.mss24612.0766
Jessie on Twitter: @Utterly_Jessie
Schuyler Mansion on Twitter: @SchuylerMansion
On Instagram: schuylermansion
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Ever heard a story of someone being hit on the head at a bar and ending up on a British naval vessel? Dr. Denver Brunsman studies the process in between! He joins Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins to discuss impressment gangs and privateers—in other words, legal pirates in the eighteenth century. It’s another world on the water.
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Relevant Links: Dr. Denver Brunsman, The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World – https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/3575/ Privateers – https://www.britannica.com/story/pirates-privateers-corsairs-buccaneers-whats-the-difference Pirates – https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/golden-age-piracy Press Gangs – https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/yourcountry/overview/pressgangs-/ British Navigation Acts – https://www.britannica.com/event/Navigation-Acts Captain Phillips – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/ Royal Ships – https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/rated-navy-ships-17th-19th-centuries HMS Savage – https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/h-m-s-savage/ Pax Britannica – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pax%20Britannica#:~:text=%3A%20British%20peace,to%20which%20Britain%27s%20power%20extended Pirates vs. Press Gangs: The Battle for the Atlantic by Denver Brunsman – https://www.redalyc.org/journal/2210/221065057004/html/ Denver Brunsman Talk: Pirates, Privateers, and Press Gangs in the Early Modern Atlantic (November 2015) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8-JLbUb8dg
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Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins welcome Dr. Cassandra Good to explore friendships between men and women in the eighteenth century. Did they exist, and do we misinterpret them today? Dr. Good also offers a sneak peek into her just-released book First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America. Find all things 2 Complicated 4 History at 2c4hpod.com Relevant Links:
Founding Friendships: Friendships Between Men and Women in the Early American Republic - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/founding-friendships-9780199376179?cc=us⟨=en&
Alexander Hamilton's letter with a description of John Andre - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0896
Commodore John Rodgers - https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/the-war-of-1812/the-little-belt-affair/commodore-john-rodgers.html
Quaker Marriages in Pennsylvania - https://www.phillymag.com/philadelphia-wedding/quaker-wedding-ceremonies-phladelphia/
Abigail Adams’ "Remember the Ladies" letter - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-01-02-0241
John Adam’s response to Abigail - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-01-02-0248
Mercy Otis Warren - https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mercy-otis-warren
Mercy Otis Warren's history of the revolution - https://books.google.com/books/about/History_of_the_Rise_Progress_and_Termina.html?id=GX0fAAAAYAAJ
Dr. Cassandra A. Good’s current research on the Washington grandchildren - https://cassandragoodhistorian.com/current-projects/
Dr. Cassandra A. Good’s website - https://cassandragoodhistorian.com
Dr. Cassandra A. Good on Twitter - @CassAGood
Dr. Cassandra A. Good on Mastodon - @cgoodhistorian@hcommons.social
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