In colonial Pennsylvania, your last name mattered more than your labor. Penn, Pemberton, and Logan—power stayed in the family. The “land of opportunity” was still a gated community. #ClassHierarchy #EarlyAmerica
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"The silences still exist...does digitization help us uncover their lives, well, yes and no..."
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In the 1820s, Americans thought a canal across Nicaragua was inevitable.
They were wrong.
Canal dreamers, revolutions, and rainforest disasters—this story has it all.
🎧 @lizcovart.bsky.social dives in with historian Jessica Lepler
🔗 www.benfranklinsworld.com/428
#history #EarlyAmerica #BFWpod
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With a foreword by Russell Shorto, FIRE AND FREEDOM, edited by Thomas S. Wermuth, Devin Lander and Robert Chiles, shows that events off the battlefield were just as meaningful as the fighting itself. #EarlyAmerica #History
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Celebrating our 400th episode! Join us as we explore the vast world of Ben Franklin and the events that shaped his era. Tune in: https://benfranklinsworld.com/400
#BenFranklin #PodcastMilestone #EarlyAmerica #BenFranklinsWorld
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Who was Prince Hall and what is the legacy of his "brotherhood"?
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #EarlyAmerica
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"Tinkering the Tariff": Uncovering Tariff Debates in Historical Newspapers, Imprints, and Government Documents https://ow.ly/4gpl50YkZOb
#EarlyAmerica #EconomicHistory #USHistory #AmericanHistory
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Long before Black history was recorded, it was lived. Prince Whipple crossed the Delaware in 1776 and served through the Revolution. His presence challenges the idea that America’s founding was a white-only story—it never was.
#PrinceWhipple #RevolutionaryWar #EarlyAmerica #AmericanHistory
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“Liberty of conscience” wasn’t just a slogan—it was Roger Williams’ life’s work.
Discover how he redefined church, state, and freedom in early America.
🎧 Episode 417: www.benfranklinsworld.com/417
#EarlyAmerica #ReligiousFreedom #Podcasts #USHistory #RhodeIsland
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Is it possible to survive a violent system without becoming part of it?
Drivers—enslaved people forced to discipline others—walked this tightrope every day.
In Ep. 418, historian Randy Browne brings us into their world.
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/418
#SlaveryStudies #EarlyAmerica #History
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During the Revolutionary era, Black men and women shaped history, often without recognition. Enslaved and free, they fought, endured, and resisted. Black history is not a footnote to early America; it is part of its foundation.
#BlackHistoryMonth #NationsAndCannons #RevolutionaryWar #EarlyAmerica
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“The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families and of Common-wealths.”
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom!
#wordsofwisdom #benjaminfranklin #earlyamerica
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Did you know Roger Williams learned the Narragansett language and worked as a translator and cultural mediator?
Explore the linguistic and diplomatic work behind Rhode Island’s founding.
🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/417
#History #RhodeIsland #EarlyAmerica #NewEngland #USHistory
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🗓️ 250 years ago today, Dr. Joseph Warren died fighting at Bunker Hill.
Who was this physician-turned-patriot, and why did his death change the course of the American Revolution?
🎧 Listen now: benfranklinsworld.com/413
#Rev250 #EarlyAmerica #BunkerHill
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“Liberty of conscience” wasn’t just a slogan—it was Roger Williams’ life’s work.
Discover how he redefined church, state, and freedom in early America.
🎧 Episode 417: www.benfranklinsworld.com/417
#EarlyAmerica #ReligiousFreedom #Podcasts #USHistory #RhodeIsland
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Is it possible to survive a violent system without becoming part of it?
Drivers—enslaved people forced to discipline others—walked this tightrope every day.
In Ep. 418, historian Randy Browne brings us into their world.
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/418
#SlaveryStudies #EarlyAmerica #History
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🔥Did you know colonial Americans worried about climate change during the Little Ice Age?
Benjamin Franklin had a solution: a stove that used less wood, produced more heat, and filled the room without smoke.
🎧 Episode 412: benfranklinsworld.com/412
#EarlyAmerica #History #ClimatePast
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In the 1820s, Americans thought a canal across Nicaragua was inevitable.
They were wrong.
Canal dreamers, revolutions, and rainforest disasters—this story has it all.
🎧 @lizcovart.bsky.social dives in with historian Jessica Lepler
🔗 www.benfranklinsworld.com/428
#history #EarlyAmerica #BFWpod
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In the 1820s, Americans thought a canal across Nicaragua was inevitable.
They were wrong.
Canal dreamers, revolutions, and rainforest disasters—this story has it all.
🎧 @lizcovart.bsky.social dives in with historian Jessica Lepler
🔗 www.benfranklinsworld.com/428
#history #EarlyAmerica #BFWpod
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Cotton Mather wasn’t just thinking locally—he was thinking globally.
In Ep. 376, Kirsten Silva Gruesz explores how Mather’s Spanish studies opened a window into religion, empire, and early American curiosity
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/376
#VastEarlyAmerica #History #Religion #EarlyAmerica
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Tonight! Join @lynnprobbins.bsky.social, @adamxmcneil.bsky.social , & @jimambuske.bsky.social at 8pmEST. They will be answering your questions about Ken Burns' latest series. Sign up for the link and have your questions ready! #HATM #AmericanHistory #EarlyAmerica #KenBurns #18thCentury
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Bearing Burdens, Taking Up Arms: Women with the Continental Army!
This week’s Meeting Monday features Holly Mayer for a discussion of women in the American Revolution. https://youtu.be/f_b1YIdFvXQ?si=XW7IQbIEhQ9zFRYb
#earlyamerica #womenshistory #meetingmondays #archives
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🗣️ “Drivers can’t just crack down. They risk rebellion. But they can’t go soft—they risk losing everything. It’s a war.” —Historian Randy Browne
Want more insight like this?
Listen to Ep. 418 of Ben Franklin’s World: benfranklinsworld.com/418
#EarlyAmerica #History #BFW
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Hemp wasn’t a side crop in early America — it was a backbone.
From shipyards to textile mills, it shaped labor and national identity. 🌿⚓
#HistoryMatters #EarlyAmerica #Brewminate
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The numbers are in: Our APS Transcribathon participants completed 231 entire pages! Thank you to everyone who participated! https://therevolutionarycity.org/
Our 2026 events are live on our website! https://www.amphilsoc.org/event-type/museum-program
#earlyamerica #digitalhumanities #archives
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🚨 New Episode!
What happens when colonial officials are the ones stealing your land and pocketing your taxes?
Meet the Regulators—farmers who rebelled in 1760s North Carolina.
🎧 Listen: benfranklinsworld.com/419
#HistoryPodcast #EarlyAmerica #Revolution250 #NorthCarolina #History #USHistory
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What does it mean to paint your way to freedom during the American Revolution?
Prince Demah was an enslaved man, a portrait artist trained in London, and a patriot soldier.
His story is nothing short of astonishing.
🔗 benfranklinsworld.com/423
#EarlyAmerica #Revolution250 #ArtHistory
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Celebrating our 400th episode! Join us as we explore the vast world of Ben Franklin and the events that shaped his era. Tune in: https://benfranklinsworld.com/400
#BenFranklin #PodcastMilestone #EarlyAmerica #BenFranklinsWorld
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What does it mean to paint your way to freedom during the American Revolution?
Prince Demah was an enslaved man, a portrait artist trained in London, and a patriot soldier.
His story is nothing short of astonishing.
🔗 benfranklinsworld.com/423
#EarlyAmerica #Revolution250 #ArtHistory
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