118 The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 January 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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How did the smallest colony and smallest state in the union became the largest American participant in the slave trade? Christy Clark-Pujara, an Assistant Professor in the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island, joins us to explore the history of Rhode Island and New England’s involvement with slavery. Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/118 Sponsor Links Cornell University Press Episode 040: Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon, For Fear of an Elective King Helpful Show Links Help Support Ben Franklin's World Crowdfunding Campaign Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Join the Ben Franklin's World Community Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Complementary Episodes Episode 008: Greg O'Malley, Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America Episode 036: Abby Swingen, Competing Visions of Empire Episode 064: Brett Rushforth, Native American Slavery in New France Episode 083: Jared Hardesty, Unfreedom: Slavery in Colonial Boston Bonus: Lonnie Bunch, History & Historians in the Public (National Museum of African American History and Culture) *Books purchased through this link will help support the production of Ben Franklin's World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of Ben Franklin's world is brought to you by Cornell University Press.
0:05.0	Intellectual historians seek to better understand the past by studying the terms and concepts that we use to construct our social and political present.
0:12.0	Concepts in terms such as liberty and equality.
0:16.0	This is work that Cornell University Press supports, and one timely book that Cornell has published
0:20.8	in this important genre of intellectual history is for fear of an elective king,
0:25.2	George Washington and the presidential title controversy of 1789.
0:29.3	Written by Kathleen Bartoloni Twasin, for fear of an elective king provides a colorful and richly
0:34.4	detailed account of the United States' first major congressional dispute, the formal title of
0:39.1	the country's president.
0:40.8	While today we take it for granted that the title is President of the United States,
0:44.4	the First Federal Congress actually battled over suggestions of what to call the
0:48.6	nation's first president. They considered and debated titles such as
0:52.1	His Elected Majesty, His Most Benign Highness, and even The Delight of humankind.
0:58.0	Bartoloni Twasen argues that rather than being a frivolous political distraction from all the important business of government,
1:04.4	the presidential title controversy actually embodied crucial debates about Republicanism and
1:09.2	citizens hopes and fears about the new republic.
1:12.2	And she also argues that the resolution of this controversy
1:15.3	truly strengthened the Constitution.
1:17.5	Selected as a 2015 outstanding academic title by Choice magazine, historians have praised for fear of an elective king
1:25.1	as a delightfully well-written outstanding work of historical writing and a tremendously rich historical
1:30.6	account that everyone interested in the early republic should read.
1:34.8	Be sure to listen to episode 40 for more information about, for fear of an elective king, and
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