170 New England Bound: Slavery in Early New England

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

Earlyrepublic, History, Benfranklin, Society & Culture, Warforindependence, Earlyamericanrepublic, Earlyamericanhistory, Education, Colonialamerica, Americanrevolution, Ushistory, Benjaminfranklin

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🗓️ 23 January 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

New England was a place with no cash crops. It was a place where many of its earliest settlers came to live just so they could worship their Puritan faith freely. New England was also a place that became known for its strong anti-slavery sentiment during the 19th century. So how did New England also become a place that practiced slavery?

Wendy Warren, an Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University and author of the Pulitzer Prize-finalist book New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America, joins us to explore why New Englanders practiced slavery and just how far back the region’s slave past goes.

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's World is a production of the
0:02.0	the Omaha Institute, and this episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus.
0:07.0	Welcome to Ben Franklin's World.
0:10.0	Podcast about Early American History with Liz Covert.
0:14.0	The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can affect the better future.
0:19.0	Van Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and events that have impacted and
0:24.6	shaped our present day world.
0:27.0	And now here's your host, Liz Kovalan.
0:29.7	Hello and welcome to episode 170 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:34.0	The podcast dedicated to helping you,
0:37.0	learn more about how the people and events of our early American past
0:40.0	have shaped the present day world we live in.
0:43.0	When we think about slavery and its practice in the Atlantic world,
0:46.0	our minds almost always take us to southern states like Virginia or South Carolina,
0:51.0	or even out into the Caribbean,
0:53.2	places where enslaved people lived and worked on plantations.
0:57.0	Therefore, it may be surprising for many of us to know that New England,
1:00.8	a place with no cash crops or plantations, a place where many of its earliest settlers came
1:05.6	to live so that they could worship their Puritan faith and peace, and a place that became
1:10.1	known for its strong anti-slavery sentiment during the 19th century, also has a long deep slave
1:15.9	past. So why did New Englanders practice slavery and just how far back does its slave pass go?
1:22.2	These are questions our guest Wendy Warren will just how far back does its slave pass go?
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