199 Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of the Empire

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 14 August 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

When we explore the history of early America, we often look at people who lived in North America. But what about the people who lived and worked in European metropoles? What about Native Americans? We explore early American history through a slightly different lens, a lens that allows us to see interactions that occurred between Native American peoples and English men and women who lived in London. Our guide for this exploration is Coll Thrush, an Associate Professor of History at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver and author of Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of the Empire. This episode originally posted as Episode 132. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/199 Sponsor Links Omohundro Institute BFWorld Newsletter Signup Complementary Episodes Episode 079: Jim Horn, What is a Historic Source? (Jamestown and Pocahontas) Episode 104: Andrew Lipman, The Saltwater Frontier Episode 170: Wendy Warren, New England Bound: Slavery in Early New England Episode 184: David J. Silverman, Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America Episode 191: Lisa Brooks, A New History of King Philip’s War Helpful Show Links 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 *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	Ben Franklin's World is a production of the
0:02.4	O'Mohandro Institute.
0:03.8	Welcome to Ben Franklin's World,
0:07.3	podcast about early American history with Liz Covert.
0:11.3	The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can affect the better future.
0:17.0	Ben Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and
0:24.3	now here's your host Liz Colarn.
0:27.2	Hello and welcome to episode 199 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:32.0	The podcast dedicated to helping you, learn more about how the people
0:36.3	and events of our early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.
0:41.4	And here it is. The last installment of our four episode series about the ways
0:46.0	different Native American peoples and European colonists interacted with and
0:50.0	exchange their cultures with each other. Now over the last three episodes we've seen
0:55.1	that although North America may seem like a really big place on a map, it was
1:00.0	actually a rather small place and that everyone who lived in North America had to interact with each
1:05.2	other. So they had to find different ways to interact and they often did so in ways that
1:10.0	sought to increase and extend their power. And as we've seen, Native Americans all over North America
1:16.0	were an integral part of these cultural, political, and economic interactions.
1:20.0	In fact, they were often front and center in these interactions.
1:25.1	And this is a point I think we need to consider just a bit more.
1:28.5	The central role Native Americans played in the process of colonization. Native Americans were never just hapless
1:34.9	bystanders who Europeans conquered easily. Instead, they were active
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