212 Researching Biography (Doing History)

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

How do historians and biographers reconstruct the lives of people from the past? Good biographies rely on telling the lives of people using practiced historical methods of thorough archival research and the sound interrogation of historical sources. But what does this practice of historical methods look like? In this final episode of the Omohundro Institute’s Doing History series about biography, Erica Dunbar, the Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University and author of Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge, takes us into the archives to show us how she recovered the life of Ona Judge. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/212 Sponsor Links Omohundro Institute John Marshall Foundation Babbel (Use Code BFWorld to save 50% off first 3 months) OI Reader App Nastassia Parker-Gross Complementary Episodes Episode 137: Erica Dunbar, The Washingtons’ Runaway Slave, Ona Judge Episode 173: Marisa Fuentes, Colonial Port Cities and Slavery Episode 183: Douglas Bradburn, George Washington’s Mount Vernon Episode 209: Considering Biography Episode 210: Considering John Marshall, Part 1 Episode 211: Considering John Marshall, Part 2 Helpful Show Links Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Ben Franklin’s World Twitter: @BFWorldPodcast 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
0:02.5	O'Mohandro Institute.
0:04.0	Ever wonder how the Supreme Court really became supreme?
0:08.0	The decisions of Chief Justice John Marshall in the early 19th century
0:12.0	did much to strengthen the judicial branch of government in the United States and to define the three-branch arrangement that is so basic to the American system of government.
0:21.0	And as we learned in episodes 210 and 211, if John Adams had not
0:25.4	nominated John Marshall to the Supreme Court in 1801, we live in a very different
0:30.0	America today. The John Marshall Foundation, located in Richmond, Virginia, was founded
0:35.0	in 1987 by a group of dedicated lawyers and corporate leaders, the Virginia Bar Association,
0:40.3	and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities so that we could learn more about this great Chief Justice.
0:47.0	Go to their website, John Marshall Foundation.org, to learn more about his landmark court decisions, his many other civic contributions,
0:54.4	and his family life enrichment.
0:56.4	Teachers and lifelong learners like us
0:58.6	will find a wealth of resources on that website,
1:01.2	including articles, books, videos, and other materials for classroom use. on that
1:03.2	website including articles, books, videos, and other materials for classroom use.
1:05.4	To learn more, visit John Marshall Foundation.org
1:11.4	around the time I was 72 years old I told the story of my escape to Reverend T. H. Adams.
1:22.6	He wrote it up and had it submitted to the Granite Freeman newspaper in Concord, New Hampshire.
1:29.2	On May 22, 1845, my story was printed.
1:34.8	There is now living on the borders of the town of Greenland, New Hampshire, a runaway slave
1:40.9	of Martha Washington, at present supported by the county of Rockingham.
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