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Ben Franklin's World

224 Aquatic Culture in Early America

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The Atlantic World has brought many disparate peoples together, which has caused a lot of ideas and cultures to mix. How did the Atlantic World bring so many different peoples and cultures together? How did this large intermixing of people and cultures impact the development of colonial America? Kevin Dawson, an Associate Professor of History at the University of California-Merced and author of Undercurrents of Power: Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora, joins us to explore answers to these questions with an investigation of the African Diaspora and African and African American aquatic culture. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/048   Sponsor Links Omohundro Institute Institute for Thomas Paine Studies Follow the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies on Twitter (@TheITPS)   Complementary Episodes Episode 104: Andrew Lipman, The Saltwater Frontier: Europeans & Native Americans on the Northeastern Coast Bonus: Lonnie Bunch, History & Historians in the Public Episode 166: Freedom and the American Revolution Episode 174: Thomas Apel, Yellow Fever in the Early American Republic Episode 200: Everyday Life in Early America Episode 206: Katharine Gerbner, Christian Slavery     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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Ben Franklin's World is a production of the

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O'Mohandro Institute.

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Welcome to Ben Franklin's World,

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Podcasts About Early American History with Liz Covert.

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The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can

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affect the better future. Ben Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people

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and events that have impacted and shaped our present day world. people and

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welcome,

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welcome to episode

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and welcome to episode 224 of Ben Franklin's world

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the podcast dedicated to helping you, learn more about how the people and events of our early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.

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The Atlantic world has served as a place that has brought together many disparate peoples.

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And as it brought all these different peoples together,

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it also allowed them the chance to mix and share their ideas and cultures.

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So today, we're going to see just how the Atlantic

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world brought so many different peoples and cultures together by exploring the

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African diaspora and African and AfricanAmerican water culture.

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Guiding us on this exploration is Kevin Dawson.

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An associate professor of history at the University of California Merced, and the author of

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Undercurrents of Power, Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora.

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Now, during our investigation, Kevin reveals, information about the African diaspora

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and how it brought African peoples to the Americas in the Caribbean.

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