Ben Franklin's World is a production of the

O'Mohandro Institute.

Welcome to Ben Franklin's World,

podcast about early American history with Liz Covert.

The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can affect the better future.

Van Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and

now here's your host Liz Colart.

Hello and welcome to episode 226 of Ben Franklin's world.

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.

What do we mean by the state? How is the state produced? Is the state something that everyone can participate in producing?

Today, we're going to explore answers to these questions by investigating the creation of the state of South Carolina and the ways in which enslaved African Americans helped to build it.

Ryan Katana, an associate professor of history at Wellesley College, and the author of Making a Slave State, political development in early South Carolina, will serve as our guide for this exploration.

Now, as we venture into the early Palmetto state, Ryan reveals what we mean by

space and how space relates to the study of history, the ways in which Black

Carolinians help to secure South Carolina's independence,

and how enslaved men and women built the state of South Carolina and used its spaces for their own ends.

But first, have you downloaded the free OI Reader app yet?

Next week we're going to have a very interesting episode. It's about the history of copyright

and fair use. And our guest, Kyle Courtney,

has commissioned some really great graphic comics

about that history.

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