234 Farms & Farm Families in Early America

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

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

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🗓️ 16 April 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

If we want to understand everyday life in early America we need to understand the everyday life of early American farms and farmers.

Roughly three-quarters of Americans in British North America and the early United States considered themselves to be farmers. So how did early Americans establish farms and what were the rhythms of their daily lives?

Richard Bushman, the Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, joins us to investigate farms and farm life in early America with details from his book, The American Farmer in the Eighteenth Century: A Social and Cultural History.

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's world is a production of the
0:02.5	O'Mohandro Institute. Hello and welcome to episode 234 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:17.0	The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our
0:22.3	early American past
0:23.5	have shaped the present day world we live in.
0:25.9	And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.
0:28.8	If we really want to understand the everyday life of early Americans,
0:32.0	then we really need to understand the everyday life of early Americans, then we really need to understand the everyday life of
0:34.2	early American farms and farmers.
0:37.2	Because roughly three quarters of the colonists and settlers in British North America
0:40.5	and the early United States consider themselves to be farmers.
0:45.7	So how did early Americans establish farms and what were the rhythms of their daily lives?
0:52.2	Richard Bushman, the Governor Morris Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University,
0:56.9	joins us to investigate early American farms and farm life with details from his new book,
1:01.6	The American Farmer in the 18th Century,
1:03.7	a social and cultural history. Now, during our agricultural expiration,
1:08.8	Richard reveals, why Early Americans wanted to farm, how colonists and Early Americans wanted to Farm?
1:13.0	How colonists and Early Americans created and built new farms.
1:17.0	In details about the rhythms of work and farm life for early American farm families.
1:22.0	But first, I'm coming to Milwaukee.
1:25.0	Hello, Wisconsin.
1:26.7	On Monday, April 29, we're going to have a meetup at Safiro's Pizza at 6 PM.
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