253 Life and Revolution in Boston and Grenada

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

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

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🗓️ 27 August 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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What can a family history tell us about revolutionary and early republic America?

What can the letters of a wife and mother tell us about life in the Caribbean during the Age of Revolutions?

These are questions Susan Clair Imbarrato, a Professor of English at Minnesota State University Moorhead, set out to answer as she explored an amazing trove of letters to and from a woman named Sarah Gray Cary.  

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's world is a production of the
0:02.6	O'Mohandro Institute. Hello and welcome to episode 253 of Franklin's world.
0:17.0	The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our
0:22.0	Oly American past have shaped the present
0:24.2	day world we live in.
0:26.0	And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.
0:28.8	What can a family history tell us about revolutionary and Early Republic America.
0:33.5	What can the letters of a wife and mother?
0:35.6	Tell us about life in the Caribbean
0:37.2	during the age of revolutions.
0:39.5	These are questions at Susan Claire Ambarato,
0:42.3	a professor of English at Minnesota State University Morehead,
0:45.1	set out to answer as she explored an amazing trove of letters to and from a
0:50.4	woman named Sarah Gray Carrie.
0:53.1	So today, we're going to join Susan
0:55.8	on an exploration of Sarah Gray's life
0:58.3	to discover more about how Carrie experienced
1:00.7	the American Revolution on the island of Grenada, as well as different aspects of her life on that island.
1:06.0	And during our exploration, Susan reveals why the letters of Sarah Gray Carey are remarkable
1:12.0	and what they can reveal about the age of revolutions.
1:16.0	Details about the lives of Sarah Gray and her family.
1:19.2	And the different ways the American Revolution impacted the Cary family's ability to stay together and make money in the transatlantic economy.
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