296 The Boston Massacre: A Family History
Ben Franklin's World
Liz Covart
4.4 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Ben Franklin's world is a production of the Oma |
| 0:03.0 | Andro Institute. Hello and welcome to episode 296 of Ben Franklin's world. |
| 0:18.0 | The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our early American past |
| 0:24.0 | have shaped the present day world we live in. And I'm your host, Liz Kovart. Is there |
| 0:30.2 | anything more we can know about well-resear |
| 0:32.8 | and reported events like the Boston Massacre? |
| 0:35.8 | Are there new ways that we can look at these off-taught events |
| 0:38.4 | that can really help us see new details about them, |
| 0:41.1 | even when they occurred more than 250 years ago. |
| 0:44.0 | Serena Zabin, a professor of history at Carleton College in Minnesota, |
| 0:48.0 | and the author of the award-winning book, The Boston Massacre Family History, joins us to discuss the Boston Massacre Family History joins us to discuss the Boston Massacre and how she |
| 0:55.8 | found a new lens through which to view this famous event that does indeed reveal |
| 0:59.8 | new details and insights about it. |
| 1:02.9 | Now during our conversation, Serena reveals |
| 1:06.2 | why Americans are so interested in the Boston Massacre, |
| 1:09.0 | which took place on March 5, 1770. |
| 1:12.0 | How viewing the massacre through the lens of family reveals new details and |
| 1:15.9 | context for the massacre and why it might have happened. And details about Serena's work |
| 1:21.3 | to turn her research about the Boston Massacre into a fun and educational |
| 1:25.3 | video game. But first, did you know that Ben Franklin's world has an email newsletter? This newsletter |
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