This week in the Lectures and History podcast, a discussion about slavery in the northern colonies.

University of South Carolina professor Nicole Maskeel teaches a class in the early development of slavery in the Northern American colonies.

Professor Maskeel also discusses the relationship between American religion and slavery in both the North and South.

The University of South Carolina is located in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Well, welcome, everyone, today.

Today I wanted to start with a story that is near and dear to my heart.

Some of you may already know the story or have heard the story, but today we're going to be

talking about an unexpected slavery.

And unlike the other weeks, this week we're going to be talking about the part of history

that I do my research in. And I wanted to start with the story that started me in history,

because I did not want to be a historian when I was where you were. I was interested in doing

international relations or anything else.

But I had to take a class in order to kind of fill my requirements.

We all know how that goes.

And so I chose a class, material culture in early America.

And I thought it would be an interesting class.

But when I got there, I realized that the final paper was on an object.

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