The Aftermath: Trail of Tears
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🗓️ 12 November 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Guest Expert Dr. Adam Pratt, History Professor at University of Scranton specializing in the Age of Andrew Jackson & Native American History and Author of Toward Cherokee Removal: Land, Violence and the White Man’s Chance. They discuss who Dr. Pratt thinks is to blame for the Trail of Tears and his verdict SHOCKS Rebecca.Then, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund weigh on on the expert testimony. Let's just say, there's more slaps in the slap box.
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| 0:00.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
| 0:08.0 | 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. |
| 0:20.0 | An Eri's Original. |
| 0:25.0 | Each week we decide who's to blame for historical tragedy. |
| 0:30.0 | And each week you tell us if we got it right. |
| 0:34.2 | My name is Rebecca Delgado Smith and this is the aftermath. |
| 0:38.2 | The aftermath. |
| 0:43.7 | Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into this episode of the aftermath. Today we're speaking with guest expert Dr. Adam Pratt, history professor at |
| 0:48.2 | University of Scranton specializing in the age of Andrew Jackson and |
| 0:52.1 | Native American history and author of Toward Cherokee |
| 0:56.4 | Removal, Land, Violence, and the White Man's Chance. |
| 1:00.2 | Let's hear what he has to say about the Trail of Tears. Hi Dr Pratt, Adam, I'm so sorry, Adam. |
| 1:07.6 | How are you? |
| 1:10.2 | Thank you so much for joining us today. |
| 1:12.8 | It's my pleasure. |
| 1:13.7 | Thanks so much for the invitation. |
| 1:15.8 | So can you tell us a little bit about your new book |
| 1:18.3 | Toward Cherokee Removal and what it explores? |
| 1:22.1 | Yeah, sure. |
| 1:23.0 | So the new book, Towards Cherokee Removal, |
| 1:25.0 | was just published this month |
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