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Fugitive slave advertisements, 18th & 19th century American newspapers
Synopsis
It’s on! The History Against the Grain boys are officially Beefin’ with Meacham™, Josh talks about the limitations and dangers of comparative history, and Chris provides a better and more historically accurate answer to the question “Who Freed the Slaves?” [Spoiler alert] Enslaved people freed themselves.
Sources Referenced:
The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831)
https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/turner/turner.html
Eric Foner, Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad (2015)
https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-eric-foner-20150111-story.html
Andrew Higgins, “He Found One of Stalin’s Mass Graves. Now He’s in Jail” New York Times (April 27, 2020)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/world/europe/russia-historian-stalin-mass-graves.html
Jill Lepore, These Truths: A History of the United States (2018)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/books/review/jill-lepore-these-truths.html
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave written by Himself
https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/douglass/douglass.html
To hear Episode 6 Hidden in Plain Sight, click on the link below
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-in-plain-sight/id1505429529?i=1000473234149
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