# John Mack Faragher

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Northward Expansion

Sources: Berlin, Ira. Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003. Brooks, James F. Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands. Chapel Hill: Published for the Omohundro Inst…

182 USA:s expansion del 4: De stora slätterna och imperium

Fjärde avsnittet av fyra i en miniserie om USA:s expansion från kust till kust och från 13 delstater till 50 plus. Det kommer handla om Kansas och Nebraska, transkontinentala järnvägar, Gadsenköpet, West Virginias secession från Virginia, Konfederationens Arizona, Utahkriget, Oklahoma land rush, A…

The Clumsy Beginning of Acadia

In this episode, we explore the early French attempts to settle in what would become Acadia, from Saint Croix to the more promising shores of Port-Royal. Who were the people who came? What were they hoping for? And how did they survive in a land already home to the Mi’kmaq? Join us as we discuss th…

Acadia Divided Leads to Acadia In Flames

Some familiar faces return to Acadia where they are welcomed back by the Mi'kmaq but new people join the colony and it does not go well. Sources: John Mack Faragher, A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland. 2005 Thorp, D. B. (1…

When English Privateers Conquered Quebec

The English had made progress with colonization in North America but they had eyes on Quebec too. In 1629 they made their move and things went terribly for the French colonists and Champlain over the next few years. Sources: Champlain's Dream by David Hackett Fischer The Children of Aateantsic: A…

BWBS Ep:156 Wood Boogers

In this episode, we head deep into the Appalachian spine to uncover one of America’s most enduring mountain mysteries: the Wood Booger. Known across Southwest Virginia and neighboring highland communities, this legend reaches back long before European settlers ever set foot on these ridges.Indigeno…

Acadia Catch-Up

Let's take a quick look at what was happening in Acadia after the feud between D'Aulney and La Tour ended. Sources: A Great and Noble Scheme by John Mack Faragher The Aboiteau in Acadia (info about the unique dike system used in Acadian) Get extra content on Patreon or Substack Follow me on TikTok…

Who Built the History We Think We Know?

Somewhere between history...and Hollywood...something strange happened. The real people started disappearing. This week on Ctrl + Alt + Delusion, Nate accidentally turns a relaxing movie night into a full-blown historical identity crisis after asking one innocent question during Tombstone: "Did tha…

186 - Dr. Kevin Waite, The Boundless Biddy Mason

Historian Kevin Waite returns to the show to discuss his new biography, The Boundless Biddy Mason: An Odyssey from Slavery to Freedom Across the American West. It’s the story of a woman who was forced across the continent in bondage, won her freedom in an 1856 Los Angeles courtroom, and became one …