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An examination of history through the writings and eyewitness accounts of its participants.
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English
United States
160 episodes
since Oct. 5, 2020
episodic
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This episode of Historical Context explores the dramatic transformation of colonial Carolina from 1691 to 1699, revealing how the Lords Proprietors unified the fractured province, how the invention of a rice-husking pendulum engine fueled a booming, slave-driven plantation economy, and how the colo…
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This episode of Historical Context explores the disastrous Carolina reign of Seth Sothel from 1682 to 1691, detailing how the former pirate captive became a tyrannical Lord Proprietor who provoked a stunning rebellion, while thefractured colony was further traumatized by frontier witchcraft allegat…
This episode of Historical Context explores the ruthless "Southern Reorientation" of Carolina from 1680 to 1682,revealing how the strategic corporate relocation of Charles Town into a booming maritime hub drove the bureaucratic erasure of the Etiwan people and fueled the Stono War, establ…
This episode of Historical Context explores the turbulent aftermath of the 1689 Glorious Revolution, revealing how Rhode Islanders boldly captured the fugitive dictator Sir Edmund Andros, used a brilliant legal loophole to resurrect their democratic 1663 Royal Charter, and successfully defended the…
This episode of Historical Context explores the dark era of the Dominion of New England, revealing how King James II and his enforcers systematically revoked colonial charters to impose autocratic rule, taxation without representation, and forced Anglican worship, until the shockwaves of the Glorio…
This episode of Historical Context explores the devastating inferno of King Philip's War from 1675 to 1676, revealing how the Wampanoag and Narragansett uprising shattered the peaceful "lively experiment" of Rhode Island, culminating in the brutal Great Swamp Fight, the burning of Provide…
This episode of Historical Context explores the chaotic 1660s, revealing how Dr. John Clarke's masterful diplomacy secured the 1663 Royal Charter from King Charles II to save Rhode Island from aggressive Puritan neighbors and internal rebellions, ultimately birthing the revolutionary "lively e…
This episode of Historical Context explores thefrantic 1701 creation of the Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges, revealing how William Penn systematically surrendered his own executive power to establishabsolute religious freedom, independent legislative control, and fair trials, while simultaneousl…
This episode of Historical Context explores thechaotic final decade of the seventeenth century in Pennsylvania, revealing how royal military governor Benjamin Fletcher clashed with pacifist Quakers, how amassive influx of pirates threatened to ruin the colony, and how William Penn ultimately return…
This episode of Historical Context explores the collapse of William Penn's utopian "Holy Experiment," revealing howhis forced 15-year absence in London sparked venomous rumors of Catholic espionage, caused the Pennsylvania government to descend into bitter factional impeachments, and ulti…
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