# Mary Bowser
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Mary Jane Richards, also known as Mary Jane Richards Denman, Mary Jane Richards Garvin and possibly mary bowser, was a Union spy during the Civil War. She was enslaved from birth in Richmond, Virginia, but was effectively freed as a young child in 1843 when her owner, John Van Lew, died and his daughter, the abolitionist Elizabeth "Bet" Van Lew, took ownership of all his slaves and subsequently freed them all (though not legally, as emancipation of slaves was forbidden). But Van Lew then had Richards sent to school.
"The Love Boat" Stars Set Sail For Off Broadway Play "Lady Patriot"
Cast members of the hit series The Love Boat are setting sail on a new project!
Ted Lange, Jill Whelan and Fred Grandy join Janice to share how they've reunited for Ted's new off-Broadway play, "Lady Patriot." The play tells the
captivating story of three women, Varina Davis, Elizabeth Van Lew a…
49 - THE SPY CONFEDERATES NEVER SUSPECTED… | Elizabeth “Crazy Bet” Van Lew (Union Spy) | Civil War
Elizabeth Van Lew was determined Richmond would fall, the sooner the better.
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Beneath her basket of groceries were secret Union dispatches written skillfully in invisible ink, folded innocuously like bookmarks between sheets of household shopping accounts.
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Two Confederate soldiers strolled p…
Ted Lange "The Love Boat" Encore
In this unforgettable episode of Still Here Hollywood, Ted Lange, forever known as Isaac from The Love Boat, joins Steve Kmetko for a deep, funny, and brutally honest conversation about classic television, Hollywood power dynamics, racial inequality in entertainment, and the long game of creative s…
Lois Leveen: A Spy in the Confederate White House
Dialogue host Marcia Franklin talks with historical novelist Lois Leveen about two of her works: The Secrets of Mary Bowser, about a former slave who was a spy in the Confederate White House, and Juliet's Nurse, which imagines the life of the nurse in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Franklin asks L…
Fahrenheit 451: Mary Bowser
A servant who wasn’t supposed to notice anything noticed everything. We dive into the astonishing, under-told story of Mary Bowser—a Black woman born enslaved in Richmond—who used education, nerve, and perfect cover to spy inside Jefferson Davis’s household and feed critical intelligence to the Uni…
The Power of One
History books remember kings and presidents. They remember conquerors, dictators and great generals Presidents declare war. Prime ministers rally nations. Their decisions reshape maps, topple governments, and alter the course of civilization.
But sometimes the fate of thousands—even millions—t…
Black Dispatches: The Enslaved People Who Fooled the Confederacy
These are the stories of enslaved people that history nearly forgot. A network of enslaved men and women became the Union's most valuable spies during the Civil War, known as "Black Dispatches." The Confederacy thought their servants were too "simple" to understand the war happening in front of the…
The Union Spy in the Confederate White House
While the Civil War raged on the battlefield, one of the Union's greatest victories came through espionage. In the heart of the Confederate capital, Elizabeth Van Lew quietly built a sophisticated spy network that reached into prisons, government offices—and even the Confederate White House itself.…
5 UNSUNG HEROES OF THE CIVIL WAR
🎙 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Episode: FIVE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE CIVIL WAR Episode Summary The Civil War is filled with towering names — Grant, Lee, Sherman, Jackson — but history is also shaped by quieter figures whose courage rarely makes the textbooks. In this episode, we bring y…
80 Bizarre Civil War Facts You Never Learned in School: Spies, Secrets, and Strange True Stories
Discover the wildest, weirdest, and most unbelievable truths from America’s bloodiest conflict in this episode: “80 Bizarre Facts About the Civil War They Never Told You.” Dive deep into untold Civil War stories, strange history, and unexpected facts that go far beyond the standard battlefield lege…
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