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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 2h

“Complicity is the baseline condition of the human experience.” – Seth Rockman

Hear how ordinary goods reveal the national scale of slavery in early America.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 7h

Historian Greg Brooking joins us to talk about:

• Georgia’s founding as a buffer colony
• Sir James Wright’s rise, rule, and resistance
• What loyalism really meant in revolutionary America

This is a fresh look at a forgotten side of the American Revolution.

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Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia

Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 9h

🎙️ New episode!

How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?

Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 16h

What can a pair of shoes tell us about slavery in early America?

Historian Seth Rockman traces the journey of ordinary goods—from New England workshops to Southern plantations—and uncovers a hidden economy of exploitation.

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#History #Slavery #USHistory

Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy

Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 1d

Was slavery just a Southern institution?

In our latest episode, Seth Rockman reveals how Northern industry helped supply the everyday goods that kept slavery running.

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#History #USHistory #Capitalism #EconomicHistory

Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 1d

Would you stay loyal to your government if your neighbors—and maybe your own children—joined a revolution?

Explore the impossible choices Georgians faced during the American Revolution in our latest episode.

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#AmericanRevolution #GeorgiaHistory

Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 1d

How do the everyday things we use connect us to unseen systems of labor and inequality?

Seth Rockman helps us explore that question through the material history of slavery.

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#History #MaterialCulture #USHistory #Skystorians

Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy

Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 1d

Axes. Shoes. Cloth.

They may seem ordinary — but these items formed the material infrastructure of American slavery.

Historian Seth Rockman explains how.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 2d

Georgia didn’t send delegates to the First Continental Congress.

Its last royal governor stayed in power longer than any other.

It was loyal—until it wasn’t.

Episode 421 dives into why Georgia’s revolution looked so different.

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#USHistory #PodcastRecommendation

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia

Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 2d

The world’s first advice column wasn’t meant to be about love.

But the people had other plans. 💌

Find out what questions they asked (and how they were answered) in Ep. 410 of Ben Franklin's World.

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#HistoryPodcast #History #Love #Podcasts

Episode 410: Mary Beth Norton, The World's First Personal Advice Column

Travel back to 1690s England with historian Mary Beth Norton as we explore the Athenian Mercury, the world's first personal advice column.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 3d

“Loyalty came at a steep cost: exile, financial ruin, and the loss of home and community.” – Greg Brooking on Sir James Wright’s fate during the Revolution.

Discover Georgia’s forgotten role in the fight for independence.

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#BenFranklinsWorld #RevolutionaryHistory

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia

Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 3d

What did politics look like after the Revolution? 🗳️

In Ep. 393 of Ben Franklin’s World, we explore how everyday Americans shaped political culture in the new republic.

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#VastEarlyAmerica #History #EarlyRepublic #Politics #USHistory

Episode 393: Jonathan Gienapp and Rachel Shelden, Politics and Political Culture in the Early American Republic

Jonathan Gienapp and Rachel Shelden talk about early American political culture and political civility in the early American republic.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 4d

Was California really a “free state”?

In Ep. 387, Jean Pfaelzer uncovers the hidden history of slavery in California—from Indigenous enslavement to Black bondage in a so-called land of freedom.

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#SlaveryInAmerica #VastEarlyAmerica #History #California

Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 4d

Loyalists weren’t villains. They were neighbors, officials, even family who tried to protect what they believed in.

Episode 421 of Ben Franklin’s World rethinks the Revolution through their eyes.

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#Revolution250 #America250 #Georgia #Loyalism #Podcast

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia

Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 5d

What if the American Revolution wasn’t inevitable?

What if loyalty—not rebellion—was the default in early America?

In our latest episode, we explore loyalism in Georgia and the life of Sir James Wright, Britain’s last royal governor in the colony.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 5d

Who are the Myaamia, and what can their history teach us about diplomacy, land, and survival? 🌽🪶

Explore the rich story of the Myaamia people from the Great Lakes to today.

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#IndigenousHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History

Episode 372: John Bickers and Diane Hunter, A History of the Myaamia

Diane Hunter and John Bickers join us to investigate the history and culture of the Myaamia people, from pre-contact to the present.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 6d

St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the U.S.—and it has stories to tell. 🏰🌴

In Ep. 358, Charles Tingley explores early Florida’s Spanish roots and colonial legacy.

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#FloridaHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History #Florida

Episode 358: Charles Tingley, St Augustine and Early Florida

Charles Tingley joins us to explore the early American history of La Florida through the lens of one of its capitals: the City of St. Augustine.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 6d

July 4th is coming. 🇺🇸

Before the fireworks, revisit the real story of the Declaration of Independence—with the historian who knows it best.

Emily Sneff joins us on Ben Franklin’s World.

#USHistory #FourthOfJuly #July4th #USHistory #Revolution250 #America250

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 7d

Historian Greg Brooking joins us to talk about:

• Georgia’s founding as a buffer colony
• Sir James Wright’s rise, rule, and resistance
• What loyalism really meant in revolutionary America

This is a fresh look at a forgotten side of the American Revolution.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia

Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

benfranklinsworld.com

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 7d

The Brafferton Indian School trained Native boys to serve empire—but they didn’t always follow the script. 🎓🪶
Explore the school’s complex beginnings in this episode of Ben Franklin’s World.

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#IndigenousHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 7d

Georgia didn’t send delegates to the First Continental Congress.

Its last royal governor stayed in power longer than any other.

It was loyal—until it wasn’t.

Episode 421 dives into why Georgia’s revolution looked so different.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

#USHistory #PodcastRecommendation

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia

Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

benfranklinsworld.com

Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 7d

“Loyalty came at a steep cost: exile, financial ruin, and the loss of home and community.” – Greg Brooking on Sir James Wright’s fate during the Revolution.

Discover Georgia’s forgotten role in the fight for independence.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

#BenFranklinsWorld #RevolutionaryHistory

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia

Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

benfranklinsworld.com

Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 8d

Loyalists weren’t villains. They were neighbors, officials, even family who tried to protect what they believed in.

Episode 421 of Ben Franklin’s World rethinks the Revolution through their eyes.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/421

#Revolution250 #America250 #Georgia #Loyalism #Podcast

Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia

Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.

benfranklinsworld.com

Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 8d

Herman Melville’s grandfather? A customs officer who begged George Washington to keep him on the job.

The federal government’s history is full of unexpected family ties.

Explore these hidden stories in Ep. 420: www.benfranklinsworld.com/420

Episode 420: Peter Kastor, Creating the U.S. Federal Government

When we think about the founding of the United States, we often focus on the Constitution, the Founding Fathers, and those first landmark elections. But how did the United States actually build its federal government, the entire apparatus of state th

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 8d

What if the American Revolution wasn’t inevitable?

What if loyalty—not rebellion—was the default in early America?

In our latest episode, we explore loyalism in Georgia and the life of Sir James Wright, Britain’s last royal governor in the colony.

🎧 Listen: benfranklinsworld.com/421

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