When we think of immigration we tend to think of people crossing over nation-state borders, from one country to another. These borders seem somehow solid in our collective mind, yet they normally only exist within treaties, maps, and in perceived ideas of community. But in many ways, borders are arbitrary Read more
Dr. Carson was wrong in his characterization of the American slave experience. On this episode of the History Buffs Podcast, Drs. Earls and Handley-Cousins discuss the force and violence of population transfers in both the Atlantic Slave Trade and the U.S. Indian Removal Act.
Join Averill, Katie, and Dan as they discuss American base acquisition.
It’s our annual #Thanksgiving episode – and this time we talk about some regionally varied ways of giving thanks, and feasting for Thanksgiving.
Join Elizabeth and Katie as they discuss some scintillating political scandals in U.S. politics.
Join Averill, Sarah, and Marissa as they discuss the utopian movements of the 19th century in the U.S.
Join Katie and Sarah as they investigate the rise of Spiritualism in the second episode of our America’s Second Great Awakening series.
How a Buffalonian’s bravery fought and beat the laws persecuting gay men in New York.
We think we know the story of the end of slavery in the United States: Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery with a stroke of his pen, and millions of enslaved men, women and children went forward happily into their new lives as freedpeople. But the reality wasn’t quite so sunny. Read more