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A narrative history podcast covering the history of the epic conflict for control over the important waterways between New York and Quebec from 1754-1815. The overview will cover three major conflicts including the French & Indian War, The American Revolution, and the War of 1812. Our journey will concentrate on a geographic area in the shape of a triangle, from the St. Lawrence to Lake Ontario and down to New York Harbor. Please join me in a new examination of the impact these crucial water ...
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An examination of slavery’s ties between North America, Africa, Barbados, Jamaica, St. Domingue and Curaçao in the 17th and 18th centuries. Book recommendations: “Intimate Bonds” By Jennifer Palmer, “Empire at the Periphery” by Christian Koot, “Everyday life in the Early English Caribbean” by Jenny Shaw and “Creolization and Contraband: Curaçao in …
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Let’s weave a tale that will tie together the Battle of White Plains, Diedrich Knickerbocker, The Philispe’s Patroonship, and Algonquin Hudson River sacred legend. Book Recommendations: “Legends and lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley” by Johnathan Kruk.
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Discover the history of French settlement of Acadia and British attempts to cleanse Acadia of it’s French inhabitants during the French and Indian War. We’ll also discuss the fall of the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1758 and examine the historiography of Le Grand Derangement. Book Recommendations: “A Great and Noble Scheme” by John Mack Faragher & “Th…
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Robert Rodgers Rangers were the first true “Special forces” developed institutionally in North America. Created to counter the French “Coureur de Bois”and their “Le Guerre Sauvage,” The Rangers fought in all the major campaigns on the borders of New York and Québec during the French and Indian War. Book Recommendations: “White Devil” by Stephen Bru…
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Part 1: Geographical overview of NYS and background of Dutch Colonial Settlement until 1673. We'll cover the transistion from Patroonships to the Manorial system in the Hudson valley after the English takeover. Book Recommendations: “Island at the Center of the World” by Russell Shorto, “The Colony of New Netherland” by Jaap Jacobs, “New Netherland…
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Discover the unique role that Ticonderoga plays in the historical development of New York and Quebec, from Samuel Champlain to General Burgoyne, Part One will cover 1609-1759. Book Recommendations: “Colonial Forts of the Champlain and Hudson Valleys” by Michael Laramie.
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Join me in the second episode of my Caribbean Connections series, where we examine the greater connections to the Atlantic Basin. Discover the Dutch colony of Berbice and the story of one of the largest slave revolts to rock the Caribbean prior to the Haitian Revolution. Book Recommendations: “Blood on the River” by Marjoleine Kars.…
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We’ll follow the Dutch Merchant class transformation to landed gentry supportive of British rule and the societal impact of the Manorial system in Pre-Revolutionary New York. Book Recommendations: “The Women of the House” by Jean Zimmerman & “Bound by Bondage” by Nicole Maskiell.
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My thoughts on the developing French-Canadien identity after British Conquest. Book Recommendations: “Nobility Lost” by Christian Ayne Crouch & “French Connections: Cultural Mobility in North America and The Atlantic World” by Robert Englebert & Andrew N. Wegmann.
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Enjoy a short tale of how New Netherland’s famous “peg-legged” last Governor-General lost his limb and how this episode gives us a peek into the Trans-Atlantic wide empire of the Dutch. Book recommendations: “The Dutch Moment” by Wim Klooster & “Heaven’s Wrath” by D. L. Noorlander.
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Join me as we explore the society and culture of New France. Our journey will also examine the impact of the "War of Conquest" on the Habitants of New France. Book recommendations “The People of New France” by Alan Greer & “Champlain’s Dream” by David Hackett Fischer.
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Come discover the rise of European power dynamics and the deftly balanced Iroquois response, as the League navigated the rapidly developing geopolitical situation found throughout New York. This episode will cover the years of 1666-1754, as both dates bookend important transitional moments in the history of the Haudenosaunee peoples. Book Recommend…
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Take a glance at the ancestral departure point for most leaving for Nouvelle France. On tour in St. Martin, we encountered an historical group that maintained ties between La Rochelle and New Rochelle, which happens to be five minutes from me here on the Long Island Sound! Incredible syncretic connections are still being made to this day!…
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Discover the geographic spaces of slavery and encounter the true faces of perseverance, as I discuss enslavement in both New France and New Netherland. Book Recommendations: “Bonds of Alliance” by Brett Rushforth, “Spaces of Enslavement” by Andrea Mosterman, “The New York City Slave Revolt of 1712” by Ben Hughes and “New York Burning: Liberty, Slav…
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Join international best selling author and Historian Dr. Stephen Brumwell, as we discuss the blended nature of life on the frontiers of New York and Quebec. Using Dr. Brumwell's wonderful body of works, join us on a journey navigating both the French and Indian War and The American Revolution.
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The British capture of Fort Frontenac in 1758 and open the way to Montreal. We will also dive deep into the background of William Johnson and learn of his rise to prominence on the frontier. Book Recommendations: “Mohawk Baronet” by James Thomas Flexner & “Bateaux and Whaleboats” by Ian Macpherson McCullogh…
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While most Americans are familiar with the Salem Witch Trials, the possession of Barbe Hallay of New France is little known in the English speaking world. Join me as we examine a dark story of evil and redemption, thirty years before the events of Salem took place. Book Recommendations: “The Possession of Barbe Halley” by Mari Cowan…
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The British mass the largest army ever assembled in North America to attack an ill-equipped French Garrison at Fort Carillon on July 8th, 1758. In a major blunder, the British forces suffer the worst single day loss of men in North America, until the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Book Recommendations: “Montcalm and Wolfe” by Francis Parkman…
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The French attempt to seize Fort William Henry and drive toward Albany in 1757. Relive the major moments of classic film "Last of the Mohicans." Book Recommendations: “The French and Indian War” by Walter R. Borneman & “Empires at War” by William M. Fowler.
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A narrative history podcast covering the history of the epic conflict for control over the important wateways between New York and Quebec from 1754-1815. The Podcast will cover three major conflicts including the French & Indian War, The American Revolution, and the War of 1812. The podcast focuses on the geographic triangle stretching from the St.…
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