The Salem Witch Trials are the most famous witch trials in history, but they actually were quite small compared to…
Plymouth, England was the final departure point of the Pilgrims on their voyage to the New World. It was also…
If you are familiar with the Pilgrim story you will know that they departed for America three different times. Dartmouth…
No research trip on William Bradford is complete without a visit to Austerfield Manor, his purported ancestral home. Unfortunately we…
Early one morning I visited a London street where there is some chance Bradford lived A scant modern reference to…
One of the hottest topics in modern history is slavery. This has bled over into study of the Pilgrims, even…
I’ve reached a milestone in my Bradford biography – I’ve finished a draft of the first chapter. I still have…
Narcissa Whitman It was a simple wedding. It had to be. The bride and groom had only known each other…
I recently came across this poem by John Quincy Adams on the Mayflower Pilgrims. It doesn’t seem readily available on…
Juneteenth is the US's newest holiday. Join us as we discuss its Civil War origins, and why it exploded in…