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
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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
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Juneteenth is the US’s newest holiday. Join us as we discuss its Civil War origins, and why it exploded in
In this video Destin of Smarter Every Day attempts to recreate an amazing artifact in the Smithsonian Museum of two bullets were found that directly it in midair and fused together.
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