270 BFW Team Favorites: Slavery & Freedom in Early Maryland
Publisher |
Airwave Media
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
History
Interview
Society & Culture
USA
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History
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Dec 24, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:50:15

How do you uncover the life of an enslaved person who left no paper trail?

What can the everyday life of an enslaved person tell us about slavery, how it was practiced, and how some enslaved people made the transition from slavery to freedom?

We explore the life of Charity Folks, an enslaved woman from Maryland who gained her freedom in the late-18th century. Our guide through Charity’s life is Jessica Millward, an Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine and author of Finding Charity’s Folk.

This episode originally posted as Episode 089.

Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/270

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