This week the French disaster in Haiti leads to a massive opportunity for Jefferson as we cover the Louisiana Purchase.
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A History of the United States. A podcast charting the history of the United States of America from the foundation of Jamestown to the end of the cold war, covering political, military, economic, social and cultural history.
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Folge vom 15.02.2026Episode 200 - The Louisiana Purchase
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Folge vom 18.01.2026Episode 199 - Black SpartacusThis week we restart the narrative. Continuing our discussion about slavery from last time, we move to the Haitian Revolution and Toussaint Louverture.
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Folge vom 18.12.2025Episode 198 - Not Yet the DawnThis week we have our final episode in the narrative pause. We discuss slavery. We discuss anti-slavery. And we discuss why anti-slavery didn't work.
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Folge vom 26.10.2025Episode 197 - All Men Are Created EqualThis week we look at women's rights in the early republic, focusing in on the reaction to Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792.