Tag: Law

Border Patrols: Policing Immigration in America

Episode#0184: Border Patrols: Policing Immigration in America Series: BackStory Release Date: 11/2/2018 Hosts: Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly, Joanne Freeman TRANSCRIPT Episode and Transcript Link: https://www.backstoryradio.org/shows/border-patrols/ Tags: Policing, Racism, Border Patrol, Immigration, Border, Citizenship, US History, History, America, Race, Law, Legal History Description: Discussion/Mini Lecture: In response to President Trump deploying thousands of border patrol agents... Continue Reading →

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Theme: Abortion

In light of the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, we have assembled an assortment of 5 different podcast episodes and series that can be used to teach the United States history of abortion (specifically focusing on the late-twentieth century) as well as the historical significance of the recent bans in women's history and the history of bodily autonomy in the US.

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Trending News: Indentured Servitude vs. Enslavement

In an interview, Gayle King corrected Virginia Governor Ralph Northam who claimed that in 1619 the first Africans arrived in Virginia as indentured servants. But where the first Africans in Virginia enslaved or contract laborers? And what were the legacies of these early laws governing indentured servitude in the New World? Here are some podcast episodes recommended for discussing the distinctions between indentured servitude and enslavement and their legacies today.

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Scene on Radio: Made in America (Seeing White, Part 3)

The episode, as part of the show's series Seeing White on race in America, focuses on the relationship between race, labor, and capitalism in American colonies.  The episode argues that certain laws and structure - "innovations" - became part of the foundation in the construction of whiteness as we understand it today.

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Uncivil – The Sentence

The episode focuses on an indentured servant named John Punch who attempted to flee a tobacco farm with two other indentured servants in the Virginia colony in 1640. The episode unravels the impact of the conviction once all three were caught - while the two white men were sentenced to contract work for a period of time, Punch as an African American was sentenced to a lifetime of enslavement.

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Dig History – Celia, A Slave

The episode focuses on the trial of Celia, an enslaved woman, who murdered her rapist/slave owner. The podcast's conversational nature featuring a group of historians allows students to "sit in" on a historical discussion. Click for recommendations on how to assign this podcast with primary sources and even a theoretical discussion.

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