Bob Allison and Bradley Jay speak with Prof. Chernoh Sesay of DePaul University about the role of political activism among the community of African-Americans in Revolutionary Boston; the role of the Prince Hall in establishing a Masonic tradition among African-Americans, the 1773 petitions for freedom, and the ongoing research into under-represented voices on the road to American Independence. Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!...
Dec 08, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Was Thomas Hutchinson the most hated man in America during his lifetime? Does he deserve the heaps of invective and abuse laid upon him by the Sons of Liberty, or was he merely a victim of the times? Join Bob Allison & Bradley Jay as they discuss the life of Thomas Hutchinson with John Tyler, the editor of The Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson and Editor of Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!...
Dec 01, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Join Bradley Jay, Bob Allison & Jonathan Lane as they discuss the events surrounding the Boston Massacre Trials, Pope's Day, and Crime & Punishment in 1770 Boston. Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!
Nov 17, 2020•38 min•Season 10Ep. 11
We talk with J.L. Bell, who has created the extraordinary Boston 1775 blog, with history, analysis, and unabashed gossip about the American Revolution in Boston--a daily update since 2006! He tells us about how elections were run in colonial Boston, about his work at the Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, and about the Boston Massacre Trials and the death of Christopher Seider. John Bell is also the author of The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the...
Nov 10, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Join Bob and Bradley as they discuss privateers, the Continental Navy, state navies, John Paul Jones, John Hancock and Samuel Adams in a wide ranging discussion with Professor William Fowler, author of An American Crisis: George Washington and the Dangerous Two Years after Yorktown 1781-1783 (2011) and other books. Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!...
Nov 03, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Ray Raphael , author of People's History of the American Revolution, The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord , and The Spirit of '74: How the American Revolution Began , to name just a few of his important works, joins Bob Allison and Bradley Jay for a conversation on the beginnings of the American Revolution. Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!...
Oct 27, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Serena Zabin joins us to talk abut her great book, The Boston Massacre: A Family History, . Who were the soldiers from the 29th Regiment, and what kinds of relationships did they have with the citizens of Boston before March 5, 1770? Hint: At least 40 married Boston women, and a hundred brought infants to be baptized at King's Chapel. Think you know the story of the Massacre? Think again. And we hear about the computer game, Witness to a Revolution, that Serena Zabin and her Carleton College stu...
Oct 21, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Professor Robert A. Gross joins us to talk about his book, The Minutemen and Their World, and about the Minutemen, Revolutionary Concord, The Robbins House and Concord's African-American history, and about writing history from the bottom up and inside out. Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!
Oct 14, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Abby Battis, the curator at Historic Beverly , tells us about their great exhibit on The Story of the Revolution- -a 2-volume history of the Revolution by Massachusetts Senator, and historian Henry Cabot Lodge, illustrated with original paintings now on display for the first time since 1898! We discuss F.C. Yohn's paintings, " The Fight at Concord Bridge " and " The Battle of Brandywine ," and Carlton T. Chapman's "Bonhomme Richard defeats the Serapis." Tell us what you think! Send us a text mes...
Oct 07, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 6
We talk with Emma Stratton, the Executive Director of the American Independence Museum in Exeter, New Hampshire. We hear about Paul Revere's first important ride--to Fort William and Mary in Newcastle, and about the Museum's treasures--a Dunlap broadside of the Declaration, notes on the Constitution by Nicholas Gilman and Rufus King, and a tavern where George Washington was entertained--and where the Museum hosts beer and history events. And also the Society of the Cincinnati, and John Stark--wh...
Oct 06, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 5
We have a chance to talk with Judith Kalaora, the founder and artistic director of History at Play. She tells us how she brings the stories of remarkable women to life, including the story of Deborah Sampson, the official heroine of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the early 1780s Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a young man and enlisted in the Continental Army--and when she was discovered after two years of service, she was given an honorable discharge. Find out about Deborah Sampson a...
Sep 28, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 4
We talk with Don N. Hagist, the managing editor of the Journal of the American Revolution and the author of many books on the experiences of British soldiers during the war, including British Soldiers, American War and the forthcoming Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers who Fought the American Revolution. What was it like to serve in the British army during the Revolution? Who were these men? Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!...
Sep 22, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 3
We talk about the Revolutionary history of Salem--did you know that 150 Salem privateers captured more than 500 British merchant ships, many in the English Channel--and Concord, where on April 19, 1775 the Revolutionary War began. Emily Murphy is the curator at Salem Maritime National HIstorical Parks, and Jim Hollister is a ranger and interpreter, as well as the living history, education, digital media program, and historic weapons co-ordinator at Minuteman National Historical Park. Between the...
Sep 15, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 2
We have a chance to talk with Gordon S. Wood, one of the leading historians of the American Revolution and the founding of the Republic. He has a new book he is working on, "Constitutionalism in the American Revolution," and we also discuss his Pulitzer-Prize winning book The Radicalism of the American Revolution, and his work on Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson. He discusses slavery, the Bill of Rights, the role of the judiciary, and other issues and events surrounding the "most extraordinary dev...
Sep 08, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 1
