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The struggles of Haiti go back talking hundreds of years, from when French colonization and their participation in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade reshaped the fabric of the western half of the island on which Haiti is located. The brutality that accompanied this system led to the most successful slave rebellion in human history: the Haitian Revolution. The institution of slavery, let alone any revolts by enslaved individuals, that occurred in the Caribbean are rarely mentioned since they are viewed outside the scope and scale of “U.S. history.” However, this events allows us to understand American reactions to it, as well as focus on a truly unique individual, one who combined the traits of an astute political, military, and social leader to command the respect and admiration of his people. In this episode of History: Beyond the Textbook, we’ll explore Toussaint Louverture, the Indispensable Leader of the Haitian Revolution.

Key People

Toussaint Louverture

Boukman Dutty

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Napoleon Bonaparte

Charles Emanuel Leclerc

Key Events/Concepts

Haitian Revolution

We're back for Season Four of History: Beyond the Textbook! This season will focus on the stories of individuals who shaped "America's Federalist Era" in the years roughly 1789-1800. The first six episodes will release every Tuesday from October 28-December 2, while the second six episodes will be released every Tuesday from February 17-March 24. Catch up on Season One, "America's Colonial Era," Season Two, "America's Revolution," and Season Three, "America's Crucial Years," wherever you listen to your podcasts!

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Unfortunately, in your typical U.S History course, Hawai’i probably enters the narrative during a unit on imperialism, where Queen Lili’uokalani was forced into surrendering the throne and James Dole’s company established a fruit empire. Pearl Harbor was bombed and prompted U.S. entry into World War II…Pearl Harbor is in Hawai’i. Beyond these mentions, I would wager that not much of the rich history of Hawai’i seeps into a majority of American classrooms. However, Hawai'i is an American state, and its story is an American story: competing leaders, warring kingdoms, commoners preserving their way of life, and outsiders attempting to make sense of it all. In this episode of History: Beyond the Textbook, our second episode in our arc on foreign relations on the frontier, we explore Kamehameha the Great and the Unification of the Hawai’ian Islands.

Key People

Kamehameha

Kiwala’o

Keoua

Kahekili

Captain James Cook

Key Events/Concepts

Unification of Hawai'ian Islands

We're back for Season Four of History: Beyond the Textbook! This season will focus on the stories of individuals who shaped "America's Federalist Era" in the years roughly 1789-1800. The first six episodes will release every Tuesday from October 28-December 2, while the second six episodes will be released every Tuesday from February 17-March 24. Catch up on Season One, "America's Colonial Era," Season Two, "America's Revolution," and Season Three, "America's Crucial Years," wherever you listen to your podcasts!

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Conflict between Indigenous tribes and nations and European, and later, American, settlers, is a consistent theme throughout American history, and we’ve certainly covered our fair share on the podcast. The aftermath of St. Clair's defeat is what we are focused on today: the response of the U.S. Army, the proposed follow-up by Indigenous forces, and the battle that led to a treaty ending large-scale Indigenous resistance in the Northwest Territory. Our primary subjects are a Miami leader who fought in St. Clair’s Defeat and came to realize what he was truly up against, and a Revolutionary general in search of a comeback. In this episode of History: Beyond the Textbook, our first of three where we explore U.S. reactions to “foreign” powers, we look at Little Turtle, Anthony Wayne, and the decisive Battle of Fallen Timbers.

Key People

Little Turtle

General Anthony Wayne

Blue Jacket

Josiah Harmar

Key Events/Ideas

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Treaty of Greenville

We're back for Season Four of History: Beyond the Textbook! This season will focus on the stories of individuals who shaped "America's Federalist Era" in the years roughly 1789-1800. The first six episodes will release every Tuesday from October 28-December 2, while the second six episodes will be released every Tuesday from February 17-March 24. Catch up on Season One, "America's Colonial Era," Season Two, "America's Revolution," and Season Three, "America's Crucial Years," wherever you listen to your podcasts!

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One was the preeminent politician of his time who helped shape that America we have today, well-versed in history, philosophy, and political theory. The other is mainly known as a painter, but an influential one at that. So what do they have in common, along with their status as Americans? Well, for our purposes, they each played a role in the stage surrounding one of the most controversial pieces of diplomacy of the Federalist Era: Jay’s Treaty. In this episode of History: Beyond the Textbook, our last in our arc on “Divisions,” we’ll explore diplomacy through the eyes of John Trumbull and James Madison: the Artist and the Antagonist of Jay’s Treaty.

Key People

John Trumbull

James Madison

John Jay

James Monroe

Philip Freneau

George Washington

Key Events/Ideas

Jay's Treaty

Two-party system

Impressment

Tariff of 1789

Pinckney's Treaty

Washington's Farewell Address

We're back for Season Four of History: Beyond the Textbook! This season will focus on the stories of individuals who shaped "America's Federalist Era" in the years roughly 1789-1800. The first six episodes will release every Tuesday from October 28-December 2, while the second six episodes will be released every Tuesday from February 17-March 24. Catch up on Season One, "America's Colonial Era," Season Two, "America's Revolution," and Season Three, "America's Crucial Years," wherever you listen to your podcasts!

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It was an event that we as a nation helped inspire and was seen as an extension, maybe even a culmination, of the application of Enlightenment ideals to an entire nation. But while the American Revolution centered on a colonial break from their mother country, the French Revolution sought to undue centuries of political, social, and economic entrenchment in a matter of years. From its earliest stages, it became abundantly clear that this Revolution was going to unfold in a much bloodier manner than its sister revolution across the pond. At the center of it all was a man who sailed to America as a teenager, served as Washington’s aide-de-camp and as a general, and took the ideas he absorbed back with him to France. In this episode of History: Beyond the Textbook, our second episode to focus on “Divisions” in America’s Federalist Era, we examine the French Revolution, and the resulting American Proclamation of Neutrality using the experiences of Marquis de Lafayette.

Key People

Marquis de Lafayette

George Washington

King Louis XVI

Marie Antoinette

Thomas Jefferson

Edmund Charles Genet

Key Events/Ideas

French Revolution

Estates-General

National Assembly

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Women's March on Versailles

Proclamation of Neutrality

We're back for Season Four of History: Beyond the Textbook! This season will focus on the stories of individuals who shaped "America's Federalist Era" in the years roughly 1789-1800. The first six episodes will release every Tuesday from October 28-December 2, while the second six episodes will be released every Tuesday from February 17-March 24. Catch up on Season One, "America's Colonial Era," Season Two, "America's Revolution," and Season Three, "America's Crucial Years," wherever you listen to your podcasts!

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Borrowing a host of ideas from his elder financier Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton would accept the position of Secretary of the Treasury and metaphorically hit the ground running. He issued four reports on the state of the American economy with accompanying suggestions on how to fix these issues, with two of these solutions being internal excise taxes, meaning a tax on something specific, and the creation of the First Bank of the United States. One revealed deep dissension between North and South, while the other would reveal fissures between East and West. On this episode of History: Beyond the Textbook, the first in which we examine Divisions during America’s Federalist Era, we’ll explore the First Bank of the United States and the Whiskey Rebellion through the eyes of Alexander Hamilton.

Key People

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

George Washington

Key Events/Ideas

First Bank of the United States

Whiskey Rebellion

Implied powers

"Necessary and Proper" Clause

We're back for Season Four of History: Beyond the Textbook! This season will focus on the stories of individuals who shaped "America's Federalist Era" in the years roughly 1789-1800. The first six episodes will release every Tuesday from October 28-December 2, while the second six episodes will be released every Tuesday from February 17-March 24. Catch up on Season One, "America's Colonial Era," Season Two, "America's Revolution," and Season Three, "America's Crucial Years," wherever you listen to your podcasts!

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It was a decision that came about during a dinner party…allegedly. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson invited Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, along with Congressman James Madison, to his quarters in New York City for an evening of food, drink, and conversation, the end result of which was the decision to place the nation’s capital in the geographic south on the Potomac River. This scenario has become more widely known due to the success of Hamilton! Not so well-known, although probably familiar to a few who have explored the issue, is the name “Benjamin Banneker,” a man who also assisted in surveying this land. His talents didn’t stop there: he gained fame as a mathematician, astronomer, and publisher of almanacs prior to his surveying experience. In our final episode of season three, we’ll explore the fascinating story of Benjamin Banneker: Unsung Renaissance Man of America’s Crucial Years.

Key People
Benjamin Banneker
Robert Banneker
Martha Ellicott Tyson
Thomas Jefferson
George Ellicott
Pierre Charles L’Enfant

Key Events/Ideas
Compromise of 1790/Dinner Table Bargain

We're back for Season Four of History: Beyond the Textbook! This season will focus on the stories of individuals who shaped "America's Federalist Era" in the years roughly 1789-1800. The first six episodes will release every Tuesday from October 28-December 2, while the second six episodes will be released every Tuesday from February 17-March 24. Catch up on Season One, "America's Colonial Era," Season Two, "America's Revolution," and Season Three, "America's Crucial Years," wherever you listen to your podcasts!

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Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello was his home, his castle, and in a way, his personal fiefdom: he had legal control over the happenings at this place, over the lives of its inhabitants. This included the hundreds of individuals who were held in bondage during Jefferson’s lifetime, although one particular family name stands out as being more prominent than others. Historically, the Hemings family and the Jefferson family are forever intertwined due to the complex relationship between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, but her brother, James, is also noteworthy. In this episode of History: Beyond the Textbook, we’ll examine the shifting dynamics of American slavery using the experiences of Sally and James Hemmings.

Key People
Sally Hemings
James Hemings
Thomas Jefferson

Key Events/Ideas
Three-Fifths Compromise
Emancipation
France's "Freedom Principle"

We're back for Season Four of History: Beyond the Textbook! This season will focus on the stories of individuals who shaped "America's Federalist Era" in the years roughly 1789-1800. The first six episodes will release every Tuesday from October 28-December 2, while the second six episodes will be released every Tuesday from February 17-March 24. Catch up on Season One, "America's Colonial Era," Season Two, "America's Revolution," and Season Three, "America's Crucial Years," wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Feel free to contact us with feedback or questions by clicking the "Send Us a Text" link or email us at: hbttpodcast@gmail.com