A narrative history podcast covering the history of the epic conflict for control over the important waterways between New York and Quebec from 1754-1815. The overview will cover three major conflicts including the French & Indian War, The American Revolution, and the War of 1812. Our journey will concentrate on a geographic area in the shape of a triangle, from the St. Lawrence to Lake Ontario and down to New York Harbor. Please join me in a new examination of the impact these crucial water ...
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Learn more about the early military history of Puerto Rico and the Dutch war expeditions against the Spanish empire.
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Enjoy a compilation from my recent tour of Saratoga Battlefield and Fort Edward!
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Discover the tale of New York’s own female teenage “Paul Revere.”
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Discover the heartbreaking conflict that torn asunder families here in Westchester County during the American Revolution.
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Discover little known American naval and land actions in the Caribbean during the American Revolution.
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I wanted to explore some wider connections to our Podcast narrative and zoom out a bit to cover three distinct historical episodes over the course of the 17th century, that highlight Dutch struggles with the Spanish Habsburg, English and French for control of the Atlantic basin.
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Discover the unique story of the 1768 Slave revolt on Monserrat and the development of an incredible syncretic Afro-Irish culture.
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An examination of slavery’s ties between North America, Africa, Barbados, Jamaica, St. Domingue and Curaçao in the 17th and 18th centuries. Book recommendations: “Intimate Bonds” By Jennifer Palmer, “Empire at the Periphery” by Christian Koot, “Everyday life in the Early English Caribbean” by Jenny Shaw and “Creolization and Contraband: Curaçao in …
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Let’s weave a tale that will tie together the Battle of White Plains, Diedrich Knickerbocker, The Philispe’s Patroonship, and Algonquin Hudson River sacred legend. Book Recommendations: “Legends and lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley” by Johnathan Kruk.
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Discover the first system of public order and law enforcement here in New York.
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Discover the unique characteristics and real historical figures and events that helped form the famous syncretic tale of New York and Quebec.
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Join me on a journey to discover the unique syncretic religious developments on the frontier of New York and Quebec during the late 17th century. Book Recommendations “A Lily Among Thorns” by Darren Bonaparte.
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Discover the unique mode of warfare developed on the syncretic frontier of New York and Quebec from the point of view of Nouvelle-France.
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Discover the incredible links between the Hudson Valley and Madagascar, as the new English overlords team up with the established Dutch Merchant class, in order to subvert the Navigation Acts.
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Learn more about the Horseneck riots and the Prendergast and revolt.
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Follow the pivotal history of Martinique in the struggle between Britain and France. Discover with how the British conquests turned the power dynamics with North American English colonists upside down.
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Bonus episode 1: "Le Grand Derangement: The Acadian Expulsion and the fall of Louisbourg, 1755-1758"
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Discover the history of French settlement of Acadia and British attempts to cleanse Acadia of it’s French inhabitants during the French and Indian War. We’ll also discuss the fall of the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1758 and examine the historiography of Le Grand Derangement. Book Recommendations: “A Great and Noble Scheme” by John Mack Faragher & “Th…
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Bonus Episode 6 "In the Shadow of Wobomagonda: Robert Rogers Ranger's and the "Snowshoe Campaigns"
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Robert Rodgers Rangers were the first true “Special forces” developed institutionally in North America. Created to counter the French “Coureur de Bois”and their “Le Guerre Sauvage,” The Rangers fought in all the major campaigns on the borders of New York and Québec during the French and Indian War. Book Recommendations: “White Devil” by Stephen Bru…
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Part 1: Geographical overview of NYS and background of Dutch Colonial Settlement until 1673. We'll cover the transistion from Patroonships to the Manorial system in the Hudson valley after the English takeover. Book Recommendations: “Island at the Center of the World” by Russell Shorto, “The Colony of New Netherland” by Jaap Jacobs, “New Netherland…
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Discover the unique role that Ticonderoga plays in the historical development of New York and Quebec, from Samuel Champlain to General Burgoyne, Part One will cover 1609-1759. Book Recommendations: “Colonial Forts of the Champlain and Hudson Valleys” by Michael Laramie.
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Discover the Podcast narrative’s wider cultural connections of the French Atlantic basin, through the exploration of some scary folkloric tales of Louisiana, Haiti, and St. Lucia! Book Recommendations: “The Things that Fly in the Night” by Giselle Lizza Anatol.
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Join me in the second episode of my Caribbean Connections series, where we examine the greater connections to the Atlantic Basin. Discover the Dutch colony of Berbice and the story of one of the largest slave revolts to rock the Caribbean prior to the Haitian Revolution. Book Recommendations: “Blood on the River” by Marjoleine Kars.…
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We’ll follow the Dutch Merchant class transformation to landed gentry supportive of British rule and the societal impact of the Manorial system in Pre-Revolutionary New York. Book Recommendations: “The Women of the House” by Jean Zimmerman & “Bound by Bondage” by Nicole Maskiell.
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My thoughts on the developing French-Canadien identity after British Conquest. Book Recommendations: “Nobility Lost” by Christian Ayne Crouch & “French Connections: Cultural Mobility in North America and The Atlantic World” by Robert Englebert & Andrew N. Wegmann.
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Bonus Episode 13: I left my leg in Sint Maarten, a tale of Peter Stuyvesant and the Dutch Caribbean
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Enjoy a short tale of how New Netherland’s famous “peg-legged” last Governor-General lost his limb and how this episode gives us a peek into the Trans-Atlantic wide empire of the Dutch. Book recommendations: “The Dutch Moment” by Wim Klooster & “Heaven’s Wrath” by D. L. Noorlander.
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I wanted to introduce some local battles of the Revolutionary War fought here in the Hudson valley and integrate them into the larger flow of the general wartime narrative.
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Join me as we explore the society and culture of New France. Our journey will also examine the impact of the "War of Conquest" on the Habitants of New France. Book recommendations “The People of New France” by Alan Greer & “Champlain’s Dream” by David Hackett Fischer.
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Delve deep into the Dutch History of the Hudson Valley through it’s Patroonships, Manors, and Tenant Farms.
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Come discover the rise of European power dynamics and the deftly balanced Iroquois response, as the League navigated the rapidly developing geopolitical situation found throughout New York. This episode will cover the years of 1666-1754, as both dates bookend important transitional moments in the history of the Haudenosaunee peoples. Book Recommend…
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Take a glance at the ancestral departure point for most leaving for Nouvelle France. On tour in St. Martin, we encountered an historical group that maintained ties between La Rochelle and New Rochelle, which happens to be five minutes from me here on the Long Island Sound! Incredible syncretic connections are still being made to this day!…
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Enjoy some pictures from my recent visit to Sir William Johnson’s fortified syncretic salon on the frontier of New York and Quebec.
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Get a feel for the layout and landscape of the award winning movie and central focus of my podcast!
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Experience a glimpse of the majestic Hudson River as the famous explorer would have viewed it!
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Bonus Episode 9 “The Faces and Spaces of Bondage: Chattel Slavery in New France and New Netherland
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Discover the geographic spaces of slavery and encounter the true faces of perseverance, as I discuss enslavement in both New France and New Netherland. Book Recommendations: “Bonds of Alliance” by Brett Rushforth, “Spaces of Enslavement” by Andrea Mosterman, “The New York City Slave Revolt of 1712” by Ben Hughes and “New York Burning: Liberty, Slav…
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Bonus Episode 8: Figures and Factors of the Syncretic Frontier
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Join international best selling author and Historian Dr. Stephen Brumwell, as we discuss the blended nature of life on the frontiers of New York and Quebec. Using Dr. Brumwell's wonderful body of works, join us on a journey navigating both the French and Indian War and The American Revolution.
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The British finish off French forces in the west by seizing Fort Niagara and take control over the Great Lakes (1759) Book Recommendations: “Siege 1759” by Brian Leigh Dunnigan
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The British capture of Fort Frontenac in 1758 and open the way to Montreal. We will also dive deep into the background of William Johnson and learn of his rise to prominence on the frontier. Book Recommendations: “Mohawk Baronet” by James Thomas Flexner & “Bateaux and Whaleboats” by Ian Macpherson McCullogh…
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While most Americans are familiar with the Salem Witch Trials, the possession of Barbe Hallay of New France is little known in the English speaking world. Join me as we examine a dark story of evil and redemption, thirty years before the events of Salem took place. Book Recommendations: “The Possession of Barbe Halley” by Mari Cowan…
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Enjoy my three different and very strange experiences at Fort William Henry in Lake George.
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Join me for a tale of Canadien Were-wolves, as we examine the Loup-garou attacks of Quebec in 1757.
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We will explore the origins of the Iroquois peoples, the founding of the League and their geopolitical development until 1666. Book Recommendations: “The Edge of The Woods” by Jon Parmenter & “Creation and Confederation” by Darren Bonaparte
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Episode 4 "Knocking on the Backdoor: The Ontario Campaign (1755-1756), Wood Creek & Fort Oswego.”
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The French press British supply lines in the Mohawk Valley and move to seize Fort Oswego. Book Recommendations: “Montcalm’s Crushing Blow” by Rene Chartrand
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The British mass the largest army ever assembled in North America to attack an ill-equipped French Garrison at Fort Carillon on July 8th, 1758. In a major blunder, the British forces suffer the worst single day loss of men in North America, until the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Book Recommendations: “Montcalm and Wolfe” by Francis Parkman…
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The French attempt to seize Fort William Henry and drive toward Albany in 1757. Relive the major moments of classic film "Last of the Mohicans." Book Recommendations: “The French and Indian War” by Walter R. Borneman & “Empires at War” by William M. Fowler.
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British and French forces clash on the major water junction between New York and Quebec on Lac du Saint Sacrement (Lake George) in 1755. Book recommendations: “The Battle of Lake George” by William Griffith IV
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A narrative history podcast covering the history of the epic conflict for control over the important wateways between New York and Quebec from 1754-1815. The Podcast will cover three major conflicts including the French & Indian War, The American Revolution, and the War of 1812. The podcast focuses on the geographic triangle stretching from the St.…
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