History on the Dark Side

History on the Dark Side

By Jared AndrusHistory
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History on the Dark Side episodes

  • Salem Witch Trials Ep 1

    The Salem Witch Trials give us a lens to view mass hysteria, but also the politics of power, control and manipulation.  This episode examines the sociological and psychological factors that were at play in Salem village as well as identifying similar factors in America's more recent history and the present.

    36 min
  • Slavery Part 2 (1619 till the Civil War)

    There were economic and social costs that encouraged and stemmed from the American slavery experience.  Today we focus on the differences between indentured servitude and slavery as well as the concept of conflict between those who wrote, spoke of and fought for freedom but still engaged in slavery.  

    44 min
  • Slavery Part 1

    The Origins of American Slavery....  How slavery evolved (And WHY) in medieval Europe and landed on the shores of Virginia in 1619.   Jared and Jeff discuss the Plague, Christianity, and even Zombies and the Nazis as they try to understand what slavery looked like in pre-American times.

    33 min
  • The Natives are Restless
    Why is the Mayflower where we start America when Jamestown was a decade earlier?  Why do we select a few key Native American encounters and gloss over the rest?  And how the heck did Squanto get to England and back?
    39 min

About History on the Dark Side

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As a middle school teacher, and now a college professor, my guests and I break down some of the darker corners of history with a keen on toward the whys and what nows. Season three brings in Jacob as…