The Whiskey Rebellion

Whiskey Rebellion 084: Historical Miseducation

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Three topics this week:

  • VA Governor Ralph Northam's statement that the Africans brought to Virginia in 1619 were indentured servants
  • President Trump's reference to the Trail of Tears in a Tweet about Elizabeth Warren
  • Eric Alterman's article in the New Yorker "The Decline of Historical Thinking"

    • Last Drops

    Frank: Edinburgh history alumni

    David: "The Savage Curtain" episode of Star Trek from 1969 (in honor of Lincoln's birthday)

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