328 Free People of Color in Early America

We know from our explorations of early America that not all Americans were treated equally or enjoyed the freedoms and liberties other Americans enjoyed.Warren Milteer Jr., an Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the author of North Carolina’s Free People of Color and Beyond Slavery’s Shadow, joins us to explore the lives and experiences of free people of color, men and women who ranked somewhere in the middle or middle bottom of early American society.Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/328 Complementary Episodes🎧 Episode 118: Christy Clark Pujara: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island🎧 Episode 142: Manisha Sinha, A History of Abolition🎧 Episode 176: Daina Ramey Berry, The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave🎧 Episode 289: Marcus Nevius, Maroonage and the Great Dismal Swamp🎧 Episode 312: Joshua Rothman, The Domestic Slave Trade  REQUEST A TOPIC📨 Topic Request Form📫 [email protected] YOU'RE READY🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter 👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener CommunityLISTEN 🎧🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music🛜 PandoraCONNECT🦋 Liz on Bluesky👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn🛜 Liz’s WebsiteSAY THANKS💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts💚 Leave a rating on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices