I recently finished a lecture in my Colonial America class at Messiah University on the historiography of the Salem witch trials. We discussed all the major interpretations: Boyer and Nissenbaum, John Demos, Carol Karlson, Elizabeth Reis, Richard Godbeer, Mary Beth...
Massachusetts history
Episode 16: “The Massachusetts Legislature Holds a Constitutional Convention”
Opponents of same-sex marriage in the Bay State try to pass a constitutional amendment Episode 16: “The Massachusetts Legislature Holds a Constitutional Convention” dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this narrative history podcast. Here’s a teaser:...
Who was Prince Hall?
Here is Danielle Allen at The New York Times: Massachusetts abolished enslavement before the Treaty of Paris brought an end to the American Revolution, in 1783. The state constitution, adopted in 1780 and drafted by John Adams, follows the Declaration of...