We are so sorry but there is not going to be an episode this week due to some personal reasons and technical difficulties this week but we will be back with out regularly scheduled episodes next week, see you guys then!

Bonus Episode Alert!!!

Emily joined Madison Schmidt on “It’s a History Podcast” to talk all about the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston. We go over how the original Molasses tank was very poorly constructed to the lasting impact it had on the city itself. For more information on “It’s a History Podcast” or the research materials for this episode, please go to: https://open.spotify.com/show/0awLJdLo3ZzAnOP8O8owV8?si=kHbKLkd_Qh2isiogrrc4vA

Join Kimi and Emily for part 2 of talking about the year 1790 in the French Revolution, one of the messiest years we have gone over yet, on either side. In the second half of 1790, French Revolution focused on implementing key reforms, such as reorganizing administrative divisions into departments and enforcing the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which sought to bring the Catholic Church under state control. These measures intensified divisions between revolutionaries and conservative factions, laying the groundwork for future conflicts and unrest.

Sources:

Alpha History: French Revolution Timeline — 1790-91: https://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/french-revolution-timeline-1790-91/#:~:text=July%2014th%3A%20The%20Fete%20de,The%20parlements%20are%20formally%20abolished.

Wikipedia: Timeline of the French Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_French_Revolution#1790_–_the_Rise_of_the_Political_Clubs

Grey History: French Revolution Timeline: https://greyhistory.com/french-revolution-articles/french-revolution-timeline/#Conflicting_Loyalties

Wikipedia: Jean-Paul Marat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Marat

Wikipedia: Assignat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assignat

Wikipedia: Patriotic Society of 1789: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Society_of_1789

Wikipedia: Cordeliers Club: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordeliers

Grey History: Dom Gerle and… Fake Art?: https://greyhistory.com/dom-gerle-and-fake-art/

JSTOR: The Manorial System and the French Revolution: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2140868

Wikipedia: House of Bourbon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Bourbon#List_of_Bourbon_rulers

Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaīsme: mahJ: 10: The Emancipation: the French Model: https://www.mahj.org/en/permanent-collection/10-emancipation-french-model

Wikipedia: The National Constituent Assembly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Constituent_Assembly_(France)

Britannica: Lettre de cachet: https://www.britannica.com/topic/lettre-de-cachet

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité: Exploring the French Revolution: Barnave, “Speech for the Colonial Committee of the National Assembly” (8 March 1790): https://revolution.chnm.org/d/345#:~:text=He%20wanted%20to%20treat%20the,were%20adopted%20almost%20without%20debate.

Wikipedia: Lèse-nation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lèse-nation

Wikipedia: Grand Châtelet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Châtelet

World History Encyclopedia: Louis XVI of France: https://www.worldhistory.org/Louis_XVI_of_France/

Wikipedia: Jacobin (politics): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin_(politics)

Wikipedia: The Nancy affair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_affair

Wikipedia: Justice of the Peace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_of_the_peace

University of Michigan: Journal of The Western Society for French Hisotry: Revolution and Free-Colored Equality in the Îles du Vent (Lesser Antilles), 1789-1794: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wsfh/0642292.0039.015/--revolution-and-free-colored-equality-in-the-iles-du-vent?rgn=main;view=fulltext

Wikipedia: Revolutionary Sections of Paris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_sections_of_Paris#:~:text=By%20a%20decree%20of%2021,committee%20and%20an%20armed%20force.

Wikipedia: History of Martinique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Martinique#French_Revolution

Wikipedia: Cockade of France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockade_of_France

Wikipedia: French Nobility: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nobility

Wikipedia: Dzierżoniów: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzierżoniów

Wikipedia: Mauritius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius#French_Mauritius_(1715–1810)

Wikipedia: Parlement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlement

This week we are going over a wrap up of the second year of the french revolution, 1790. In part 1, we are talking about the ways the French Revolution saw the consolidation of revolutionary changes as the National Assembly continued its efforts to dismantle the old regime, including the abolition of feudal privileges and the establishment of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. This period marked significant progress in restructuring French society, though it also set the stage for growing tensions between revolutionary ideals and traditional institutions.

Sources:

Alpha History: French Revolution Timeline — 1790-91: https://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/french-revolution-timeline-1790-91/#:~:text=July%2014th%3A%20The%20Fete%20de,The%20parlements%20are%20formally%20abolished.

Wikipedia: Timeline of the French Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_French_Revolution#1790_–_the_Rise_of_the_Political_Clubs

Grey History: French Revolution Timeline: https://greyhistory.com/french-revolution-articles/french-revolution-timeline/#Conflicting_Loyalties

Wikipedia: Jean-Paul Marat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Marat

Wikipedia: Assignat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assignat

Wikipedia: Patriotic Society of 1789: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Society_of_1789

Wikipedia: Cordeliers Club: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordeliers

Grey History: Dom Gerle and… Fake Art?: https://greyhistory.com/dom-gerle-and-fake-art/

JSTOR: The Manorial System and the French Revolution: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2140868

Wikipedia: House of Bourbon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Bourbon#List_of_Bourbon_rulers

Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaīsme: mahJ: 10: The Emancipation: the French Model: https://www.mahj.org/en/permanent-collection/10-emancipation-french-model

Wikipedia: The National Constituent Assembly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Constituent_Assembly_(France)

Britannica: Lettre de cachet: https://www.britannica.com/topic/lettre-de-cachet

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité: Exploring the French Revolution: Barnave, “Speech for the Colonial Committee of the National Assembly” (8 March 1790): https://revolution.chnm.org/d/345#:~:text=He%20wanted%20to%20treat%20the,were%20adopted%20almost%20without%20debate.

Wikipedia: Lèse-nation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lèse-nation

Wikipedia: Grand Châtelet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Châtelet

World History Encyclopedia: Louis XVI of France: https://www.worldhistory.org/Louis_XVI_of_France/

Wikipedia: Jacobin (politics): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin_(politics)

Wikipedia: The Nancy affair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_affair

Wikipedia: Justice of the Peace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_of_the_peace

University of Michigan: Journal of The Western Society for French Hisotry: Revolution and Free-Colored Equality in the Îles du Vent (Lesser Antilles), 1789-1794: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wsfh/0642292.0039.015/--revolution-and-free-colored-equality-in-the-iles-du-vent?rgn=main;view=fulltext

Wikipedia: Revolutionary Sections of Paris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_sections_of_Paris#:~:text=By%20a%20decree%20of%2021,committee%20and%20an%20armed%20force.

Wikipedia: History of Martinique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Martinique#French_Revolution

Wikipedia: Cockade of France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockade_of_France

Wikipedia: French Nobility: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nobility

Wikipedia: Dzierżoniów: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzierżoniów

Wikipedia: Mauritius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius#French_Mauritius_(1715–1810)

Wikipedia: Parlement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlement

After marrying John Peters in 1778, Phillis Wheatley faced significant hardships. Her husband, John Peters was imprisoned for debt, leaving Phillis to struggle with financial instability and the challenges of being a woman of color during the revolution and during the first few years of a brand new nation. Despite these difficulties, she continued to write and sought to support herself and her growing family through poetry. Overall, Wheatley’s life and success as a poet, was overshadowed by the struggles of poverty and illness until her death in 1784

Sources:

National Women’s History Museum: Phillis Wheatley: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/phillis-wheatley

Wikipedia: Phillis Wheatley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillis_Wheatley

Britannica: Phillis Wheatley: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phillis-Wheatley

Biography.com: Phillis Wheatley: https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/phillis-wheatley

Wheatley’s Boston: John Peters’ Home (Court Street): https://wheatleysboston.org/2016/04/11/john-peters-home/

Wikipedia: Obour Tanner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obour_Tanner.

OUPblog: Was Phillis Wheatley’s husband a crook or a dreamer? https://blog.oup.com/2017/02/john-peters-phillis-wheatley/

MIT Press Direct: The New England Quarterly: Lost Years Recovered John Peters and Phillis Wheatley Peters in Middleton: https://direct.mit.edu/tneq/article-abstract/94/3/309/107199/Lost-Years-Recovered-John-Peters-and-Phillis?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Boston Public Library: Tracing the Life of Phillis Wheatley Peters: https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/tracing-the-life-of-phillis-wheatley-peters/

Wikipedia: Scullery Maid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scullery_maid

Join us for our first episode on Phillis Wheatley. She was an African born around 1753 and sold into slavery at a very young age. Purchased by the Wheatley family, they recognized Phillis’s potential intellectually and gave her an education alongside their children. Phillis would go on to become the first published African American to publish poetry. We discuss her first few books and poems, before we will get into her later life in part two!

Sources:

National Women’s History Museum: Phillis Wheatley: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/phillis-wheatley

Wikipedia: Phillis Wheatley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillis_Wheatley

University of Pennsylvania Digital Library: A Celebration of Women Writers: A Poem, By PHILLIS, a Negro Girl, in BOSTON on the death of the Reverend George Whitefield: https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/wheatley/whitefield/whitefield.html

Wikipedia: Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poems_on_Various_Subjects,_Religious_and_Moral

Britannica: Phillis Wheatley: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phillis-Wheatley

National Archives, Founders Online: Enclosure: Poem by Phillis Wheatley, 26 October 1775: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-02-02-0222-0002

National Portrait Gallery: Phillis Wheatley: Her Life, Poetry, and Legacy: https://npg.si.edu/blog/phillis-wheatley-her-life-poetry-and-legacy

Poetry Foundation: Phillis Wheatley 1753-1784: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley