American Epistles

By American Epistles

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Episodes: 40


 Aug 19, 2020

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… the story of our country, one letter at a time.

Episode Date
“Is it a disgrace to be born a Chinese?” (Chinese Immigration, Part 3)
Apr 21, 2022
“I thought I was his wife.” (Chinese Immigration, Part 2)
Mar 21, 2022
“The Chinese were in a pitiable condition …” (Chinese Immigration, Part 1)
Oct 02, 2021
“We were all of us children of polygamous parents.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 13)
Sep 03, 2021
“Your pork and beans must be out of a can.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 12)
Jul 29, 2021
“…She gave him a dose of morphine and whiskey.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 11)
Jul 08, 2021
“The old sorrow is not so keen now.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 10)
Jun 25, 2021
“They told us the Indian ways were bad.” (US Indian Policy: Violence, Displacement, and Assimilation)
Jun 09, 2021
“Horse-thieves and desperate men seemed too remote…” (Elinore Rupert, Part 9)
May 19, 2021
“See that shack over yonder?” (Women Homesteaders)
May 06, 2021
“… We were almost starved.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 8)
Apr 21, 2021
“A very angry Aggie strode in.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 7)
Apr 08, 2021
“The wind was shrieking, howling, and roaring.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 6)
Mar 16, 2021
“The ‘rheumatiz’ would get all the money …” (Elinore Rupert, Part 5)
Mar 04, 2021
“I had a confession to make …” (Elinore Rupert, Part 4)
Feb 17, 2021
“I am making a wedding dress.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 3)
Feb 02, 2021
“Such a snowstorm I never saw!” (Elinore Rupert, Part 2)
Jan 19, 2021
“Everything is just lovely for me.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 1)
Jan 05, 2021
“They’re going to bomb us!” (Mine Wars, Part 3)
Dec 08, 2020
“They hit me and threw me down.” (Mine Wars, Part 2)
Oct 17, 2020
“The worst of the explosion occurred in the No. 8 mine.” (Mine Wars, Part 1)
Sep 01, 2020
“We lived with constant fear.” (Encore: Freedom Summer, Part 2)
Jul 25, 2020
“We have to be shot down here like rabbits.” (Encore: The Great Migration, Part 1)
Jun 28, 2020
“His Intelligence from the Enemy’s Camp were Industriously Collected…” (James Armistead Lafayette, Mini Episode)
May 25, 2020
“The more I read, the more I fought against slavery.” (Slave Narratives and the Pursuit of Literacy, Part 3)
Apr 27, 2020
“It was only by trickery that I learned to read.” (Slave Narratives and the Pursuit of Literacy, Part 2)
Mar 21, 2020
“I would take my child and hide in the mountains.” (Slave Narratives and the Pursuit of Literacy, Part 1)
Feb 22, 2020
“We are afraid to speak for our rights.” (Freedom Summer ’64, Part 2)
Sep 08, 2019
“Mississippi is going to be hell this summer.” (Freedom Summer ’64, Part 1)
Jul 28, 2019
“I was awakened … by the low roar of guns.” (Hello Girls, Mini Episode)
May 20, 2019
“We fed them what we had.” (Women’s Welfare Work in WWI, Part 3)
May 06, 2019
“Don’t drop them pies!” (Women’s Welfare Work in WWI, Part 2)
Apr 20, 2019
“We washed the men and the floors.” (Women’s Welfare Work in WWI, Part 1)
Apr 07, 2019
“My wound is all healed.” (The 372nd Infantry, Mini Episode)
Mar 17, 2019
“I have the right not to vote.” (Women’s Suffrage, Mini Episode)
Mar 03, 2019
“Our child cries for you.” (Loved Ones of Black Civil War Soldiers, Mini Episode)
Feb 17, 2019
“Nothing here but money.” (The Great Migration, Part 3)
Feb 02, 2019
“We will do any kind of work.” (The Great Migration, Part 2)
Jan 19, 2019
“We have to be shot down here like rabbits.” (The Great Migration, Part 1)
Jan 05, 2019
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Dec 15, 2018