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#OnThisDay 228 years ago: Slaves in Saint-Domingue gather at Bois Caïman for a secret #voodoo ceremony, kicking-off the Haitian Revolution.
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How it helped end the French slave trade in Chapter 26 of my well-timed #IndustrialRevolutions #podcast
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#history #haiti #revolutions
The 1844 uprising of the Silesian Weavers has been the subject of poems, songs, paintings, sketchings, and film.
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Learn more in Chapter 22 of the #podcast: “Industry on the Post-Napoleonic Continent” (available now)
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#history #laborhistory #industrialrevolution
“France’s economy was rooted in the past... Most people lived in small, rural communities with towns serving as nodes for local commerce, but trade and movement wasn’t nearly as common as in Britain...” (Hear full episode: Follow link in bio)
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#history #historypodcast #podcasts
“...to truly understand the American outlook in the 18th Century, it is necessary to learn about the British conflicts of the 17th Century - especially the English Civil War.”
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Learn more in Ch 19: The #AmericanRevolution (follow link in bio)
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#americanhistory #britishhistory
John Smyth (c.1570-1612) was a Puritan minister who defected from the Church of England and fled to Amsterdam. He baptized himself (which he later regretted) and started baptizing other adults. The church he founded may have been the first-ever #Baptist church. #religioushistory
“Explosion in the Alchemist’s Laboratory” by Justus van Bentum. (c. 1710) Around the time it was painted, alchemy was transforming into chemistry.
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Chapter 15 of the #podcast: “We Got Chemistry” available now. (Follow link in bio)
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#history #scientifichistory #chemistry #art
Gossypium barbadense - one of the four species of a plant that changed the world. Chapter 5 of the #IndustrialRevolutions #podcast - "The Textile Industry" - available now.
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#history #historypodcasts #cotton #textiles #manufacturing #industrialrevolution #inventions