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  • Roaring Twenties

  America’s “Roaring Twenties”: everything you wanted to know

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  Sarah Churchwell answers listener questions about the “roaring twenties” in the United States By Emily Briffett Published: January 23, 2022 at 12:42 …

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  23 January: On this day in history

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  What events happened on 23 January in history? Dominic Sandbrook rounds up the events, births and deaths… Published: January 23, 2022 at 6:06 …

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  • Shaun Wallace

  Escaping slavery in the American South

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  Shaun Wallace discusses how newspaper adverts for fugitive enslaved people can be used to reconstruct the stories those who escaped slavery By Ellie …

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  • Caribbean

  Queen Anne’s Revenge: why was Blackbeard's flagship named after the Stuart queen?

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  Queen Anne’s Revenge was a terrifying sight to sailors, as it was captained by one of the Caribbean’s most dreaded pirates… Published: January 22, …

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  Blackbeard: dastardly sea-devil or kind pirate?

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  Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach, earned a centuries-spanning reputation as the most dastardly sea-devil of them all. Yet, writes Pat Kinsella, he may …

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  22 January: On this day in history

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  What events happened on 22 January in history? We round up the events, births and deaths… Published: January 22, 2022 at 6:07 am The monarch’s death …