Oh my god, we finally did it! We finally finished talking about the second year of the Adams presidency, from March 4th, 1798 to March 4th, 1799. We end this discussion with a discussion about a man with a silly name and a desire to keep America awful always.
Resources used for this episode include:
o https://supremecourthistory.org/associate-justices/bushrod-washington-1799-1829/
o https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/bushrod-washington/
o https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam002.html
o https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/american-colonization-society-1816-1964/
o https://www.aaihs.org/the-american-colonization-society-200-years-of-the-colonizing-trick/
Content Warning: this podcast discusses the history of the United States in as accurate a manner as possible. Therefore, this podcast contains frank discussions about slavery, Native American genocide, and other acts of systemic cruelty.