Episode 55: An Insurrection Was Hourly Expected

Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant by Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant

Dec 20, 202447:00Society & Culture

Ramin Ganeshram joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss excerpts from Janet Shaw's Journal of a lady of quality; being the narrative of a journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the years 1774...

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