The Atlantic World has brought many disparate peoples together, which has caused a lot of ideas and cultures to mix.
How did the Atlantic World bring so many different peoples and cultures together? How did this large intermixing of people and cultures impact the development of colonial America?
Kevin Dawson), an Associate Professor of History at the University of California-Merced and author of Undercurrents of Power: Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora), joins us to explore answers to these questions with an investigation of the African Diaspora and African and African American aquatic culture.
Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/048)
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