Karen Salt
Assistant Professor in Transnational American Studies at the University of Nottingham
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
Anglican saints19th-century male writers19th-century American male writers19th-century rebellionsDeaths from coronary thrombosisAmerican male journalistsAmerican lecturersActivists for African-American civil rightsAmerican autobiographers18th-century rebellionsWriters from Baltimore19th-century American businesspeopleUnderground Railroad peoplePeople of the Six Years' War, 19th-century American memoiristsHistoryFrench Revolution, 18th-century revolutions
Frederick Douglass
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of the prominent abolitionist, who in 1845 told his story in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.
9 February 2018
Also featuring: Celeste-Marie Bernier, Nicholas Guyatt
HistoryAnglican saints19th-century male writers19th-century American male writersDeaths from coronary thrombosisAmerican male journalistsAmerican lecturersActivists for African-American civil rightsAmerican autobiographersWriters from Baltimore19th-century American businesspeopleUnderground Railroad peoplePeople of the Six Years' War, 19th-century American memoiristsThe Haitian Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804.
23 October 2014
Also featuring: Kate Hodgson, Tim Lockley