Whiskey Rebellion 084: Historical Miseducation

Three topics this week:

• VA Governor Ralph Northam's statement that the Africans brought to Virginia in 1619 were indentured servants
• President Trump's reference to the Trail of Tears in a Tweet about Elizabeth Warren
• Eric Alterman's article in the New Yorker "The Decline of Historical Thinking"

Last Drops

Frank: Edinburgh history alumni

David: "The Savage Curtain" episode of Star Trek from 1969 (in honor of Lincoln's birthday)