Past Lives

Patrick Wyman

History is built by people like you, and Past Lives is here to bring their stories to life. Every week, we’ll focus on the lived experiences of real people in the past, from the Stone Age to the near-present. Peasants, laborers, artisans, merchants, soldiers, and the enslaved are far too often overlooked in favor of kings, generals, and politicians; not here. On Past Lives, we keep the focus where it belongs: on the real people who populate our shared past. By understanding them, we can strive to better understand ourselves. These people were us, and we are them. They ma...

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Past Lives

Episodes (36)

Today Moll and the Indian Slave Trade in Colonial America (18th Century)
Wed Feb 11th Maddalena, the Medici, and Slavery in the Renaissance (Florence, 15th century)
Wed Feb 4th Sultan Baybars (Mamluk, 13th Century)

Past Lives

Feb 18, 2026
25¼ minutes
23 MB

While the horrors of the Middle Passage are familiar to most, it's less well known that countless indigenous people were trafficked into slavery in the Americas. One of them was Moll, who was abducted in the Carolinas, transported to Boston, and lived for years before eventually making her escape. Become a member now at www.patreon.com/cw/PastLivesMedia. You'll get access to the Past Lives Discord server and four pieces of bonus content per month (including a historian interview, book club, Q and A, and a sources and evidence discussion). Past Lives is a 100-percent independent...

Past Lives

Moll and the Indian Slave Trade in Colonial America (18th Century)

Patrick Wyman

00:00 -25:13