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Pilgrims and History Textbooks

Pilgrims and History Textbooks

Lectures in History

November 28, 20211h 11m

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Show Notes

Abram Van Engen of Washington University in St. Louis taught a class about how the Pilgrims became part of the United States' founding story in 19th-century history textbooks. He described why early historians and educators emphasized the Pilgrims' Plymouth Colony over earlier settlements, such as Jamestown in Virginia.

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