{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68e4c0be965488b63a6987c5/6a0b13c7f37ac16f7c9fa3f4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Founding Fathers | The invention of the United States | 1","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68e4c0be965488b63a6987c5/1779161249368-ef8f7711-bff1-4c7a-873a-2105c386f4e2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>How did a collection of desperate survivors, religious outcasts, and petty criminals become the architects of the world's most powerful nation? What does it mean to build a society on the language of liberty when that society is entirely dependent on enslaved labour? And are Americans still reckoning with a founding story that was never quite what it seemed?</p><p><br></p><p>Peter and Afua go back to the very beginning — from the disaster of Roanoke and the brutal early years at Jamestown, to the transatlantic slave economy that quietly powered the rise of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Introduction — what America actually means</p><p>03:00 Roanoke and Jamestown — England's catastrophic first attempts</p><p>08:00 The colonial economy — slavery, sugar, and the triangle trade</p><p>14:00 New York's hidden history — one in five New Yorkers were enslaved</p><p>19:00 The contradiction at America's heart — liberty built on unfreedom</p><p>25:00 Who were the Founding Fathers — and who was left out?</p><p>32:00 Preview — Franklin and Madison up next</p><p><br></p><p>Join <strong>Legacy Plus</strong> for bonus episodes, early access, Q&amp;A's, fewer adverts and more. </p><p><strong>legacy.supportingcast.fm</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Stay connected with Legacy: </p><p>Instagram: @originallegacypodcast </p><p>TikTok: @legacy_productions</p><p><br></p><p>Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas: </p><p>Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com</p>","author_name":"Original Legacy Productions"}