The term manifest destiny was coined in the 18 forties. It's god's will that so called white people seize and spread across this continent, says baptist. The word coffle is a term used to describe a chained group of enslave people who are being marched from where they've been bought to where they're going to be sold or resold ed. That's ultimately a process of conquest, but also a process of empire.
In the decades after America’s founding and the establishment of the Constitution, did the nation get better, more just, more democratic? Or did it double down on violent conquest and exploitation?
Reported, produced, written, and mixed by John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. The series editor is Loretta Williams. Interviews with Robin Alario, Edward Baptist, Kidada Williams, and Keri Leigh Merritt.
Music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.