The Making of Today: Slavery and Freedom in Colonial America, July-September 1750

We are three quarters of our way through 1750, and during the months of July to September two events happened in the history of slavery in the United States. On August 8 the Province of Georgia, in preparation for becoming a colony at the start of 1751, authorised the presence of slavery. Meanwhile, on September

The Making of Today: Hannah Snell, Warrior Women, and Gender Non-Conformity, April-June 1750

Welcome to the newest The Making of Today, and on June 2 1750 British soldier James Gray revealed that he was actually Hannah Snell, a woman who had adopted a male identity and fought alongside them for years. With the rise of the trans rights movement in recent years, it is important to remember that

The Making of Today: Maps, Jesuits, and Colonialism in South America, January-March 1750

Welcome to our very first The Making of Today post where we look at a specific topic. In the first few months of 1750 Spanish and Portuguese diplomats met in Madrid leading to the 1750 Treaty of Madrid. The two neighbouring states did not meet to discuss affairs local affairs. Instead, they met to demarcate

The Making of Today: Introduction and the World in 1750

Welcome to the first post for The Making of Today! I specialise in Modern and Contemporary history, so I have wanting for a while to cover world history over this period in the same vein of the great YouTube channels The Great War, Timeghost History, and World War Two. Here we’ll cover the society, economy,