Oct 30, 2022
In this follow-up the the last episode, Anne Hutchinson and her family leave Boston for New Amsterdam with the permission of the Dutch. Anne faces the most painful moment of her life, and after believing they had finally found sanctuary, the entire Hutchinson family is met with a gruesome and untimely fate.
Oct 23, 2022
In this episode, we examen the persecution of religious freethinker Anne Hutchinson and her subsequent exile. Accused by Minister John Winthrop of two crimes: being adverse to the standard teachings of the religious community she inhabited, and for being a woman that didn’t know her place, she faced a slanderous trail...
Oct 16, 2022
In this second installment of the two-part tale of The Pequot War, we see the aftermath of the brutal attack and murder of John Oldham and his crew. As outrage ripped through the New England colonies, Massachusetts officials called upon a once exiled Minister Roger Williams for help in a surprise twist. Meanwhile,...
Oct 9, 2022
In this episode, we discuss the beginnings of The Pequot War, a violent series of battles that cost both settlers and natives alike countless lives. We begin with the attack of trader John Stone and his men by Pequot chief Sassaucs and his fellow tribesmen, and the violence that ensued for years to come.
Oct 2, 2022
In this episode of AHR, we discuss the role of Mistress Anne Hutchinson, now regarded by many as one of the most influential female figures in early American History. Defiant of the enforced spiritual laws of New England, she becomes an object of fixation for Govenor of Massachusetts John Winthrop. As her...