In this week’s episode, we present our first full-length phone interview with returning guest Dr. Tara Bynum, a Mellon research scholar in African American history at the Library Company of Philadelphia, and Assistant Professor at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Tara takes us back in time to an era before the Revolutionary War in Newport, Rhode Island, where we are introduced to an enslaved man named Cesar Lyndon, whose remarkable story offers us a glimpse into colonial enslavement and pre-Revolution commerce.

About South is produced by Gina Caison, Kelly Vines, and Adjoa Danso.
Jessica Parker is an assistant producer.
Music is by Brian Horton. You can find his music at www.brianhorton.com.
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