The Podcast
Stories of 1812 is an independently produced podcast series that records the stories & achievements of individuals who participated in the War of 1812.
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Series 2 Episode 6 – John Norton – Teyoninhokarawen, the Six Nations & the War of 1812
Today we welcome Carl Benn, PhD, an Author and Professor of History to talk about the life of John Norton or Teyoninhokarawen. John Norton was an important war chief and diplomatic figure among the Grand River Haudenosaunee (or Six Nations Iroquois) in Upper Canada at the time of the War of 1812. To Watch on YouTube, click here. To Listen on Spotify, click ...
Series 2 Episode 5 – Black Loyalist Migration to Atlantic Canada
Today we are joined by Stephen Wesley, a 14th generation descendant of Black Migration to Atlantic Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Blacks migrated to Atlantic Canada after the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as the British offered freedom to those who would fight with them against the Americans. (White United Empire Loyalists (UELs) also ...
Series 2 Episode 4 – Life, Love and Death in the War of 1812
Today we talk once again with the late Donald E Graves, North America’s foremost historian on the War of 1812. Before his passing, Don sat down with us on location and covered a myriad of topics related to this pivotal time in North amerian History. His knowledge of the period is encyclopedic and his has the best of colourful anecdotes ...
Series 2 Episode 3 – The Turbulent Lives of Andrew & Betsy Doyle
Photo Credit: Title: A soldier’s wife at Fort Niagara / engd. by T. Walker, 1860. [Old Fort Niagara, Library of Congress] This week Kate (Catharine) Emerson, Niagara County NY Historian, talks to us about the Turbulent Lives of Andrew and Betsy Doyle. Kate recently carried out detailed historical research on primary sources, proving that Betsy (Fannie) was indeed a heroine ...
Series 2 Episode 2 – Tecumseh & the Epic Conflict for the Heart of America
Today we talk with eminent War of 1812 historian Donald R Hickey about his latest book. Tecumseh & the Epic Conflict for the Heart of America. Tecumseh ( c. 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. Even though his efforts to unite ...
Series 2 Episode 1 – The Life, Career & Death of Sir Isaac Brock
On this Canada Day, Marinus talks to retired Professor of History and Author Dr Wesley Turner, on the Life, Career and Death of Sir Isaac Brock, the Hero of Upper Canada, who led British “Redcoat” Regulars, Canadian Militia and Indigenous forces against American Invasion in the Fall of 1812. Brock was born in Guernsey in the Channel Islands in 1769 ...