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The Backstory: From freedom fighter to tribal genocide

The Backstory: From freedom fighter to tribal genocide

FromThe Backstory with Patty Steele


The Backstory: From freedom fighter to tribal genocide

FromThe Backstory with Patty Steele

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Length:
8 minutes
Released:
Feb 6, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We’re all a contradiction at times, but nothing like Civil War general Oliver Howard. He was a medal of honor winner, he worked to get freed black men the right to vote, and was the founder of historically black Howard University. But after the war he chased down and killed or captured hundreds of Native Americans in the Nez Perce War with the U.S.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Feb 6, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (77)

Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.