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15 Minute History is a history podcast designed for historians, enthusiasts, and newbies alike.

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Daina Ramey Berry

Daina Ramey Berry

Daina Ramey Berry holds the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professorship in History at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include 19th century American History, Comparative Slavery, and Southern History, with a particular emphasis on the role of gender, labor, family, and economy among the enslaved. She is currently working on a comprehensive study of enslaved prices in the United States. Berry has also appeared on the NBC show “Who Do You Think You Are?” as an expert assisting film director, producer, writer, and actor Spike Lee in tracing his family ancestry.

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  • Episode 54: Urban Slavery in the Antebellum United States
  • Episode 42: The Senses of Slavery
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