Inside The 18th Century Brothel Ship

Our guest, Siân Rees, is the author of ‘The Floating Brothel: The extraordinary true story of an 18th-century ship and its ...
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How To Dress For All Occasions In The 18th Century!

How To Dress For All Occasions In The 18th Century!' History Hit's Alice Loxton visits the Fashion Museum in Bath to explore ...

Women folk healers were branded as witches, but their treatments may have been medically sound

Was there any scientific basis to potions, lotions and salves that folk healers prescribed, or was it all just hocus pocus?
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Anne Vallayer-Coster Was a Painter for Marie Antoinette—Here are 3 Things to Know About the 18th-Century Artist Smashing Expectations at Auction

She painted Marie Antoinette but survived the Reign of Terror, she was one of just four women ever admitted to France’s Royal Academy (or Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture), and now Anne ...
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'Indigeaux' pays tribute to enslaved women whose hands were stained blue with precious dye

Yes, Spirit. I’ll go …” recently arrived at the Whitney Plantation in Wallace. Created by Leia Lewis, an educator, artist and ...
The Washington Post

Tracing the legend of the ‘pastry queen’ who baked her way to freedom

“I tell people all the time, when I’m cooking I don’t necessarily have to measure anything,” says Shae Williams-Adams. “I just sprinkle until my ancestors tell me to stop.” Williams-Adams, 41, of ...