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Birthright Citizenship

September 18, 2019 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldWho gets to be a citizen of the United States? How does the United States define who belongs to the nation?

Early Americans asked and grappled with these questions during the earliest days of the early republic.

Martha S. Jones is a Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and a former public interest litigator. Using details from her book, Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Martha joins us in this episode of Ben Franklin’s World to investigate how early Americans thought about citizenship and how they defined who could and couldn’t belong to the United States.

You can listen to the podcast here.

Ben Franklin’s World is an award-winning podcast. It’s for people who love history and for those who want to know more about the historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our world. Each episode features an interview with a historian who shares their unique insights into our early American past. It is a production of the Omohundro Institute.

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