{"podcast":{"title":"Ben Franklin's World","slug":"ben-franklin-s-world-320219","podcast_index_feed_id":320219,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML8526255853","website_url":"http://www.benfranklinsworld.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2e2e2f64-e589-11ef-9c1f-e37e0d995aa7/image/3014a92785d17f105a1fc3aa4df5744a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Liz Covart","episode_count":499,"summary":"This is a multiple award-winning podcast about early American history. It’s a show for people who love history and who want to know more about the historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present-day world. Each episode features conversations with professional historians who help shed light on important people and events in early American history.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219"},"episode":{"title":"437 Civilian Life in America's Occupied Cities","slug":"437-civilian-life-in-america-s-occupied-cities","published_at":"2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/437-civilian-life-in-america-s-occupied-cities","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219","url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5841653525.mp3?updated=1773951227","audio_url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5841653525.mp3?updated=1773951227","summary":"The British Army is at your door. They need a room. What do you do? For thousands of civilians living in cities occupied during the American War for Independence — Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Newport, Charleston, Savannah — this wasn't a hypothetical. It was a reality that upended daily life and revealed a side of the revolution we rarely talk about. Lauren Duval, author of The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupations, and the Making of American Independence, joins us to explore what the War for Independence actually looked like from inside the household. Women who negotiated quartering terms and held their ground. Men who came to blows over who controlled the parlor. Enslaved people who used the chaos of occupation to reunite families and reach British lines. The revolution didn't just happen on battlefields. It happened at kitchen tables, in back gardens, and on doorsteps.Lauren's Website | Book |Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/403 EPISODE OUTLINE00:00:00 Introduction00:01:38 The Home Front of the American Revolution00:05:24 The Gensis of the Revolutionary Household00:10:49 Why Focus on Urban Port Cities00:19:46 The British Occupation's Impact on City Life00:25:55 Quartering a British Officer: The Drinker Household00:33:38. Quartering Experiences in Male-Headed Households00:39:22 Lower-Class Experiences During British Occupation00:40:55 The Impact of British Hard Currency on Urban Labor Markets00:44:21 Black Experiences During British Occupation00:51:21 The Overall American Experience of the War for Independence00:54:01. The Time Warp00:59:47 ConculsionRECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES🎧 Episode 050: Betsy Ross & the Making of America🎧 Episode 175: The War in Ben Franklin's House🎧 Episode 306: The Horse's Tail🎧 Episode 332: Experiences of R…","meta_description":"The British Army is at your door. They need a room. What do you do? For thousands of civilians living in cities occupied during the American War for Indep…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3926,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/episodes/437-civilian-life-in-america-s-occupied-cities/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ben-franklin-s-world-320219/437-civilian-life-in-america-s-occupied-cities.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}