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As William Walker struggles to maintain his control on Nicaragua, the Latin American Allies working with Cornelius Vanderbilt are finally able to dethrone the self-appointed “President of Nicaragua,” finally ending the American endeavor at conquering Nicaragua and the surrounding countries. This episode is Part 6 of 6 in the story of William Walker’s attempt at establishing his own Republic of Nicaragua. A clarification from Chris Calton: I claim that the Sharps rifle had a range of “twenty football fields.” A listener pointed out that Wikipedia lists an effective firing range of only 500 yards, and a maximum range of 1,000 yards. In 'Tycoon’s War', Stephen Dando-Collins writes, “The Hondurans thought they were out of range, but the Sharps rifle had a range of two thousand yards.” Neither Wikipedia nor Dando-Collins offer a citation for their range estimates, so I don’t know which one is correct, but I was referencing Dando-Collins for my claim. Chris Calton gives a revisionist look at the antebellum period leading up to the Civil War. This is the 19th episode in the second season of Historical Controversies. Historical Controversies is available online at: https://Mises.org/HCPod RSS: https://mises.org/itunes/622 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/historical-controversies/id1304510096?mt=2 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3vmki7pz7jxond4x7qx5dfjv7y?t=Historical_Controversies Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/misesmedia/sets/historical-controversies Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=147145 Music: "On the Ground" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Walker is perhaps the most inaccurate movie I’ve ever reviewed. Yet, I absolutely love it for that. Some of this review will ruin the surprise of it, so let me just say: it is the best inaccurate movie I know. I’ll get into why later, and put up a spoiler warning there. It has a disctly current leaning, but is also meant to lampoon the person it is based on. See my rediculous cover of the Walker theme song here: https://youtu.be/JN4onwAIB0E ------------------------------------------------------------ references: William Walker, _War in Nicaragua_ (New York: SH Goetzel & Co, 1860). https://archive.org/details/warinnicaragua00walk Joseph Stout Jr, _Schemers & Dreamers: Filibustering in Mexico_ (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 2002). https://amzn.to/2u71Dls Alan Axelrod, _America’s Wars_ (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002), 336-38, 361-63, 366-68, 494-95, 496-99. https://amzn.to/2NHcLOa Richard Slotkin, _The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, _ (New York: Atheneum Books, 1985), 242-278. https://amzn.to/2N2H2FR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_(film)#Historical_accuracy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Walker is a 1987 American-Spanish historical revisionist film directed by Alex Cox and starring Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, and Marlee Matlin. The film is based on the life story of William Walker, the American filibuster who invaded and made himself president of Nicaragua. It was written by Rudy Wurlitzer and scored by Joe Strummer, who has a small role as a member of Walker's army. The film is intentionally full of anachronisms such as helicopters, Zippo lighters, automatic rifles, and cars. It was filmed in Nicaragua during the Contra War. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #Filibuster #WilliamWalker #Walker #Review #BasedOnATrueStory #USNicaraguaRelations

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Jeremiah G. Hamilton was the only African American broker on Wall Street and the only black millionaire in mid-nineteenth century New York. His biographer, Shane White, presents an overview of Jeremiah Hamilton's extraordinary life. For a fuller account of Jeremiah Hamilton, see Shane White's book Prince of Darkness, now available in paperback. Or visit us at www.jeremiahhamilton.org