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The Alaska Purchase: The History Behind America's Biggest Bargain | Sleep Story (opens the original)
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This episode features one of America's most remarkable forgotten stories. In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. Two cents an acre. The press called it Seward's Folly. They were spectacularly wrong. Join us on Patreon (free for now) for extras as we roll them out: patreon.com/cw/SleeplessHistory In this episode of Sleepless History, we trace the full arc of the Alaska Purchase — from the collapse of Russia's fur trade empire and the aftermath of the Crim
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