The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil WarDavid Brion Davis, Steven Mintz Oxford University Press, 15.10.1998 - 608 Seiten Drawing on a gold mine of primary documents--including letters, diary entries, personal narratives, political speeches, broadsides, trial transcripts, and contemporary newspaper articles--The Boisterous Sea of Liberty brings the past to life in a way few histories ever do. Here is a panoramic look at early American history as captured in the words of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe and many other historical figures, both famous and obscure. In these pieces, the living voices of the past speak to us from opposing viewpoints--from the vantage point of loyalists as well as patriots, slaves as well as masters. The documents collected here provide a fuller understanding of such historical issues as Columbus's dealings with Native Americans, the Stamp Act Crisis, the Declaration of Independence, the Whiskey Rebellion, the Missouri Crisis, the Mexican War, and Harpers Ferry, to name but a few. Compiled by Pulitzer Prize winning historian David Brion Davis and Steven Mintz, and accompanied by extensive illustrations of original documents, The Boisterous Sea of Liberty brings the reader back in time, to meet the men and women who lived through the momentous events that shaped our nation. |
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... Massachusetts " 252 George Washington , March 3 , 1788 The New Republic 252 30. " Feelings not unlike those of a culprit ... going to the place of his execution " 252 George Washington , April 1 , 1789 31. " We are too poor for Monarchy ...
... Massachusetts " 252 George Washington , March 3 , 1788 The New Republic 252 30. " Feelings not unlike those of a culprit ... going to the place of his execution " 252 George Washington , April 1 , 1789 31. " We are too poor for Monarchy ...
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... Massachusetts ; from the panic in New York City in 1741 " that the Negroes were rising , " to the actual insurrection of Nat Turner in 1831 and the complex debates over the enlist- ment of slaves or former slaves in the Union and ...
... Massachusetts ; from the panic in New York City in 1741 " that the Negroes were rising , " to the actual insurrection of Nat Turner in 1831 and the complex debates over the enlist- ment of slaves or former slaves in the Union and ...
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... Massachusetts , Joseph Dudley , when two cart drivers refused to make way for his carriage and then failed to exhibit what Dudley considered the proper kind of deference : “ Winchester [ a cart driver ] answered boldly ... ..I am as ...
... Massachusetts , Joseph Dudley , when two cart drivers refused to make way for his carriage and then failed to exhibit what Dudley considered the proper kind of deference : “ Winchester [ a cart driver ] answered boldly ... ..I am as ...
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... Massachusetts . Jay , a New Yorker who still owned slaves , says we are " determined to die free rather than live slaves and entail bondage on our children . ” He also interprets American military defeats as divine punishment for our ...
... Massachusetts . Jay , a New Yorker who still owned slaves , says we are " determined to die free rather than live slaves and entail bondage on our children . ” He also interprets American military defeats as divine punishment for our ...
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... Massachusetts ( Shays ' Rebellion ) , Britain , still an enemy , would do everything pos- sible to incite Indian attacks and “ to foment the spirit of turbulence within the bowels of the United States , with a view of distracting our ...
... Massachusetts ( Shays ' Rebellion ) , Britain , still an enemy , would do everything pos- sible to incite Indian attacks and “ to foment the spirit of turbulence within the bowels of the United States , with a view of distracting our ...
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PART 2 EUROPEAN COLONIZATION NORTH OF MEXICO | 43 |
PART 3 A LAND OF CONTRASTS | 85 |
PART 4 THE SEVEN YEARS WAR | 123 |
PART 5 THE AGE OF REVOLUTION 17651825 | 139 |
PART 6 CREATING A NEW NATION | 211 |
PART 7 ANTEBELLUM AMERICA | 323 |
PART 8 CIVIL WAR | 501 |
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