The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery Through the Civil WarOxford University Press, 1998 - 572 páginas 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 American history from the voyages of Columbus through the bloody Civil War, as captured in the words of Ben 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--providing a more sophisticated understanding of the forces that have shaped our society, from the power of public opinion to the nearly absolute power of the slaveholder. For instance, on the issue of race, we find first-hand accounts of oppression suffered by Indians and slaves; the antislavery argument made before the Supreme Court by John Quincy Adams; the writings of Frederick Douglass and other abolitionists; and the bitter response of Southern politicians--all to give a richer portrait of this complex issue. Likewise, 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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... Negroes " 36 Alonso de Zuazo , January 22 , 1518 The Black Legend 37 5. " Under the guise of developing the country , the Christians ( as they call themselves ) ... engaged in plunder and slaughter " 37 Bartolomé de las Casas ...
... Negroes " 36 Alonso de Zuazo , January 22 , 1518 The Black Legend 37 5. " Under the guise of developing the country , the Christians ( as they call themselves ) ... engaged in plunder and slaughter " 37 Bartolomé de las Casas ...
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... Negroes in this country " 88 Adriaen Van Der Donck , The Representation of New Netherland , 1650 New Netherlands Becomes New York 90 3. " All people shall continue free " 90 " True copy of articles whereupon ... the New Netherlands were ...
... Negroes in this country " 88 Adriaen Van Der Donck , The Representation of New Netherland , 1650 New Netherlands Becomes New York 90 3. " All people shall continue free " 90 " True copy of articles whereupon ... the New Netherlands were ...
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... Negroes were rising " 116 Daniel Horsmanden , A Journal of the Proceedings in the Detection of the Conspiracy ... for burning the city of New - York ... , 1774 America as a Land of Opportunity 119 20. " Why increase the Sons of Africa ...
... Negroes were rising " 116 Daniel Horsmanden , A Journal of the Proceedings in the Detection of the Conspiracy ... for burning the city of New - York ... , 1774 America as a Land of Opportunity 119 20. " Why increase the Sons of Africa ...
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... Negroes ... I believed that liberty was the natural right of all men equally " 132 John Woolman , journal , 1757 The Fate of Native Americans 135 6. " I most heartily congratulate you on the surrender of Canada " 135 Richard Peters ...
... Negroes ... I believed that liberty was the natural right of all men equally " 132 John Woolman , journal , 1757 The Fate of Native Americans 135 6. " I most heartily congratulate you on the surrender of Canada " 135 Richard Peters ...
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Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
PART 1 FIRST ENCOUNTERS | 29 |
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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