The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil WarDavid Brion Davis, Steven Mintz Oxford University Press, 2000 M01 13 - 608 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 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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... Military Protection for life and property” 516 John Ross, September 16, 1862 “To the question 'Why was not the rebel army bagged...?...you answer 'That is not the game” 518 Abraham Lincoln, September 26, 1862 T H E S I G N I F ...
... Military Protection for life and property” 516 John Ross, September 16, 1862 “To the question 'Why was not the rebel army bagged...?...you answer 'That is not the game” 518 Abraham Lincoln, September 26, 1862 T H E S I G N I F ...
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... military defeats as divine punishment for our sins, “like the Jews of old.” If Americans could not be persuaded to fight for their liberty, he declares, then they deserve to be slaves! Jay later joined the New York Manumission Society ...
... military defeats as divine punishment for our sins, “like the Jews of old.” If Americans could not be persuaded to fight for their liberty, he declares, then they deserve to be slaves! Jay later joined the New York Manumission Society ...
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... disaster), little has been done to widen this narrative to include the Haitian Revolution; France's emancipation of colonial slaves; America's military aid to the black leader I4 T H E B O Is T E R O U s s E A o F L i B E R T Y.
... disaster), little has been done to widen this narrative to include the Haitian Revolution; France's emancipation of colonial slaves; America's military aid to the black leader I4 T H E B O Is T E R O U s s E A o F L i B E R T Y.
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... military aid to the black leader ToussaintLouverture, in what would soon be Haiti; the British recruitment of many regiments of black troops who fought the French and Spaniards and even engaged in the Battle of New Orleans; the massive ...
... military aid to the black leader ToussaintLouverture, in what would soon be Haiti; the British recruitment of many regiments of black troops who fought the French and Spaniards and even engaged in the Battle of New Orleans; the massive ...
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... military battles often detract attention from the absolutely crucial election of 1864. “The Two Roads to Peace,” with excerpts from the Democratic platform and the Republican platform, is one of the most remarkable and revealing ...
... military battles often detract attention from the absolutely crucial election of 1864. “The Two Roads to Peace,” with excerpts from the Democratic platform and the Republican platform, is one of the most remarkable and revealing ...
Contenido
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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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