The River Where America Began: A Journey Along the JamesRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008 M12 16 - 320 páginas From the establishment of the first permanent English colony at Jamestown in 1607 to the fall of Richmond in 1865, the James River has been instrumental in the formation of modern America. It was along the James that British and Native American cultures collided and, in a twisted paradox, the seeds of democracy and slavery were sown side by side. The culture crafted by Virginia's learned aristocrats, merchants, farmers, and frontiersmen gave voice to the cause of the American Revolution and provided a vision for the fledgling independent nation's future. Over the course of the United States' first century, the James River bore witness to the irreconcilable contradiction of a slave-holding nation dedicated to liberty and equality for all. When that intractable conflict ignited civil war, the James River served as a critical backdrop for the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history. As he guides readers through this exciting historical narrative, Deans gives life to a dynamic cast of characters including the familiar Powhatan, John Smith, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Benedict Arnold, and Robert E. Lee, as well as those who have largely escaped historical notoriety. The River Where America Began takes readers on a journey along the James River from the earliest days of civilization nearly 15,000 years ago through the troubled English settlement at Jamestown and finishes with Lincoln's tour of the defeated capital of Richmond in 1865. Deans traces the historical course of a river whose contributions to American life are both immeasurable and unique. This innovative history invites us all to look into these restless waters in a way that connects us to our past and reminds us of who we are as Americans. |
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... trade I am grateful to Emory University historian David Eltis, who generously shared with me data he and several colleagues have prepared for a forth- coming publication by the Cambridge University Press. Many thanks are due the patient ...
... trade I am grateful to Emory University historian David Eltis, who generously shared with me data he and several colleagues have prepared for a forth- coming publication by the Cambridge University Press. Many thanks are due the patient ...
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... trade and military power in history . х MARYLAND WEST VIRGINIA Allegheny Mountains A Jackson R. Compasture R. Craig Cr . miles 20 Iron Gate Blue idge Rid Wingina James R. Lynchburg Chesapeake Bay Rivanna Rappahannock Mattap James R ...
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... trading nation in the history of the world . It was up this river , also , that the first Africans journeyed into the harsh economy of American slavery , and it was here that their labors carved out of the forests , marshes , and fields ...
... trading nation in the history of the world . It was up this river , also , that the first Africans journeyed into the harsh economy of American slavery , and it was here that their labors carved out of the forests , marshes , and fields ...
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... trade , and the means to link , for the first time in history , individual status and fortune with op- portunities and resources on the far side of the world . At the James , though , in this country , Headwaters 5 LO.
... trade , and the means to link , for the first time in history , individual status and fortune with op- portunities and resources on the far side of the world . At the James , though , in this country , Headwaters 5 LO.
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... trading depot that grew into the city of Richmond. Beneath that city's western suburbs lay the coal that would one day fire the foundries that produced nearly all the heavy weaponry in the arsenals of the ill-fated Confederate States of ...
... trading depot that grew into the city of Richmond. Beneath that city's western suburbs lay the coal that would one day fire the foundries that produced nearly all the heavy weaponry in the arsenals of the ill-fated Confederate States of ...
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Chapter 05 Democracy in America | 89 |
Chapter 06 Wade in the Water | 117 |
Chapter 07 Liberty or Death | 159 |
Chapter 08 River of Dreams | 217 |
Chapter 09 A New Birth of Freedom | 249 |
Undimmed by Human Tears | 277 |
Bibliography | 289 |
Index | 299 |
About the Author | 319 |
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