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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... Thomas More , Utopia , 1516 Labor Needs 36 4. " This is the best land in the world for 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 ...
... Thomas More , Utopia , 1516 Labor Needs 36 4. " This is the best land in the world for 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 ...
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... Thomas Danforth , February 17 , 1689 An Indian Slave Woman Confesses to Witchcraft 75 18. " Tituba an Indian woman [ was ] brought before us ... .. witchcraft " 75 .upon Suspicion of William E. Woodward , comp . , Records of Salem ...
... Thomas Danforth , February 17 , 1689 An Indian Slave Woman Confesses to Witchcraft 75 18. " Tituba an Indian woman [ was ] brought before us ... .. witchcraft " 75 .upon Suspicion of William E. Woodward , comp . , Records of Salem ...
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... Thomas Trowbridge , January 23 , 1705 Queen Anne's War 106 14. " They are animated ... to such barbarity by the French " 106 . Thomas Oliver , October 20 , 1708 Immigration and Ethnic Diversity 108 15. " During the voyage there is ...
... Thomas Trowbridge , January 23 , 1705 Queen Anne's War 106 14. " They are animated ... to such barbarity by the French " 106 . Thomas Oliver , October 20 , 1708 Immigration and Ethnic Diversity 108 15. " During the voyage there is ...
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... Thomas McKean , and Jonathan McKinley , May 26 , 1774 17. " They found upwards of fifty thousand men well armed , actually on their march to Boston " 165 Caesar Rodney , September 17 , 1774 18. " Ruinous system of colony administration ...
... Thomas McKean , and Jonathan McKinley , May 26 , 1774 17. " They found upwards of fifty thousand men well armed , actually on their march to Boston " 165 Caesar Rodney , September 17 , 1774 18. " Ruinous system of colony administration ...
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... Thomas Jefferson , draft of the Declaration of Independence , 1776 Slavery and the American Revolution 186 32. " In the year of our Lord 1775 ... I entered into the service of the U.S. as a private soldier " 187 Peter Kiteridge , April ...
... Thomas Jefferson , draft of the Declaration of Independence , 1776 Slavery and the American Revolution 186 32. " In the year of our Lord 1775 ... I entered into the service of the U.S. as a private soldier " 187 Peter Kiteridge , April ...
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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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