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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... army ... is now publicly declared to be for the purpose of enforcing obedience to the authority of Parliament " 153 Charles Thomson , November 26 , 1769 The Boston Massacre 154 7. " A most horrid murder was committed ... by 8 or 9 ...
... army ... is now publicly declared to be for the purpose of enforcing obedience to the authority of Parliament " 153 Charles Thomson , November 26 , 1769 The Boston Massacre 154 7. " A most horrid murder was committed ... by 8 or 9 ...
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... army " 289 Thomas Jefferson , February 2 , 1803 61. " A Governor is to be placed over us , whom we have not chosen " 290 Pierre Derbigney , 1804 62. " Saw immense herds of buffalo today " 293 Meriwether Lewis , 1805 63. " I am anxious ...
... army " 289 Thomas Jefferson , February 2 , 1803 61. " A Governor is to be placed over us , whom we have not chosen " 290 Pierre Derbigney , 1804 62. " Saw immense herds of buffalo today " 293 Meriwether Lewis , 1805 63. " I am anxious ...
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... army bagged ... ? ... you answer " That is not the game " " 518 Abraham Lincoln , September 26 , 1862 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NAMES 519 The Emancipation Proclamation 520 15. " All persons held as slaves within any State ... in rebellion ...
... army bagged ... ? ... you answer " That is not the game " " 518 Abraham Lincoln , September 26 , 1862 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NAMES 519 The Emancipation Proclamation 520 15. " All persons held as slaves within any State ... in rebellion ...
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... Army ... has been compelled to yield by overwhelming numbers and resources " 552 Robert E. Lee , April 10 , 1865 44. " The President is murdered " 553 J.B. Stonehouse , April 14 , 1865 45. " The news ... came ... like a clap of thunder ...
... Army ... has been compelled to yield by overwhelming numbers and resources " 552 Robert E. Lee , April 10 , 1865 44. " The President is murdered " 553 J.B. Stonehouse , April 14 , 1865 45. " The news ... came ... like a clap of thunder ...
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... army into an army of liberation . Yet the selected documents reveal many of the complexities that led to and surrounded Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the decision to enlist near- ly two hundred thousand blacks in the Union army ...
... army into an army of liberation . Yet the selected documents reveal many of the complexities that led to and surrounded Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the decision to enlist near- ly two hundred thousand blacks in the Union army ...
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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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