The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil WarDavid Brion Davis, Steven Mintz 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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... of robbery and violence are committed in the course of bartering and carrying off Negroes " 40 Fray Tomas de Mercado , Suma de Tratos y Contratos , 1587 PART 2. EUROPEAN COLONIZATION NORTH OF MEXICO 43 Justifications for V Contents.
... of robbery and violence are committed in the course of bartering and carrying off Negroes " 40 Fray Tomas de Mercado , Suma de Tratos y Contratos , 1587 PART 2. EUROPEAN COLONIZATION NORTH OF MEXICO 43 Justifications for V Contents.
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... NORTH OF MEXICO 43 Justifications for English Involvement in the New World 46 1. " The Kings of Spain ... have rooted out above fifteen millions of reasonable creatures " 46 Richard Hakluyt , “ A particular discourse concerning the ...
... NORTH OF MEXICO 43 Justifications for English Involvement in the New World 46 1. " The Kings of Spain ... have rooted out above fifteen millions of reasonable creatures " 46 Richard Hakluyt , “ A particular discourse concerning the ...
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... North America in 1775 126 1. " Canada must be subdued " 126 The Maryland Gazette , May 22 , 1755 A Soldier's Diary 129 2. " Cutlasses and hatchets playing on every quarter with much effusion of blood " 129 Robert Moses , 1755 Fasting ...
... North America in 1775 126 1. " Canada must be subdued " 126 The Maryland Gazette , May 22 , 1755 A Soldier's Diary 129 2. " Cutlasses and hatchets playing on every quarter with much effusion of blood " 129 Robert Moses , 1755 Fasting ...
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... North and South begin to regard each other " 479 E.N. Elliott , ed . Cotton Is King , 1860 117. " God ... established slavery " 480 Thornton Stringfellow , Cotton Is King , 1860 118. " Let us refer to figures and facts " xxvi CONTENTS.
... North and South begin to regard each other " 479 E.N. Elliott , ed . Cotton Is King , 1860 117. " God ... established slavery " 480 Thornton Stringfellow , Cotton Is King , 1860 118. " Let us refer to figures and facts " xxvi CONTENTS.
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... North Carolina , the British commander Charles Cornwallis could speak of adopting “ effectual measures for suppressing the remains of Rebellion in this Province . ” We sense the deep despair of real American people , people who wonder ...
... North Carolina , the British commander Charles Cornwallis could speak of adopting “ effectual measures for suppressing the remains of Rebellion in this Province . ” We sense the deep despair of real American people , people who wonder ...
Contents
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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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