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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... Force 33 2. " With fifty men they can all be subjugated and made to do what is required of them " 33 Christopher Columbus , journal , October 14 , 1492 , December 16 , 1492 New World Fantasies 35 3. " All slavery , and drudgery ... is ...
... Force 33 2. " With fifty men they can all be subjugated and made to do what is required of them " 33 Christopher Columbus , journal , October 14 , 1492 , December 16 , 1492 New World Fantasies 35 3. " All slavery , and drudgery ... is ...
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... force against the West Indies " 207 Edmund Pendleton , October 21 , 1782 The Articles of Confederation 208 48. " Twas high time the confederation was completed " 208 Edmund Pendleton , September 25 , 1780 PART 6. CREATING A NEW NATION ...
... force against the West Indies " 207 Edmund Pendleton , October 21 , 1782 The Articles of Confederation 208 48. " Twas high time the confederation was completed " 208 Edmund Pendleton , September 25 , 1780 PART 6. CREATING A NEW NATION ...
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... force and white supremacy , or if Britain and France had rec- ognized and actively aided the southern Confederacy ... forces , and institutions that have shaped American society , it is essential to hear the arguments of Loyalists and ...
... force and white supremacy , or if Britain and France had rec- ognized and actively aided the southern Confederacy ... forces , and institutions that have shaped American society , it is essential to hear the arguments of Loyalists and ...
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... force and the threat of death to curb certain behavior or impose the policies of a government or would - be government . Governments enact laws controlling behavior and employ various administrative tools to achieve their ends ...
... force and the threat of death to curb certain behavior or impose the policies of a government or would - be government . Governments enact laws controlling behavior and employ various administrative tools to achieve their ends ...
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... force only when reformers began demanding the “ immediate❞ emancipation of all slaves . While this slogan appeared absurdly unrealis- tic , the American Civil War , with its wholly unexpected emancipation of more than four million ...
... force only when reformers began demanding the “ immediate❞ emancipation of all slaves . While this slogan appeared absurdly unrealis- tic , the American Civil War , with its wholly unexpected emancipation of more than four million ...
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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