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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 88
Page xii
... Independence " 181 Richard H. Lee , June 2 , 1776 30. “ Our affairs are hastening fast to a Crisis " 182 John Hancock , June 4 , 1776 Declaring Independence 183 31. " The Christian King of Great Britain [ is ] determined to keep open a ...
... Independence " 181 Richard H. Lee , June 2 , 1776 30. “ Our affairs are hastening fast to a Crisis " 182 John Hancock , June 4 , 1776 Declaring Independence 183 31. " The Christian King of Great Britain [ is ] determined to keep open a ...
Page xxix
... independence plenty of slaves can be got from Africa " 545 Tobias Gibson , August 3 , 1864 39. " All the senators are more anxious to have Mr. Lincoln live than ... ever ... before " 545 Mary Y. Prentiss , March 8 , 1865 40. " How shall ...
... independence plenty of slaves can be got from Africa " 545 Tobias Gibson , August 3 , 1864 39. " All the senators are more anxious to have Mr. Lincoln live than ... ever ... before " 545 Mary Y. Prentiss , March 8 , 1865 40. " How shall ...
Page 1
... independence , or if the United States had been drawn into England's war against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France , or if Jefferson had lost the election of 1800 to Aaron Burr , or if the South had moved before the Civil War toward ...
... independence , or if the United States had been drawn into England's war against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France , or if Jefferson had lost the election of 1800 to Aaron Burr , or if the South had moved before the Civil War toward ...
Page 3
... Independence was largely fought and won in the South . Part Six , " Creating a New Nation , " begins with the Loyalists ' exodus to Canada in 1783 and ends with Andrew Jackson's defeat of the Creek Indians , the Hartford Convention ...
... Independence was largely fought and won in the South . Part Six , " Creating a New Nation , " begins with the Loyalists ' exodus to Canada in 1783 and ends with Andrew Jackson's defeat of the Creek Indians , the Hartford Convention ...
Page 6
... Independence ) are capable of the same cumulative advances as modern science and technology . It's useful to contrast this belief in gradual progress , which I will refer to as “ grad- ualism , " with the sense of a " revolutionary ...
... Independence ) are capable of the same cumulative advances as modern science and technology . It's useful to contrast this belief in gradual progress , which I will refer to as “ grad- ualism , " with the sense of a " revolutionary ...
Contents
1 | |
29 | |
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 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abolitionists Abraham Lincoln Adams African African Americans American antislavery arms army attack battle Boston Britain British citizens Civil colonies colonists Confederacy Confederate Congress Constitution Court declared Democratic duty election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation enemy England English established European execution federal Federalists force Fort Sumter France freedom French friends Fugitive Slave Gilder Lehrman Collection Governor House independence Indians Jackson James John John Quincy Adams killed labor land legislature letter liberty Lincoln majority Massachusetts military moral Native Americans Negroes never North northern party peace persons Pierpont Morgan Library political population President Proclamation proslavery rebellion rebels religious Republican Revolution Senate ships slave trade slaveholders slavery society soldiers South Carolina southern Spain Spanish territory Texas Thomas Jefferson thousand tion treaty troops U.S. Supreme Court Union United Virginia vote Washington West western Whig William women World York