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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... Soldier's Diary 129 2. " Cutlasses and hatchets playing on every quarter with much effusion of blood " 129 Robert Moses , 1755 Fasting and Repentance 130 3. " The English Colonies ... are fallen under the Chastising hand of Heaven " 130 ...
... Soldier's Diary 129 2. " Cutlasses and hatchets playing on every quarter with much effusion of blood " 129 Robert Moses , 1755 Fasting and Repentance 130 3. " The English Colonies ... are fallen under the Chastising hand of Heaven " 130 ...
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... Soldiers " 154 Deacon John Tudor , 1770 8. “ What are all the Riches ... of Life compared with ... Liberty " 156 Brutus , May 16 , 1770 9. " I trust we have Virtue & Resolution " 157 John Dickinson , October 31 , 1770 10. " My Enemies ...
... Soldiers " 154 Deacon John Tudor , 1770 8. “ What are all the Riches ... of Life compared with ... Liberty " 156 Brutus , May 16 , 1770 9. " I trust we have Virtue & Resolution " 157 John Dickinson , October 31 , 1770 10. " My Enemies ...
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... Soldiers " 173 Isaac Merrill , April 19 , 1775 25. " The name of God has been introduced in the pulpits to excite and justify devestation and massacre " 175 Thomas Gage , Proclamation of amnesty , June 12 , 1775 26. " All Europe is ...
... Soldiers " 173 Isaac Merrill , April 19 , 1775 25. " The name of God has been introduced in the pulpits to excite and justify devestation and massacre " 175 Thomas Gage , Proclamation of amnesty , June 12 , 1775 26. " All Europe is ...
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... soldier " 187 Peter Kiteridge , April 6 , 1806 33. " The Iniquitous Practice of depriving any of their just right to Liberty " 188 Society of Friends , extracts from the minutes of the yearly meeting , September 23-28 , 1776 34. " To ...
... soldier " 187 Peter Kiteridge , April 6 , 1806 33. " The Iniquitous Practice of depriving any of their just right to Liberty " 188 Society of Friends , extracts from the minutes of the yearly meeting , September 23-28 , 1776 34. " To ...
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... soldiers in their insult to Congress " 217 Edmund Pendleton , July 21 , 1783 Slavery in Postrevolutionary America 218 4. " The case of the oppressed blacks commands our attention " 218 James Pemberton , November 18 , 1784 5. " [ Nothing ] ...
... soldiers in their insult to Congress " 217 Edmund Pendleton , July 21 , 1783 Slavery in Postrevolutionary America 218 4. " The case of the oppressed blacks commands our attention " 218 James Pemberton , November 18 , 1784 5. " [ Nothing ] ...
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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