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8 produkter
The Life and Times of Congressman John Quincy Adams
Häftad, 1988
362 kr
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Richards' study presents not only a vivid portrait of John Quincy Adams but also provides an insightful exploration of American politics in the 1830s and 40s. Examining one of the few presidents who sustained a political career after his term in the White House, Richards depicts how two years after …
Who Freed the Slaves?
The Fight over the Thirteenth Amendment
Inbunden, 2015
287 kr
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In the popular imagination, slavery in the United States ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The Proclamation may have been limited-freeing only slaves within Confederate states who were able to make their way to Union lines - but it is nonetheless generally seen as the key …
California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War
E-bok, 2007
205 kr
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From award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards, an authoritative and revealing portrait of an overlooked harbinger of the terrible battle yet to come. When gold was discovered at Sutter''s Mill in 1848, Americans of all stripes saw the potential for both wealth and power. Among the more …
Slave Power
The Free North and Southern Domination, 1780-1860
Häftad, 2000
343 kr
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From the signing of the Constitution to the eve of the Civil War there persisted the belief that slaveholding southerners held the reins of the American national government and used their power to ensure the extension of slavery. Later termed the Slave Power theory, this idea was no mere figment of …
Shays's Rebellion
The American Revolution's Final Battle
E-bok, 2014
386 kr
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During the bitter winter of 1786-87, Daniel Shays, a modest farmer and Revolutionary War veteran, and his compatriot Luke Day led an unsuccessful armed rebellion against the state of Massachusetts. Their desperate struggle was fueled by the injustice of a regressive tax system and a conservative …
Shays's Rebellion
The American Revolution's Final Battle
Häftad, 2003
283 kr
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During the bitter winter of 1786-87, Daniel Shays, a modest farmer and Revolutionary War veteran, and his compatriot Luke Day led an unsuccessful armed rebellion against the state of Massachusetts. Their desperate struggle was fueled by the injustice of a regressive tax system and a conservative …
California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War
Ljudbok, 2006
293 kr
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In this revelatory study, award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards outlines the links between the Gold Rush and the Civil War. Richards explains how Southerners envisioned California as a new market for slaves in the gold fields, schemed to tie California to the South via railroad, and imagined …
