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Freedom and Resistance
A Social History of Black Loyalists in the Bahamas
Inbunden, 2017
885 kr
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After the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of liberty and land. Freedom and Resistance shows how black loyalists struggled to find freedom, clashing with white loyalists who tried either to bind …
Borderland Narratives
Negotiation and Accommodation in North America's Contested Spaces, 1500-1850
Av Andrew K. Frank, A. Glenn Crothers
Inbunden, 2017
885 kr
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Broadening the idea of “borderlands” beyond its traditional geographic meaning, this volume features new ways of characterizing the political, cultural, religious, and racial fluidity of early America. Borderland Narratives extends the concept to the Ohio Valley and other North American regions not …
James Monroe
A Republican Champion
Av Brook Poston
Inbunden, 2019
972 kr
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Despite serving his country for 50 years and being among the most qualified men to hold the office of president, James Monroe is an oft-forgotten Founding Father. In this book, Brook Poston reveals how Monroe attempted to craft a legacy for himself as a champion of American republicanism. Monroe's …
Letters of George Long Brown
A Yankee Merchant on Florida's Antebellum Frontier
Av James M. Denham, Keith L. Huneycutt
Inbunden, 2019
972 kr
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In 1840, twenty-three-year-old George Long Brown migrated from New Hampshire to north Florida, a region just emerging from the devastating effects of the Second Seminole War. This volume presents over seventy of Brown’s previously unpublished letters to illuminate day-to-day life in pre?Civil War …
Entangling Migration History
Borderlands and Transnationalism in the United States and Canada
Av Benjamin Bryce, Alexander Freund
Häftad, 2015
900 kr
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For almost two centuries North America has been a major destination for international migrants, but from the late nineteenth century onward, governments began to regulate borders, set immigration quotas, and define categories of citizenship. To develop a more dimensional approach to migration …
Endgame for Empire
British-Creek Relations in Georgia and Vicinity, 1763–1776
Häftad, 2015
841 kr
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Too easily we forget that the process of European colonization was not simply a matter of armed invaders elbowing themselves into position to take charge. As John Juricek reminds us, the road to revolution was paved in part by complicated negotiations with Indians, as well as unique legal …
Maroons of Prospect Bluff and Their Quest for Freedom in the Atlantic World
Häftad, 2015
344 kr
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During the War of 1812, Edward Nicolls of the Royal Marines armed ex-slaves, Red Sticks, and Seminoles to fight alongside the British from a fort erected at Prospect Bluff in the Florida panhandle. This so-called Negro Fort became the largest maroon community ever to emerge in North America. …
Borderland Narratives
Negotiation and Accommodation in North America's Contested Spaces, 1500-1850
Av Andrew K. Frank, A. Glenn Crothers
Häftad, 2019
256 kr
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Broadening the idea of ""borderlands"" beyond its traditional geographic meaning, this volume features new ways of characterizing the political, cultural, religious, and racial fluidity of early America. It extends the concept to regions not typically seen as borderlands and demonstrates how the …
Freedom and Resistance
A Social History of Black Loyalists in the Bahamas
Häftad, 2018
227 kr
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After the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of liberty and land. Freedom and Resistance shows how Black Loyalists struggled to find freedom, clashing with white loyalists who tried either to bind …
James Monroe
A Republican Champion
Av Brook Poston
Häftad, 2020
324 kr
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Despite serving his country for 50 years and being among the most qualified men to hold the office of president, James Monroe is an oft-forgotten Founding Father. In this book, Brook Poston reveals how Monroe attempted to craft a legacy for himself as a champion of American republicanism. Monroe's …
Letters of George Long Brown
A Yankee Merchant on Florida's Antebellum Frontier
Av James M. Denham, Keith L. Huneycutt
Häftad, 2024
324 kr
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Previously unpublished letters offering a view of everyday life in north Florida before the Civil WarIn 1840, twenty-three-year-old George Long Brown migrated from New Hampshire to north Florida, a region just emerging from the devastating effects of the Second Seminole War. This volume presents …
