Author: O. P. JacksonPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
An Oration, Delivered 4th July, 1835
Author: O. P. JacksonA Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Charleston Library Society ...
Author: The Counterrevolution of Slavery
Author: Manisha SinhaPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807860972
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
In this comprehensive analysis of politics and ideology in antebellum South Carolina, Manisha Sinha offers a provocative new look at the roots of southern separatism and the causes of the Civil War. Challenging works that portray secession as a fight for white liberty, she argues instead that it was a conservative, antidemocratic movement to protect and perpetuate racial slavery. Sinha discusses some of the major sectional crises of the antebellum era--including nullification, the conflict over the expansion of slavery into western territories, and secession--and offers an important reevaluation of the movement to reopen the African slave trade in the 1850s. In the process she reveals the central role played by South Carolina planter politicians in developing proslavery ideology and the use of states' rights and constitutional theory for the defense of slavery. Sinha's work underscores the necessity of integrating the history of slavery with the traditional narrative of southern politics. Only by taking into account the political importance of slavery, she insists, can we arrive at a complete understanding of southern politics and the enormity of the issues confronting both northerners and southerners on the eve of the Civil War.
A Catalog of the Books Belonging to the Charleston Library Society
Author: Charleston Library Society (Charleston, S.C.)Publisher:
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Category : Proprietary libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Fourth of July Orations, 1853-1856
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Fourth of July orations
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia: Religion
Author: An Oration
Author: Nathaniel CogswellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fourth of July orations
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815
Author: Thomas JeffersonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691153183
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
The Retirement Series documents Jefferson's written legacy between his return to private life on 4 March 1809 and his death on 4 July 1826. During this period Jefferson founded the University of Virginia and sold his extraordinary library to the nation, but his greatest legacy from these years is the astonishing depth and breadth of his correspondence with statesmen, inventors, scientists, philosophers, and ordinary citizens on topics spanning virtually every field of human endeavor.--From publisher description.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 8
Author: Thomas JeffersonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 140084004X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
Volume Eight of the project documenting Thomas Jefferson's last years presents 591 documents dated from 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815. Jefferson is overjoyed by American victories late in the War of 1812 and highly interested in the treaty negotiations that ultimately end the conflict. Following Congress's decision to purchase his library, he oversees the counting, packing, and transportation of his books to Washington. Jefferson uses most of the funds from the sale to pay old debts but spends some of the proceeds on new titles. He resigns from the presidency of the American Philosophical Society, revises draft chapters of Louis H. Girardin's history of Virginia, and advises William Wirt on revolutionary-era Stamp Act resolutions. Jefferson criticizes those who discuss politics from the pulpit, and he drafts a bill to transform the Albemarle Academy into Central College. Monticello visitors Francis W. Gilmer, Francis C. Gray, and George Ticknor describe the mountaintop and its inhabitants, and Gray's visit leads to an exchange with Jefferson about how many generations of white interbreeding it takes to clear Negro blood. Finally, although death takes his nephew Peter Carr and brother Randolph Jefferson, the marriage of his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph is a continuing source of great happiness. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.