Author: Lyman Horace WeeksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Runaway America
Author: David WaldstreicherPublisher: Hill and Wang
ISBN: 1466821523
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Scientist, abolitionist, revolutionary: that is the Benjamin Franklin we know and celebrate. To this description, the talented young historian David Waldstreicher shows we must add runaway, slave master, and empire builder. But Runaway America does much more than revise our image of a beloved founding father. Finding slavery at the center of Franklin's life, Waldstreicher proves it was likewise central to the Revolution, America's founding, and the very notion of freedom we associate with both. Franklin was the sole Founding Father who was once owned by someone else and was among the few to derive his fortune from slavery. As an indentured servant, Franklin fled his master before his term was complete; as a struggling printer, he built a financial empire selling newspapers that not only advertised the goods of a slave economy (not to mention slaves) but also ran the notices that led to the recapture of runaway servants. Perhaps Waldstreicher's greatest achievement is in showing that this was not an ironic outcome but a calculated one. America's freedom, no less than Franklin's, demanded that others forgo liberty. Through the life of Franklin, Runaway America provides an original explanation to the paradox of American slavery and freedom.
Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace WeeksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts to the Governor of Virginia for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30 ...
Author: Virginia. Auditor of Public AccountsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher: Xist Publishing
ISBN: 1623957915
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is one of America's most famous memoirs. In this text, Ben Franklin shares his life story and details his attempts to build a life of good habits and virtues. His plan for self-improvement was one of the first "self help" books and his role as a founder of the United States is given a personal perspective. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881
Author: C.C. BaldwinPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5874721363
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 989
Book Description
History of the Colony of New Haven, Before and After the Union with Connecticut
Author: Edward Rodolphus LambertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Branford (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Judicial and Civil History of Connecticut
Author: Dwight LoomisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
History of New London, Connecticut
Author: Frances Manwaring CaulkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New London (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England
Author: Thomas Townsend ShermanPublisher: New York : T.A. Wright
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
HISTORY OF GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT
Author: RALPH DUNNING. SMITHPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033110898
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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