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Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, DURING THE FIRST SESSSION OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 2, 1839.
Author: PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED BY ORDER OF SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 2, 1839.
Author: PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, DURING THE FIRST SESION OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 2, 1839.
Author: The Price They Paid
Author: Jeff ForretPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620978997
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
A prizewinning historian uncovers one of the earliest instances of reparations in America—ironically, though perhaps not surprisingly, paid to slaveholders, not former slaves “A spectacular achievement of historical research. Forret shows for the first time just how far the American government went to secure reparations.” —Robert Elder‚ author of Calhoun: American Heretic In 1831, the American ship Comet, carrying 165 enslaved men, women, and children, crashed onto a coral reef near the shore of the Bahamas, then part of the British Empire. Shortly afterward, the Vice Admiralty Court in Nassau, over the outraged objections of the ship’s owners, set the rescued captives free. American slave owners and the companies who insured the liberated human cargo would spend years lobbying for reparations from Great Britain, not for the emancipated slaves, of course, but for the masters deprived of their human property. In a work of profoundly relevant research and storytelling, historian and Frederick Douglass Prize–winner Jeff Forret uncovers how the Comet incident—as well as similar episodes that unfolded over the next decade—resulted in the British Crown making reparations payments to a U.S. government that strenuously represented slaveholder interests. Through a story that has never been fully explored, The Price They Paid shows how, unlike their former owners and insurers, neither the survivors of the Comet and other vessels, nor their descendants, have ever received reparations for the price they paid in their lives, labor, and suffering during slavery. Any accounting of reparations today requires a fuller understanding of how the debts of slavery have been paid, and to whom. The Price They Paid represents a major step forward in that effort.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
Author: Index to Documents
Author: Senate of the United StatesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1110
Book Description
Public Documents.The Senate of the United States.First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress.Volume V.December 2,1839.In Eight Volumes.Containing Documents from No.197 to No.278.
Author: The Senate of the United States.First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress.Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1154
Book Description
The Right of Instruction and Representation in American Legislatures, 1778 to 1900
Author: Peverill SquirePublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472132334
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
The Right of Instruction and Representation in American Legislatures, 1778 to 1900 provides a comprehensive analysis of the role constituent instructions played in American politics for more than a hundred years after its founding. Constituent instructions were more widely issued than previously thought, and members of state legislatures and Congress were more likely to obey them than political scientists and historians have assumed. Peverill Squire expands our understanding of constituent instructions beyond a handful of high-profile cases, through analyses of two unique data sets: one examining more than 5,000 actionable communications (instructions and requests) sent to state legislators by constituents through town meetings, mass meetings, and local representative bodies; the other examines more than 6,600 actionable communications directed by state legislatures to their state’s congressional delegations. He draws the data, examples, and quotes almost entirely from original sources, including government documents such as legislative journals, session laws, town and county records, and newspaper stories, as well as diaries, memoirs, and other contemporary sources. Squire also includes instructions to and from Confederate state legislatures in both data sets. In every respect, the Confederate state legislatures mirrored the legislatures that preceded and followed them.
FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS
Author: ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1122
Book Description
Method Infinite: Freemasonry and the Mormon Restoration
Author: Cheryl L. BrunoPublisher: Greg Kofford Books
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
While no one thing can entirely explain the rise of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the historical influence of Freemasonry on this religious tradition cannot be refuted. Those who study Mormonism have been aware of the impact that Freemasonry had on the founding prophet Joseph Smith during the Nauvoo period, but his involvement in Freemasonry was arguably earlier and broader than many modern historians have admitted. The fact that the most obvious vestiges of Freemasonry are evident only in the more esoteric aspects of the Mormon faith has made it difficult to recognize, let alone fully grasp, the relevant issues. Even those with both Mormon and Masonic experience may not be versed in the nineteenth-century versions of Masonry's rituals, legends, and practices. Without this specialized background, it is easy to miss the Masonic significance of numerous early Mormon ordinances, scripture, and doctrines. Method Infinite: Freemasonry and the Mormon Restoration offers a fresh perspective on the Masonic thread present in Mormonism from its earliest days. Smith's firsthand knowledge of and experience with both Masonry and anti-Masonic currents contributed to the theology, structure, culture, tradition, history, literature, and ritual of the religion he founded.