Author: Thomas Henry BaylyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oregon question
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Speech of Mr. Bayly, of Virginia, on the Oregon Question
Author: Thomas Henry BaylyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oregon question
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Catalogue, Systematic and Analytical, of the Books of the Saint Louis Mercantile Library Association
Author: St. Louis Mercantile Library AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subscription libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Negro Comrades of the Crown
Author: Gerald HornePublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479876399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
While it is well known that more Africans fought on behalf of the British than with the successful patriots of the American Revolution, Gerald Horne reveals in his latest work of historical recovery that after 1776, Africans and African-Americans continued to collaborate with Great Britain against the United States in battles big and small until the Civil War. Many African Americans viewed Britain, an early advocate of abolitionism and emancipator of its own slaves, as a powerful ally in their resistance to slavery in the Americas. This allegiance was far-reaching, from the Caribbean to outposts in North America to Canada. In turn, the British welcomed and actively recruited both fugitive and free African Americans, arming them and employing them in military engagements throughout the Atlantic World, as the British sought to maintain a foothold in the Americas following the Revolution. In this path-breaking book, Horne rewrites the history of slave resistance by placing it for the first time in the context of military and diplomatic wrangling between Britain and the United States. Painstakingly researched and full of revelations, Negro Comrades of the Crown is among the first book-length studies to highlight the Atlantic origins of the Civil War, and the active role played by African Americans within these external factors that led to it. Listen to a one hour special with Dr. Gerald Horne on the "Sojourner Truth" radio show.
Pacific Northwest Americana
Author: Charles Wesley SmithPublisher: New York : H.W. Wilson
ISBN:
Category : Northwest, Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-ninth Congress
Author: United States. President (1845-1849 : Polk)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: Dictionary Catalogue of the Library of the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Victoria
Author: Provincial Archives of British Columbia. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society ...
Author: Massachusetts Historical Society. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Speech of Mr. L.B. Chase, of Tennessee, on the Oregon Question
Author: Lucien Bonaparte ChasePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oregon Territory
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
A Southern Moderate in Radical Times
Author: David I. DurhamPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807154652
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
In A Southern Moderate in Radical Times, David I. Durham offers a comprehensive and critical appraisal of one of the South's famous dissenters. Against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent periods in American history, he explores the ideological and political journey of Henry Washington Hilliard (1808--1892), a southern politician whose opposition to secession placed him at odds with many of his peers in the South's elite class. Durham weaves threads of American legal, social, and diplomatic history to tell the story of this fascinating man who, living during a time of unrestrained destruction as well as seemingly endless possibilities, consistently focused on the positive elements in society even as forces beyond his control shaped his destiny. A three-term congressman from Alabama, as well as professor, attorney, diplomat, minister, soldier, and author, Hilliard had a career that spanned more than six decades and involved work on three continents. He modeled himself on the ideal of the erudite statesman and celebrated orator, and strove to maintain that persona throughout his life. As a member of Congress, he strongly opposed secession from the Union. No radical abolitionist, Hilliard supported the constitutional legality of slavery, but working in the tradition of the great moderates, he affirmed the status quo and warned of the dangers of change. For a period of time he and like-minded colleagues succeeded in overcoming the more radical voices and blocking disunion, but their success was short-lived and eventually overwhelmed by the growing appeal of sectional extremism. As Durham shows, Hilliard's personal suffering, tempered by his consistent faith in Divine Providence, eventually allowed him to return to his ideological roots and find a lasting sense of accomplishment late in life by becoming the unlikely spokesman for the Brazilian antislavery cause. Drawing on a large range of materials, from Hilliard's literary addresses at South Carolina College and the University of Alabama to his letters and speeches during his tenure in Brazil, Durham reveals an intellectual struggling to understand his world and to reconcile the sphere of the intellectual with that of the church and political interests. A Southern Moderate in Radical Times opens a window into Hilliard's world, and reveals the tragedy of a visionary who understood the dangers lurking in the conflicts he could not control.