Essay
Bridging the Caribbean: Puerto Rican Roots in Nineteenth-Century America
In recent years, the media has tended to portray US Latinos of Hispanic Caribbean ancestry as new immigrants, but this characterization...
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Essay
Winning the Vote: A History of Voting Rights
Voting Rights on the Eve of the Revolution
The basic principle that governed voting in colonial America was that voters should have a “stake in society.”...
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Battle of New Orleans
Unaware of a peace treaty signed two weeks earlier, General Andrew Jackson stopped a British attack at the Battle of New Orleans. British forces suffered 2,036 casualties; US forces suffered eight men killed and thirteen wounded.
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Secession conventions held
Secession conventions were held in Mississippi and Alabama. Louisiana elected delegates for a convention, and Tennessee called for a convention.
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New Louisiana constitution
Louisiana voters approved a new state constitution abolishing slavery.
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Battle of Milliken’s Bend
Black Union soldiers repelled a Confederate attack at Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana.