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Two volumes, printed for the author. Collateral to GLC 747, John Adams to Rush, 1805 December 4, which attacks Hamilton as another Caesar while citing this life and "Tull's memoirs."

GLC05882

History Now Essay

The Escape of Black Women during the American Revolution

Karen Cook Bell

In 1961, Morgan State University historian Dr. Benjamin Quarles published the now classic study The Negro in the American Revolution , which became the definitive account of the role African Americans played in the War for...

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63 | The Declaration of Independence and the Long Struggle for Equality in America Summer 2022

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New History U Course for High School Students: Capitalism in American History

The Gilder Lehrman Institute’s History U lets high school students explore American history with top scholars—completely free of charge. Explore the latest addition to the History U catalog. Capitalism in American History Led by David...

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Theodore Roosevelt supports women’s suffrage, 1912

Government and Civics

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

In this letter written in July 1912, during his campaign for a thrid term as president, Theodore Roosevelt informs the state and county chairmen of the Progressive Party of his plan to support women’s suffrage. The document shows the...

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Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896–1920

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Glenda Gilmore is Assistant Professor of American History at Yale University. Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896–1920 records political and social change in North Carolina from the...

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Book signed

1869

Peck, Jesse T., 1811-1883

The history of the great republic, considered from a Christian stand-point.

Signed by Joshua L. Chamberlain as Governor of Maine. Printed by Broughton and Wyman. Apparently a salesman's mock-up copy, containing binding samples and list of subscribers following the printed text. Chamberlain is one of 32 signers who were...

GLC03851

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Pamphlet

1808

Clarkson, T., fl. 1808

Edinburgh Review, The History of the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

JB00146

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Pamphlet

1808

Clarkson, T., fl. 1808

Edinburgh Review, The History of the Abolition of the Slave Trade.