Mullin examines resistance by African Americans in Virginia during the 18th-century as the predecessor to the extraordinary slave revolt in 1800, the insurrection led by..... Read More about Flight and Rebellion. Slave Resistance in Eighteenth-Century Virginia
The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc. was founded in 1915 by Black historian and prolific author Carter G. Woodson, “The..... Read More about Home Study Department of the Extension Division of The Association for the Study of Negro Life...
Octavo edition of the Second Federal Census, a foundational building block in the maintenance and coordination of Federal powers. The American population in 1800 was..... Read More about Return of the Whole Number of Persons within the Several Districts of the United States:...
Political reform pamphlet issued by the Personal Representation Society at the time of the New York State Constitutional Convention held in Albany in 1867–1868. Prominent..... Read More about Memorial on Personal Representation, Addressed to the Constitutional Convention of the State of...
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A curious work; three full pages are devoted to the horrors of a deadly theatre fire in Richmond, Virginia in 1811. The unknown author uses..... Read More about Richmond Fire of 1811] Theatrical Exhibitions. Their Influence on the Characters of Individuals...
A classic, well illustrated reference. A “definitive study of the intense development of the anti-slavery movement” and being a work of excellent scholarship. Dumond describes..... Read More about Anti-Slavery. The Crusade for Freedom in America
The author examines the “responses of white racists to emancipation and reconstruction ... it is a description of the origins and early applications of American..... Read More about Black Scare. The Racist Response to Emancipation and Reconstruction
Scarce Antebellum snapshot of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America in 1843. Dense data is supplied on names of circuits and stations, preachers, monies collected..... Read More about Minutes of the Troy Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church held at Troy, N.Y. May 31, 1843
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Concerns events up until this time pertaining to the Aroostook War, a.k.a., “The Pork and Beans War.” Maine and the United Kingdom feuded over establishing..... Read More about Aroostook War:] Message from The President of the United States, Transmitting all the...
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Illustration of Fort at Lake Tanniscouta. A continuation in the events concerning the Aroostook War, a.k.a., “The Pork and Beans War.” Maine and the United..... Read More about Aroostook War:] Two Messages from The President of the United States, Communicating Additional...
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This important report contains communications primarily written in 1838 and 1839 between the major political players during the Aroostook War, a.k.a., “The Pork and Beans..... Read More about Aroostook War:] Message from the President of the United States, Communicating, in Compliance...
President Van Buren addressing the “Patriot War” wherein Americans in 1838, aided Canadian patriots fighting the colonial government. For example, Samuel Snow and his fellow..... Read More about Northern Frontier. Message From the President of the United States, Upon the Subject of the...
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A follow-up to the 1836 Report concerning “Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of..... Read More about Arkansas — Losses by Choctaw Treaty. [To Accompany Bill H. R. No. 116.] December 22, 1837
Concerns lengthy communiques concerning accusations and affidavits by various Portuguese slavers that American-flagged vessels—whalers, barques, and so forth—were abducting their enslaved sailors or “cargo.” President..... Read More about Message of the President of the United States, Communicating…Information in Relation to the...
Sixty-one page report concerning hostilities between native Americans and overland immigrants and settlers in the Pacific Northwest. Accounts of massacres and atrocities by native American..... Read More about The Protection Afforded by the Volunteers of Oregon and Washington Territories to Overland...
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The steamer Caroline was burned in the Niagara River during the “Patriot War” or Canadian Rebellion of 1837–1838. [Washington, D.C.] House of Representatives Doc. 33..... Read More about Two House Documents on The Burning of The Caroline:] Burning of the Caroline. Message from the...
“USS Fulton (1837-1862), a side wheel steamer, was launched 18 May 1837 by New York Navy Yard; and commissioned 13 December 1837, Captain M.C. Perry..... Read More about Steam Frigate Fulton. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, Transmitting Information in...
“Report of J. N. Reynolds with a list of impediments (reefs, shoals, etc.) to be contended with in Pacific Ocean navigation. This report was added..... Read More about Pacific Ocean and South Seas. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, Transmitting A Report of J....
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An important report detailing native Americans conflicts on the Texas frontier and the activities of the Texas Rangers during the 1850s. Events are documented with..... Read More about Texas Rangers:] Protection of the Frontier of Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War,...
Streeter: “This relates to the disturbances by Indians on the south side of the Red River near Fort Towson, over which both Texas and the..... Read More about Indians Hostile on Western Frontier. Letter from The Secretary of War, Upon the Subject of a...
Presentation copy from the author, then a teacher of natural science at Troy Conference Academy who declares that “with the proper cultivation of music, the..... Read More about Music: Its Moral and Social Influence. An Address, Delivered at the “Union Convention,” of...
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Rare broadside from 1836 Western University of Pennsylvania, now the University of Pittsburgh. Thirteen addresses were given on such topics as chemistry, the tendency of..... Read More about Pittsburgh, 1836 Broadside:] Western University. Original Address by the Class, in English...
Scarce trade catalog for this Methodist Book Concern selling bibles, commentaries, hymns, children’s books, tracts. Prices are given and sometimes binding styles are, as well..... Read More about General Catalogue of Books, On Sale by G. Lane and P. P. Sandford, Agents, 200 Mulberry-street,...
Among other content, a “Methodistic Chronology” is given and there is a lengthy poem entitled “Electioneering”. The almanac’s compiler, David Young, was from Hanover-Neck, Morris..... Read More about The Methodist Almanac, For the Year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1842:
A scarce catalogue from this private liberal arts college located in Schenectady, New York. Schenectady: Printed by Riggs & Norris, 1840. 35pp. Pamphlet. 7¼ x...... Read More about Catalogue of the Philomathean Society, Instituted in Union College, 1795
