A History of the U.S.A.Macmillan, 1974 - 730 pages |
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... society would serve . Reflecting upon the resulting utopian experiments , Emerson once wrote to Carlyle : ' We are a ... society — and particu- larly the thwarting of individual aspirations and instincts . which it involved the ...
... society would serve . Reflecting upon the resulting utopian experiments , Emerson once wrote to Carlyle : ' We are a ... society — and particu- larly the thwarting of individual aspirations and instincts . which it involved the ...
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... Society , the second ( from 1833 ) by the American Anti - Slavery Society and the last distinguished by two con- flicting bodies , the A.A.S.S. and the American and Foreign Anti - Slavery Society , both centred in New York and national ...
... Society , the second ( from 1833 ) by the American Anti - Slavery Society and the last distinguished by two con- flicting bodies , the A.A.S.S. and the American and Foreign Anti - Slavery Society , both centred in New York and national ...
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... Society , founded in 1817 , which aimed at removing free Negroes from the United States , opposed the slave trade and helped to manumit slaves for the purpose of transportation . Liberia in West Africa , established in 1822 , was to be ...
... Society , founded in 1817 , which aimed at removing free Negroes from the United States , opposed the slave trade and helped to manumit slaves for the purpose of transportation . Liberia in West Africa , established in 1822 , was to be ...
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The Colonial Legacy | 3 |
The Advance of Democracy | 39 |
The Civil War and Reconstruction | 114 |
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