ISBN:
9781610696128
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1985 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Great American Mosaic: An Exploration of Diversity in Primary Documents [4 volumes]
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Firsthand sources are brought together to illuminate the diversity of American history in a unique way-by sharing the perspectives of people of color who participated in landmark events
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; The Great American Mosaic; Volume 1: African American Experience; Title; Copyright; Contents; General Introduction; Volume Introduction; Brief Guide to Primary Sources; Revolutionary War Era and the Early Republic (1760-1830); A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Delieverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man . . . (1760); A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, Written by Himself (1774); Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (1782)
Description / Table of Contents:
Jupiter Hammon, An Address to the Negroes in the State of New-York (1787)The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (1789); Fugitive Slave Act of 1793; A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture: A Native of Africa, but Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America, Related by Himself (1798); An Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves (1807); Missouri Compromise (1820); John Quincy Adams, Diary Entry on Slavery and the Missouri Compromise (March 3, 1820); Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Holmes (April 22, 1820)
Description / Table of Contents:
Antebellum Slavery (1830-1860)The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia (1832); Illinois State Legislator Abraham Lincoln Opposes Slavery (March 3, 1837); Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself (1845); Frederick Douglass, "Farewell to the British People: An Address Delivered in London, England" (March 30, 1847); Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself (1849)
Description / Table of Contents:
The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself (1849)Francis Henderson, "Essay on Slavery Conditions" (1856); Dred Scott v. John F. Sanford (March 6, 1857); Abraham Lincoln, Speech on the Dred Scott Decision and Slavery (June 26, 1857); Fifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Galesburg, Illinois (October 7, 1858); Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Alton, Illinois (October 15, 1858); Letters on American Slavery to the Editor of the London News (1860)
Description / Table of Contents:
Frederick Douglass, "The Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery?" (March 26, 1860)Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877); Frederick Douglass, "Fighting Rebels with Only One Hand," an Editorial in The North Star (September 1861); Excerpt from The Gullah Proverbs of 1861; The Negroes at Port Royal, Report of E. L. Pierce, to the Hon. Salmon P. Chase, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1862); Emancipation Proclamation (1863); Frederick Douglass, "What the Black Man Wants" (April 1865); Paul Jennings, "A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison" (1865)
Description / Table of Contents:
Black Codes of Mississippi (1865)
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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