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Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
xii, 273 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
How American symbols inspired enslaved people and their allies to fight for true freedom
In the early United States, anthems, flags, holidays, monuments, and memorials were powerful symbols of an American identity that helped unify a divided people. A language of freedom played a similar role in shaping the new nation. The Declaration of Independence’s assertion “that all men are created equal,” Patrick Henry’s cry of “Give me liberty,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground...
3) The zealot and the emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the struggle for American freedom
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
What do moral people do when democracy countenances evil? The question, implicit in the idea that people can govern themselves, came to a head in America at the middle of the nineteenth century, in the struggle over slavery. John Brown's answer was violence--violence of a sort some in later generations would call terrorism. Brown was a deeply religious man who heard the God of the Old Testament speaking to him, telling him to do whatever was necessary...
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