Author: Nova Scotia Literary and Scientific Society
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Category : Learned social
Languages : en
Pages : 49
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Transactions, Jan. 4 to Dec. 3, 1859
Author: Nova Scotia Literary and Scientific Society
Publisher:
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Category : Learned social
Languages : en
Pages : 49
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Publisher:
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Category : Learned social
Languages : en
Pages : 49
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Bleeding Kansas
Author: Nicole Etcheson
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700614923
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Few people would have expected bloodshed in Kansas Territory. After all, it had few slaves and showed few signs that slavery would even flourish. But civil war tore this territory apart in the 1850s and 60s, and "Bleeding Kansas" became a forbidding symbol for the nationwide clash over slavery that followed. Many free-state Kansans seemed to care little about slaves, and many proslavery Kansans owned not a single slave. But the failed promise of the Kansas-Nebraska Act-when fraud in local elections subverted the settlers' right to choose whether Kansas would be a slave or free state-fanned the flames of war. While other writers have cited slavery or economics as the cause of unrest, Nicole Etcheson seeks to revise our understanding of this era by focusing on whites' concerns over their political liberties. The first comprehensive account of "Bleeding Kansas" in more than thirty years, her study re-examines the debate over slavery expansion to emphasize issues of popular sovereignty rather than slavery's moral or economic dimensions. The free-state movement was a coalition of settlers who favored black rights and others who wanted the territory only for whites, but all were united by the conviction that their political rights were violated by nonresident voting and by Democratic presidents' heavy-handed administration of the territories. Etcheson argues that participants on both sides of the Kansas conflict believed they fought to preserve the liberties secured by the American Revolution and that violence erupted because each side feared the loss of meaningful self-governance. Bleeding Kansas is a gripping account of events and people-rabble-rousing Jim Lane, zealot John Brown, Sheriff Sam Jones, and others-that examines the social milieu of the settlers along with the political ideas they developed. Covering the period from the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act to the 1879 Exoduster Migration, it traces the complex interactions among groups inside and outside the territory, creating a comprehensive political, social, and intellectual history of this tumultuous period in the state's history. As Etcheson demonstrates, the struggle over the political liberties of whites may have heightened the turmoil but led eventually to a broadening of the definition of freedom to include blacks. Her insightful re-examination sheds new light on this era and is essential reading for anyone interested in the ideological origins of the Civil War.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700614923
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Few people would have expected bloodshed in Kansas Territory. After all, it had few slaves and showed few signs that slavery would even flourish. But civil war tore this territory apart in the 1850s and 60s, and "Bleeding Kansas" became a forbidding symbol for the nationwide clash over slavery that followed. Many free-state Kansans seemed to care little about slaves, and many proslavery Kansans owned not a single slave. But the failed promise of the Kansas-Nebraska Act-when fraud in local elections subverted the settlers' right to choose whether Kansas would be a slave or free state-fanned the flames of war. While other writers have cited slavery or economics as the cause of unrest, Nicole Etcheson seeks to revise our understanding of this era by focusing on whites' concerns over their political liberties. The first comprehensive account of "Bleeding Kansas" in more than thirty years, her study re-examines the debate over slavery expansion to emphasize issues of popular sovereignty rather than slavery's moral or economic dimensions. The free-state movement was a coalition of settlers who favored black rights and others who wanted the territory only for whites, but all were united by the conviction that their political rights were violated by nonresident voting and by Democratic presidents' heavy-handed administration of the territories. Etcheson argues that participants on both sides of the Kansas conflict believed they fought to preserve the liberties secured by the American Revolution and that violence erupted because each side feared the loss of meaningful self-governance. Bleeding Kansas is a gripping account of events and people-rabble-rousing Jim Lane, zealot John Brown, Sheriff Sam Jones, and others-that examines the social milieu of the settlers along with the political ideas they developed. Covering the period from the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act to the 1879 Exoduster Migration, it traces the complex interactions among groups inside and outside the territory, creating a comprehensive political, social, and intellectual history of this tumultuous period in the state's history. As Etcheson demonstrates, the struggle over the political liberties of whites may have heightened the turmoil but led eventually to a broadening of the definition of freedom to include blacks. Her insightful re-examination sheds new light on this era and is essential reading for anyone interested in the ideological origins of the Civil War.
The Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science
Author: Nova Scotian Institute of Science
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London
Author:
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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The Journal of the Linnean Society of London
Author: Linnean Society (London)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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The Journal of the Linnean Society of London
Author:
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Official Summary of Security Transactions and Holdings Reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
Author: United States. Securities and Exchange Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Securities
Languages : en
Pages : 1282
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Category : Securities
Languages : en
Pages : 1282
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The Economist
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 814
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 814
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Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Primarily consists of: Transactions, v. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, 32, 34-35, 38, 42-43; and: Collections, v. 2, 4, 9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-31, 33, 36-37, 39-41; also includes lists of members.
Publisher:
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Primarily consists of: Transactions, v. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, 32, 34-35, 38, 42-43; and: Collections, v. 2, 4, 9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-31, 33, 36-37, 39-41; also includes lists of members.