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  • Pamphlets of Protest

    An Anthology of Early African-American Protest Literature, 1790-1860

    Between the Revolution and the Civil War, African-American writing became a prominent feature of both black protest culture and American public life. Although denied a political voice in national affairs, black authors produced a wide range of literature to project their views into the public sphere. Autobiographies and personal narratives told of slavery's horrors, newspapers railed against ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • American Heroes

    Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America

    "A wise, humane and beautifully written book." —Bret Stephens, Wall Street JournalFrom the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin comes this remarkable work that will help redefine our notion of American heroism. Americans have long been obsessed with their heroes, but the men and women dramatically portrayed here are not celebrated for the typical banal reasons contained in Founding Fathers ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Against Slavery

    An Abolitionist Reader

    Edited by Mason Lowance ...
    "An invaluable resource to students, scholars, and general readers alike."—Amazon.comThis colleciton assembles more than forty speeches, lectures, and essays critical to the abolitionist crusade, featuring writing by William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Lydia Maria Child, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Revolutionary America, 1763-1815

    A Sourcebook

    Revolutionary America, 1763–1815: A Sourcebook is a collection of dynamic primary sources intended to accompany the second edition of Revolutionary America, 1763-1815: A Political History. While the structure of the collection parallels the textbook, either can be used independently as well. Each chapter contains excerpts of crucial documents from the Revolutionary period, and begins with a brief ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Race and Revolution

    by Gary B. Nash ...
    The most profound crisis of conscience for white Americans at the end of the eighteenth century became their most tragic failure. Race and Revolution is a trenchant study of the revolutionary generation's early efforts to right the apparent contradiction of slavery and of their ultimate compromises that not only left the institution intact but provided it with the protection of a vastly ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Frederick Douglass: Speeches & Writings (LOA #358)

    Library of America presents the biggest, most comprehensive trade edition of Frederick Douglass's writings ever publishedEdited by Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer David W. Blight, this Library of America edition is the largest single-volume selection of Frederick Douglass’s writings ever published, presenting the full texts of thirty-four speeches and sixty-seven pieces of journalism. (A ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence: The Best Speeches Delivered by The Negro From The Days of Slavery to The Present Time

    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • Common Sense

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    by Thomas Paine ...
    Series series Starbooks Classics Collection
    Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution. Common Sense was signed "Written by an Englishman", and it became an immediate success. In relative proportion to the population of the colonies at that time, 2.5 million Americans, it had the largest sale and circulation of any book published in ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The U.S. Constitution and Related Documents

    Edited by Stephen Brennan ...
    No matter who you identify with—Democrat or Republican, Tea Party or Green Party, Independent or something else altogether—we the people should read:The Constitution of the United States of AmericaThe Bill of Rights and all of the AmendmentsThe Declaration of IndependenceThe Articles of ConfederationTake a moment or two to reflect on the words of our forefathers, as these are the documents that ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Portable Patriot

    Documents, Speeches, and Sermons that Compose the American Soul

    What does it mean to think, believe, and act like an American? Get the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and other important United States historical documents all in one book!The soul of America is far more than a concept—it is a people. Even the most sacred principles mean very little unless lived out passionately by an informed citizenry. In The Portable Patriot ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Negro Orators and Their Orations

    In reprinting these orations the editor has endeavored to present them here as nearly as possible in their original form. No effort has been made to improve the English. Published in this form, then, these orations will be of value not only to persons studying the development of the Negro in his use of a modern idiom but also in the study of the history of the race. It is in this spirit that these ... Read more

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  • The Impending Crisis of the South

    Enriched edition. How to Meet It

    In "The Impending Crisis of the South," Hinton Rowan Helper delivers a poignant and scathing indictment of the institution of slavery, intertwining a meticulous analysis of the socio-economic conditions of the Southern United States in the mid-19th century. Written in a compelling and urgent literary style, Helper employs a mix of statistical evidence, personal observations, and vivid moral ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus