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The Kidnapping Club

Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

de Jonathan Daniel Wells ...

**Winner of a 2020-2021 New York City Book AwardIn a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city's soul: the pro-slavery New Yorkers who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well, and the abolitionists fighting for freedom.**We often think of slavery as a southern phenomenon, far removed from the booming cities of the North. But even though slavery had been outlawed in Gotham by ... Leer más

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**Winner of a 2020-2021 New York City Book AwardIn a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city's soul: the pro-slavery New Yorkers who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well, and the abolitionists fighting for freedom.**We often think of slavery as a southern phenomenon, far removed from the booming cities of the North. But even though slavery had been outlawed in Gotham by
... Leer más

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The Origins of the Southern Middle Class, 1800-1861

de Jonathan Daniel Wells ...

With a fresh take on social dynamics in the antebellum South, Jonathan Daniel Wells contests the popular idea that the Old South was a region of essentially two classes (planters and slaves) until after the Civil War. He argues that, in fact, the region had a burgeoning white middle class — including merchants, doctors, and teachers — that had a profound impact on southern culture, the debate over ... Leer más

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With a fresh take on social dynamics in the antebellum South, Jonathan Daniel Wells contests the popular idea that the Old South was a region of essentially two classes (planters and slaves) until after the Civil War. He argues that, in fact, the region had a burgeoning white middle class — including merchants, doctors, and teachers — that had a profound impact on southern culture, the debate over
... Leer más
Blind No More

African American Resistance, Free-Soil Politics, and the Coming of the Civil War

de Jonathan Daniel Wells ...

Series series
With a fresh interpretation of African American resistance to kidnapping and pre–Civil War political culture, Blind No More sheds new light on the coming of the Civil War by focusing on a neglected truism: the antebellum free states experienced a dramatic ideological shift that questioned the value of the Union. Jonathan Daniel Wells explores the cause of disunion as the persistent determination ... Leer más

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With a fresh interpretation of African American resistance to kidnapping and pre–Civil War political culture, Blind No More sheds new light on the coming of the Civil War by focusing on a neglected truism: the antebellum free states experienced a dramatic ideological shift that questioned the value of the Union. Jonathan Daniel Wells explores the cause of disunion as the persistent determination
... Leer más
Women Writers and Journalists in the Nineteenth-Century South

de Jonathan Daniel Wells ...

Series series Cambridge Studies on the American South
The first study to focus on white and black women journalists and writers both before and after the Civil War, this book offers fresh insight into Southern intellectual life, the fight for women's rights and gender ideology. Based on new research into Southern magazines and newspapers, this book seeks to shift scholarly attention away from novelists and toward the rich and diverse periodical ... Leer más

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The first study to focus on white and black women journalists and writers both before and after the Civil War, this book offers fresh insight into Southern intellectual life, the fight for women's rights and gender ideology. Based on new research into Southern magazines and newspapers, this book seeks to shift scholarly attention away from novelists and toward the rich and diverse periodical
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The Kidnapping Club

Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

de Jonathan Daniel Wells ...

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**Winner of a 2020-2021 New York City Book AwardIn a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city's soul: the pro-slavery New Yorkers who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well, and the abolitionists fighting for freedom.**We often think of slavery as a southern phenomenon, far removed from the booming cities of the North. But even though slavery had been outlawed in Gotham by ... Leer más

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**Winner of a 2020-2021 New York City Book AwardIn a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city's soul: the pro-slavery New Yorkers who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well, and the abolitionists fighting for freedom.**We often think of slavery as a southern phenomenon, far removed from the booming cities of the North. But even though slavery had been outlawed in Gotham by
... Leer más

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Slavery in North America Vol 1

From the Colonial Period to Emancipation

de Peter S Carmichael, Timothy Lockley, Jonathan Daniel Wells, Mark M Smith ...

First published in 2009. From the founding of Jamestown to the American Civil War, slavery and abolition shaped American national, regional and racial identities. This four-volume reset edition draws together rare sources relating to American slavery systems. Volume 1 includes a general introduction and the colonial period covering slavery and the law, slave resistance, religion and slavery; and ... Leer más

$225.99 USD

First published in 2009. From the founding of Jamestown to the American Civil War, slavery and abolition shaped American national, regional and racial identities. This four-volume reset edition draws together rare sources relating to American slavery systems. Volume 1 includes a general introduction and the colonial period covering slavery and the law, slave resistance, religion and slavery; and
... Leer más
Slavery in North America Vol 2

From the Colonial Period to Emancipation

de Mark M Smith, Peter S Carmichael, Timothy Lockley, Jonathan Daniel Wells ...

First published in 2009. From the founding of Jamestown to the American Civil War, slavery and abolition shaped American national, regional and racial identities. This four-volume reset edition draws together rare sources relating to American slavery systems. Volume 2 includes the Revolutionary and Early National Period and covers the Anti-Slavery Impulse and Reaction to It and the Slave ... Leer más

$225.99 USD

First published in 2009. From the founding of Jamestown to the American Civil War, slavery and abolition shaped American national, regional and racial identities. This four-volume reset edition draws together rare sources relating to American slavery systems. Volume 2 includes the Revolutionary and Early National Period and covers the Anti-Slavery Impulse and Reaction to It and the Slave
... Leer más
Slavery in North America Vol 4

From the Colonial Period to Emancipation

de Mark M Smith, Peter S Carmichael, Timothy Lockley, Jonathan Daniel Wells ...

First published in 2009. From the founding of Jamestown to the American Civil War, slavery and abolition shaped American national, regional and racial identities. This four-volume reset edition draws together rare sources relating to American slavery systems. Volume 4 includes the Civil War and Emancipation period from 1861 to 1866. ... Leer más

$225.99 USD

First published in 2009. From the founding of Jamestown to the American Civil War, slavery and abolition shaped American national, regional and racial identities. This four-volume reset edition draws together rare sources relating to American slavery systems. Volume 4 includes the Civil War and Emancipation period from 1861 to 1866.
... Leer más
Slavery in North America Vol 3

From the Colonial Period to Emancipation

de Mark M Smith, Peter S Carmichael, Timothy Lockley, Jonathan Daniel Wells ...

First published in 2009. From the founding of Jamestown to the American Civil War, slavery and abolition shaped American national, regional and racial identities. This four-volume reset edition draws together rare sources relating to American slavery systems. Volume 3 includes the Antebellum Period from 1828 to 1859. ... Leer más

$225.99 USD

First published in 2009. From the founding of Jamestown to the American Civil War, slavery and abolition shaped American national, regional and racial identities. This four-volume reset edition draws together rare sources relating to American slavery systems. Volume 3 includes the Antebellum Period from 1828 to 1859.
... Leer más
The Bucket List Edition: The Greatest Classics in One Volume

Leaves of Grass, Siddhartha, Dubliners, Les Misérables, Don Quixote, Art of War, Middlemarch, Swann's Way…

de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Stendhal, Jules Verne, Gustave Flaubert, Lewis Carroll, Theodor Storm, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, Plato, Honoré de Balzac, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rabindranath Tagore, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Walt Whitman, Niccolò Machiavelli, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Giovanni Boccaccio, Confucius, George MacDonald, Bram Stoker, Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë, Henry David Thoreau, Jack London, Henry James, Louisa May Alcott, Victor Hugo, Arthur Conan Doyle, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Joseph Conrad, Jane Austen, Herman Melville, George Eliot, Laurence Sterne, Thomas Hardy, Jonathan Swift, Edith Wharton, Benito Pérez Galdós, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Rudyard Kipling, William Dean Howells, Kalidasa, Kenneth Grahame, Marcel Proust, Washington Irving, Juan Valera, Willa Cather, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Homer, Gaston Leroux, Charles Baudelaire, William Makepeace Thackeray, Voltaire, Kate Chopin, Apuleius, John Milton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Frederick Douglass, Laozi, John Keats, James Joyce, Ann Ward Radcliffe, Kahlil Gibran, Kakuzo Okakura, Soseki Natsume, Princess Der Ling, L. Frank Baum, H. G. Wells, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Barrie, G. K. Chesterton, T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, H. P. Lovecraft, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marcus Aurelius, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ivan Turgenev, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Gogol, Sir Walter Scott, George Bernard Shaw, Miguel de Cervantes, Mary Shelley, Cao Xueqin, Emile Zola, Válmíki, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, P. B. Shelley, Elizabeth von Arnim, Herman Hesse, Dante, Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Sun Tzu, Inazo Nitobé, George Weedon Grossmith, Willkie Collins, Lewis WallaceL., M. Montgomery ...

The Bucket List Edition: The Greatest Classics in One Volume offers an unparalleled journey through the annals of literature, showcasing the brilliance and variety of storytelling across time and cultures. This anthology features an exceptional array of styles and narrative voices, from the philosophical dialogues of Plato and the poetic maximalism of Whitman to the evocative gothic tones of Poe ... Leer más

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The Bucket List Edition: The Greatest Classics in One Volume offers an unparalleled journey through the annals of literature, showcasing the brilliance and variety of storytelling across time and cultures. This anthology features an exceptional array of styles and narrative voices, from the philosophical dialogues of Plato and the poetic maximalism of Whitman to the evocative gothic tones of Poe
... Leer más
50 Essential Classics You Must Read - British Literature

The Definitive British Literature Collection from Beowulf to the Romantic Poets

de Anonymous, The Essential Classics Library, William Langland, Jessie L. Weston, Thomas Malory, Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, John Milton, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Oliver Goldsmith, M.G. Lewis, Mary Shelley, William Beckford, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, H.G. Wells, H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, William Blake, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Various Authors, Multiple Authors ...

Series Libro 1 - 50 Essential Classics You Must Read
A sweeping journey through the foundations, triumphs, and transformations of British literature. This monumental volume gathers fifty of the most influential and enduring works ever written in the English language. From the heroic epic of Beowulf to the philosophical sublimity of the Romantic poets, from Shakespeare's immortal tragedies to the visionary science fiction of H. G. Wells, this ... Leer más

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A sweeping journey through the foundations, triumphs, and transformations of British literature. This monumental volume gathers fifty of the most influential and enduring works ever written in the English language. From the heroic epic of Beowulf to the philosophical sublimity of the Romantic poets, from Shakespeare's immortal tragedies to the visionary science fiction of H. G. Wells, this
... Leer más
The Everlasting Masterpieces of World Literature in One Edition

Enriched edition. Romeo and Juliet, Notre Dame, Anna Karenina, Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, Tao Te Ching, Odyssey…

de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Stendhal, Jules Verne, Gustave Flaubert, Lewis Carroll, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, Plato, Honoré de Balzac, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe0, Rabindranath Tagore1, Fyodor Dostoyevsky2, Walt Whitman3, Niccolò Machiavelli4, Oscar Wilde5, Robert Louis Stevenson6, James Fenimore Cooper7, Edgar Allan Poe8, William Shakespeare9, Giovanni Boccaccio0, Confucius1, George MacDonald2, Bram Stoker3, Charlotte Brontë4, Emily Brontë5, Henry David Thoreau6, Jack London7, Henry James8, Louisa May Alcott9, Victor Hugo0, Arthur Conan Doyle1, Frances Hodgson Burnett2, Joseph Conrad3, Jane Austen4, Herman Melville5, George Eliot6, Laurence Sterne7, Thomas Hardy8, Jonathan Swift9, Edith Wharton0, Benito Pérez Galdós1, Daniel Defoe2, Henry Fielding3, Alexandre Dumas4, Kalidasa5, Kenneth Grahame6, Marcel Proust7, Willa Cather8, Nathaniel Hawthorne9, Homer0, Gaston Leroux1, Charles Baudelaire2, Wilkie Collins3, William Makepeace Thackeray4, Voltaire5, Kate Chopin6, Apuleius7, John Milton8, Frederick Douglass9, Laozi0, John Keats1, James Joyce2, Ann Ward Radcliffe3, Kahlil Gibran4, Kakuzo Okakura5, Soseki Natsume6, Princess Der Ling7, H. G. Wells8, W. B. Yeats9, J. M. Barrie0, G. K. Chesterton1, T. S. Eliot2, L. M. Montgomery3, C. S. Lewis4, D. H. Lawrence5, E. M. Forster6, H. P. Lovecraft7, Marcus Aurelius8, Friedrich Nietzsche9, Lewis Wallace0, Ivan Turgenev1, Anton Chekhov2, Leo Tolstoy3, Nikolai Gogol4, Sir Walter Scott5, George Bernard Shaw6, Miguel de Cervantes7, Mary Shelley8, Cao Xueqin9, Emile Zola0, Válmíki1, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee2, P. B. Shelley3, Elizabeth von Arnim4, Herman Hesse5, Dante6, Pedro Calderon de la Barca7, Sun Tzu8, Inazo Nitobé9, George Weedon Grossmith00, Miles Draycott03 ...

The Everlasting Masterpieces of World Literature in One Edition is an unparalleled anthology that encapsulates the rich tapestry of global literary tradition. Spanning epochs and continents, this collection delves into myriad themes such as love, power, morality, and human spirit. With a diverse array of styles ranging from the elegant narratives of the Romantic era to the probing insights of ... Leer más

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The Everlasting Masterpieces of World Literature in One Edition is an unparalleled anthology that encapsulates the rich tapestry of global literary tradition. Spanning epochs and continents, this collection delves into myriad themes such as love, power, morality, and human spirit. With a diverse array of styles ranging from the elegant narratives of the Romantic era to the probing insights of
... Leer más

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