19th Century
epub |eng | 2019-12-12 | Author:Paul E. Teed
Christianity and Conversion While African traditions, including Islam, remained a key element in the daily spiritual experiences of enslaved people, Christianity played an increasingly important role as well. Beginning with ...
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Antebellum
January 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2011-10-12 | Author:R. Wayne Ayers
The Palm Walk that ran between the Royal Poinciana and The Breakers was reserved exclusively for pedestrians. Wheeled vehicles used the adjacent trail. Lined with palm trees and other exotic ...
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Gilded Age
January 1,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sheila Myers [Myers, Sheila]
19 Ella Durant I knew if I didnât act fast I might lose my chance to claim my land due to Williamâs mishandling of the estate. So I followed Poultneyâs ...
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Gilded Age
December 24,2022 )
epub |eng | 2014-11-20 | Author:Jeffrey H. Hacker [Hacker, Jeffrey H.]
Chapter 18, Criticism and Fiction (excerpt), 1891 As a literary critic, editor, and novelist in his own right, William Dean Howells was the foremost proponent of literary realism in America. ...
( Category:
Gilded Age
December 23,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-08-29 | Author:Pamela Kelley [Kelley, Pamela]
21 Eliza waited until she was in the office the next morning to mention Minnieâs land to her father. He was immediately intrigued. âShe owns that entire block? Thatâs so ...
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Gilded Age
October 16,2022 )
epub |eng | 2020-07-04 | Author:Bond, Beverly G.;O'Donovan, Susan E.; [Неизв.]
NOTES This chapter was first presented at âMemories of a Massacre: Memphis in 1866.â I am grateful to Beverly Greene Bond and Susan Eva OâDonovan for organizing this important conference ...
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Reconstruction
October 13,2022 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Harry Jay Thorn [Thorn, Harry Jay]
Across the empty street from the millinery store Aaron Booker, five times elected sheriff of Pueblo County South Texas, smiled as he watched the pair embrace and vanish behind the ...
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Old West
October 6,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-23 | Author:Gordon S. Barker
JOSHUA GLOVER, THE FUGITIVE SLAVE. Supporting Joshua Glover, The Racine Advocate said, âThe fugitive slave law cannot be enforced in Wisconsin.... The people will not suffer itâ (Wisconsin Historical Society, ...
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Antebellum
October 3,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Anthony W. Wood [Wood, Anthony W.]
Such lines hearken back to the language of liberty employed by Du Bois, realizing his hope that African Americans might convene with Nature, âthinking, dreaming, and working in a kingdom ...
( Category:
Reconstruction
September 29,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-09-15 | Author:Stuart W. Sanders
Union Colonel Robert McCook, who led a brigade at Mill Springs, helped organize the 9th Ohio Infantry Regiment. Wounded at Mill Springs, McCook did not survive the Civil War. Courtesy ...
( Category:
Reconstruction
September 27,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Peggy L Henderson
Chapter 12 âNever would have believed it if I didnât see it for myself. Family life sure seems to agree with you, Alex.â Connor grinned from ear to ear, his ...
( Category:
Old West
August 23,2022 )
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