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Why America Is Just Now Learning to Love Thaddeus Stevens, the 'Best-Hated Man' in U.S. History: The Pennsylvanian was one of America's greatest heroes. Why hasn't he gotten his due?

Authors : Schorn, Tracy

Subjects: *SLAVERY; *RADICALISM; *CITIZENSHIPSTEVENS, Thaddeus, 1792-1868; SMITH, Lydia Hamilton

Source: Smithsonian. Dec2023, p1-1. 1p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph.

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DEMOCRACY OVER FREEDOM.

Authors : Cowie, Jefferson

Subjects: Liberty; Democracy; Social marginality

Source: Boston Review. Fall2023, Vol. 48 Issue 4, p41-46. 6p.

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A post-colonial reading of Alexis de Tocqueville's writings on slavery and its aftermaths.

Authors : Maussen, Marcel

Subjects: ANTI-Black racism; PREJUDICES; RACE relationsDEMOCRACY in America (Book : de Tocqueville)TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de, 1805-1859

Source: Ethnicities; Dec2023, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p801-821, 21p

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Liberty, Equality, Slavery : Debating the Slave Trade in Revolutionary France.

Authors : Clay, Lauren R (AUTHOR)

Subjects: FRENCH Revolution, 1789-1799; SLAVE trade; POLITICAL participation

Source: American Historical Review. Mar2023, Vol. 128 Issue 1, p89-119. 31p.

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10 Things Everyone Should Know about American History

Authors : Guelzo, Allen; American Council of Trustees and Alumni

Subjects: History Instruction; United States History; Higher Education

Source: American Council of Trustees and Alumni. 2020.36

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THE IMPERIAL ROOTS OF THE DEMOCRACY OF OPPORTUNITY.

Authors : Rana, Aziz

Subjects: Democracy; United States. Constitution; Constitutional law

Source: Boston Review. Spring2022, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p41-47. 7p.

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In Memoriam: The Who, How, Where and When of Statues

Authors : Hobbs, Angela H.

Subjects: Sculpture; Historic Sites; Democracy

Source: Journal of Philosophy of Education. Jun 2021 55(3):430-438.9

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THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1830s.

Authors : Nelson, Shiela

Subjects: UNITED States history; EIGHTEEN thirties; SLAVERYUNITED States UNITED States UNITED States Report Available

Source: A Proud & Isolated Nation: Americans Take a Stand in Texas (1820-1845). 2004, p24-43. 20p. 8 Color Photographs, 5 Black and White Photographs.

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THE FUGITIVE CURE.

Authors : LUCAS, JULIAN

Subjects: Slavery in the United States; Tubman, Harriet, ca. 1820-1913; Underground Railroad (U.S. history)United States

Source: New Yorker. 2/17/2020, Vol. 96 Issue 1, p40-47. 8p. 3 Cartoon or Caricatures.

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THE CONSTITUTION COUNTED MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER AS THREE-FIFTHS OF A FREE PERSON HERE'S WHY I LOVE IT ANYWAY.

Authors : ALLEN, DANIELLE

Subjects: Slavery in the United States; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Democracy

Source: Atlantic Monthly. Oct2020, Vol. 326 Issue 3, p58-63. 6p. 1 Black and White Photograph.

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