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More than 150 years after the end of the American Civil War, the story of America’s bloodiest conflict remains a potent one – a defining period in the formation of the United States as we know it today. In this bookazine we explore the American Civil War through investigating its key events, significant battles and its most influential figures. Through expert analysis, a wealth of authentic artefacts, spectacular photography, and eyewitness
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"I was born in Tuckahoe. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant."So begins the now-classic personal account of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), who was born into slavery in Maryland and after his escape to Massachusetts...
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Our slave states volume 3
Burt Franklin research and source works volume 516
American classics in history and social science volume 138
Burt Franklin research and source works volume 516
American classics in history and social science volume 138
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11) Handbook of salamanders: the salamanders of the United States, of Canada, and of Lower California
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13) Freedom road
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It was everywhere. You couldn't talk about the revolution without using the word freedom in the same breath. But Gideon Jackson knew that freedom meant something different if your skin was black. Fast's fictional account of the post-Civil War era takes us into the life of Gideon Jackson, a black man, newly freed, and determined to make a difference.
14) Mankind so far
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American Museum of Natural History. Science volume Vol. v
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