The second installation in a series on the causes of the American Civil War. A summary of conditions in Antebellum America.
Continue Reading →The “First Party System,” according to Donald Grier Stephenson, pitted the Federalists (created by Alexander Hamilton and including John Adams, Fisher Ames, and John Marshall) against the Republicans or Antifederalists (created by Thomas Jefferson and including James Madison, Albert Gallatin, and Philip Freneau) and “took shape at the national [...]
Continue Reading →Congratulations to Annette Gordon-Reed for winning the 2008 National Book Award for non-fiction.
Annette Gordon-Reed
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
W.W. Norton & Company
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“In the mesmerizing narrative of Annette Gordon-Reed’s American family saga, one feels the steady accretion of convincing argument: Her book [...]
Continue Reading →In the last post, I kicked off a series looking at the causes of the American Civil War. Study of 19th century Antebellum America reveals a young country experiencing incredible change. Its rate of growth in almost all measures was unrivaled [...]
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