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This collection of primary sources includes both classic and lesser-known documents describing the rich mosaic of American life from the pre-contact era to the present day. The sources, both public and private documents-ranging from letters, diary excerpts, stories, novels, to speeches, court cases, and government reports-tell the story of American history in the words of those who lived it.
Contents
Preface viiPrologue-Beginnings 1* Pima Creation Story (Traditional-Ancient) 2* Dekanawida Myth and the Achievement of Iroquois Unity (ca. 1500s) 4* Duarte Barbosa, A Description of the Coast of East Africa (1518) 7Chapter 1-Alien Encounters: Europe in the Americas 13* Christopher Columbus, Letter to Luis de Sant' Angel (1493) 15* Bartholome de Las Casas, "Of the Island of Hispaniola" (1542) 19* Jacques Marquette, from The Mississippi Voyage ofJoliet and Marquette (1673) 21* Thomas Mun, from England's Treasure by Foreign Trade (1664) 24* John Smith, "The Starving Time" (1624) 27* John Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity" (1630) 29* Excerpt from the Trial of Anne Hutchinson (1637) 32Chapter 2-American Society in the Making 37* Bacon's Rebellion: The Declaration (1676) 39* William Bull, Report on the Stono Rebellion (1739) 42* Gottlieb Mittelberger, The Passage of Indentured Servants (1750) 44* Elizabeth Sprigs, Letter to Her Father (1756) 47* Olaudah Equiano, The Middle Passage (1788) 49* Alexander Falconbridge, The African Slave Trade (1788) 52* James Oglethorpe, Establishing the Colony of Georgia (1733) 55Chapter 3-America in the British Empire 59* Michel-Guillaume-Jean de Crevecouer, from Letters froman American Farmer (1782) 61* Benjamin Franklin, "Upon Hearing George Whitefield Preach" (1771) 63* Jonathan Edwards, from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (1741) 65* John Dickinson, from Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (1768) 67* Address of the Inhabitants of Anson County to Governor Martin (1774) 69Chapter 4-The American Revolution 73* Patrick Henry, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" (1775) 75* Joseph Warren, "Account of the Battle of Lexington" (1775) 78* Letter from a Revolutionary War Soldier (1776) 81* George Washington, The Newburg Address (1783) 84* Judith Sargent Murray, "On the Equality of the Sexes" (1790) 87* Molly Wallace, Valedictory Oration (1792) 89* Slave Petition to the General Assembly in Connecticut (1779) 91Chapter 5-The Federalist Era: Nationalism Triumphant 95* Publius (James Madison), Federalist Paper #10 (1788) 97* George Mason, "Objections to This Constitution of Government" (1787) 100* Benjamin Banneker, Letter to Thomas Jefferson (1791) 102* "Petition for Access to Education" (1787) 104* George Washington, Farewell Address (1796) 106* The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) 109Chapter 6-Jeffersonian Democracy 113* Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address (1801) 114* Marbury v. Madison (1803) 117* Meriwether Lewis, Journal (1805) 119Chapter 7-National Growing Pains 123* Tecumseh, Letter to Governor William Henry Harrison (1810) 125* Missouri Enabling Act (1820) 127* The Monroe Doctrine (1823) 129Chapter 8-Toward a National Economy 133* AlbanyDaily Advertiser on the Erie Canal (1819) 134* The Harbinger, Female Workers of Lowell (1836) 136* Mary Paul, Letters Home (1845, 1846) 139Chapter 9-Jacksonian Democracy 143* Andrew Jackson, First Annual Message to Congress (1829) 145* "Memorial of the Cherokee Nation" (1830) 147* Henry Clay, Speech Opposing President Jackson's Vetoof the Bank Bill (1832) 149* Davy Crockett, Advice to Politicians (1833) 152Chapter 10-The Making of Middle-Class America 155* Charles Finney, "Religious Revival" (1835) 158* Dorothea Dix, Appeal on Behalf of the Insane (1843) 161* William Lloyd Garrison, from The Liberator (1831) 163* Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Declaration of Sentiments (1848) 165* Henry David Thoreau, from "Civil Disobedience" (1849) 168* Walt Whitman, Preface to Leaves of Grass (1855) 171Chapter 11-Westward Expansion 175* John L. O'Sullivan, "The Great Nation of Futurity" (1845) 177* Jose Maria Sanchez, from "A Trip to Texas" (1828) 180* Thomas Corwin, Against the Mexican War (1847) 182* Elizabeth Dixon Smith Greer, Journal (1847-1850) 185* Chief Seattle, Oration (1854) 187Chapter 12-The Sections Go Their Ways 191* Nat Turner, Confession (1831) 192* Benjamin Drew, Narratives of Escaped Slaves (1855) 194* George Fitzhugh, "The Blessings of Slavery" (1857) 197Chapter 13-The Coming of the Civil War 203* Harriet Beecher Stowe, from Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) 205* The Ostend Manifesto (1854) 207* Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) 210* Frederick Douglass, Independence Day Speech (1852) 212* John Brown, Address to the Virginia Court (1859) 215Chapter 14-The War to Save the Union 219* James Henry Gooding, Letter to President Lincoln (1863) 221* Jefferson Davis, Second Inaugural Address as President ofthe Confederate States of America (1862) 223* Clara Barton, Medical Life at the Battlefield (1862) 226* Theodore A. Dodge, from Civil War Diary (1863) 229* Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863) 232Chapter 15-Reconstruction and the South 235* Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address (1865) 237* Mississippi Black Codes (1865) 239* A Sharecrop Contract (1882) 242* Congressional Testimony on the Actions of the Ku Klux Klan (1872) 245* Civil Rights Cases (1883) 249Credits 253
