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Author | : David McCullough |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2019-05-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1501168681 |
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story—the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutler’s son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent pioneer in American science. They and their families created a town in a primeval wilderness, while coping with such frontier realities as floods, fires, wolves and bears, no roads or bridges, no guarantees of any sort, all the while negotiating a contentious and sometimes hostile relationship with the native people. Like so many of McCullough’s subjects, they let no obstacle deter or defeat them. Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments. This is a revelatory and quintessentially American story, written with David McCullough’s signature narrative energy.
Author | : Daniel P. Barr |
Publisher | : Kent State University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780873388443 |
Although much has been written about the Old Northwest, The Boundaries between Us fills a void in this historical literature by examining the interaction between Euro-Americans and native peoples and their struggles to gain control of the region and its vast resources. Comprised of twelve original essays, The Boundaries between Us formulates a comprehensive perspective on the history and significance of the contest for control of the Old Northwest. The essays examine the socio cultural contexts in which natives and newcomers lived, tradod, negotiated, interacted, and fought, delineating the articulations of power and possibility, difference and identity, violence and war that shaped the struggle. The essays do not attempt to present a unified interpretation but, rather, focus on both specific and general topics, revisit and reinterpret well-known events, and underscore how cultural, political, and ideological antagonisms divided the native inhabitants from the newcomers. Together, these thoughtful analyses offer a broad historical perspective on nearly a century of contact, interaction, conflict, and displacement. the history of early America, the frontier, and cultural interaction.
Author | : Northwest Territory |
Publisher | : Springfield, Ill. : Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library |
Total Pages | : 646 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
A reproduction in modern type of the original text and title pages of the first editions of the laws.
Author | : Northwest Territory Celebration Commission (U.S.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1938 |
Genre | : Northwest, Old |
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Author | : Harlow Lindley |
Publisher | : Marietta, Ohio : Northwest Territory Celebration Commission |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1937 |
Genre | : Northwest, Old |
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Author | : Jacob Burnet |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 658 |
Release | : 1847 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Jay Amos Barrett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : United States |
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Author | : Various |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2021-11-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
"History of the Ordinance of 1787 and the Old Northwest Territory" by Various. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author | : Anna-Lisa Cox |
Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2018-06-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1610398114 |
The long-hidden stories of America's black pioneers, the frontier they settled, and their fight for the heart of the nation When black settlers Keziah and Charles Grier started clearing their frontier land in 1818, they couldn't know that they were part of the nation's earliest struggle for equality; they were just looking to build a better life. But within a few years, the Griers would become early Underground Railroad conductors, joining with fellow pioneers and other allies to confront the growing tyranny of bondage and injustice. The Bone and Sinew of the Land tells the Griers' story and the stories of many others like them: the lost history of the nation's first Great Migration. In building hundreds of settlements on the frontier, these black pioneers were making a stand for equality and freedom. Their new home, the Northwest Territory--the wild region that would become present-day Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin--was the first territory to ban slavery and have equal voting rights for all men. Though forgotten today, in their own time the successes of these pioneers made them the targets of racist backlash. Political and even armed battles soon ensued, tearing apart families and communities long before the Civil War. This groundbreaking work of research reveals America's forgotten frontier, where these settlers were inspired by the belief that all men are created equal and a brighter future was possible. Named one of Smithsonian's Best History Books of 2018
Author | : Peter S. Onuf |
Publisher | : University of Notre Dame Pess |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2019-02-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0268105480 |
This new edition of Statehood and Union: A History of the Northwest Ordinance, originally published in 1987, is an authoritative account of the origins and early history of American policy for territorial government, land distribution, and the admission of new states in the Old Northwest. In a new preface, Peter S. Onuf reviews important new work on the progress of colonization and territorial expansion in the rising American empire.