An Oration Delivered by Request Before the Whigs of Philadelphia, on the Fourth of July, 1834 (Classic Reprint)

An Oration Delivered by Request Before the Whigs of Philadelphia, on the Fourth of July, 1834 (Classic Reprint)
Author: William Morris Meredith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781331403340

Excerpt from An Oration Delivered by Request Before the Whigs of Philadelphia, on the Fourth of July, 1834 Assembled to commemorate the triumphs of our ancestors, let us rejoice that we are still worthy to honour them. Though we have distress around us, and before us a struggle of which the result is in the hands of Providence, yet we keep this festival with the cheerful hearts of freemen. Determined in any event, not to disgrace our fathers, we can speak of their deeds without the blush of shame, or the downcast eye of conscious degeneracy. We look back to them, not as slaves look to the memory of kind protectors or generous avengers, - but as freemen turn with honest pride to their predecessors. When we shall cease to revere them, we shall have been rendered incapable of the admiration of heroic actions: - when we shall despair of imitating them, we shall have lost our distinguishing characteristic as a people, and become a reproach to our common country. In Washington, and the men of 1776, was embodied the spirit of our race, the spirit of liberty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An Oration Delivered by Request Before the Whigs of Philadelphia on the Fourth of July, 1834

An Oration Delivered by Request Before the Whigs of Philadelphia on the Fourth of July, 1834
Author: Meredith William M. (William Morris)
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2019-03-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780526462889

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An Oration Delivered by Request Before the Whigs of Philadelphia on the Fourth of July, 1834

An Oration Delivered by Request Before the Whigs of Philadelphia on the Fourth of July, 1834
Author: Meredith William M (William Morris)
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2016-05-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781356598724

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

How the Irish Became White

How the Irish Became White
Author: Noel Ignatiev
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135070695

'...from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called ‘path breaking,’ ‘seminal,’ ‘essential,’ a ‘must read.’ How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachussetts, Amherst The Irish came to America in the eighteenth century, fleeing a homeland under foreign occupation and a caste system that regarded them as the lowest form of humanity. In the new country – a land of opportunity – they found a very different form of social hierarchy, one that was based on the color of a person’s skin. Noel Ignatiev’s 1995 book – the first published work of one of America’s leading and most controversial historians – tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors; how the new Irish immigrants achieved acceptance among an initially hostile population only by proving that they could be more brutal in their oppression of African Americans than the nativists. This is the story of How the Irish Became White.

American Nationalisms

American Nationalisms
Author: Benjamin E. Park
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2018-01-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108420370

This book traces how early Americans imagined what a 'nation' meant during the first fifty years of the country's existence.

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

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Author: Frederick Douglass
Publisher:
Total Pages: 628
Release: 1882
Genre: Abolitionists
ISBN:

Frederick Douglass recounts early years of abuse, his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom, abolitionist campaigns, and his crusade for full civil rights for former slaves. It is also the only of Douglass's autobiographies to discuss his life during and after the Civil War, including his encounters with American presidents such as Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield.