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From Revivals to Removal

Jeremiah Evarts, the Cherokee Nation, and the Search for the Soul of America

By: John A. Andrew, III

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From Revivals to Removal

Jeremiah Evarts, the Cherokee Nation, and the Search for the Soul of America

By: John A. Andrew, III

Between the end of the Revolutionary War in 1781 and Andrew Jackson's retirement from the presidency in 1837, a generation of Americans acted out a great debate over the nature of the national character and the future political, economic, and religious course of the country. Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831) and many others saw the debate as a battle over the soul of America. Alarmed and disturbed by the brashness of Jacksonian democracy, they feared that the still-young ideal of a stable, cohesive, deeply principled republic was under attack by the forces of individualism, liberal capitalism, expansionism, and a zealous blend of virtue and religiosity. A missionary, reformer, and activist, Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831) was a central figure of neo-Calvinism in the early American republic. An intellectual and spiritual heir to the founding fathers and a forebear of American Victorianism, Evarts is best remembered today as the stalwart opponent of Andrew Jackson's Indian policies--specifically the removal of Cherokees from the Southeast. John A. Andrew's study of Evarts is the most comprehensive ever written. Based predominantly on readings of Evart's personal and family papers, religious periodicals, records of missionary and benevolent organizations, and government documents related to Indian affairs, it is also a portrait of the society that shaped-and was shaped by-Evart's beliefs and principles. Evarts failed to tame the powerful forces of change at work in the early republic, Evarts did manage to shape broad responses to many of them. Perhaps the truest measure of his influence is that his dream of a government based on Christian principles became a rallying cry for another generation and another cause: abolitionism.

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University of Georgia Press

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082033121X

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9780820331218

Riders in the Storm

The Triumphs and Tragedies of a Black Cavalry Regiment in the Civil War

By: John D. Warner

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Riders in the Storm

The Triumphs and Tragedies of a Black Cavalry Regiment in the Civil War

By: John D. Warner

The service of African-American soldiers during the Civil War is one of that conflict’s most stirring, if still not completely understood, aspects. In this comprehensive account—from recruitment into combat, and covering all the military, political, and social aspects of this story—John D. Warner recounts the history of the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, the only Black cavalry regiment raised in the North during the war. After Massachusetts made history with the 54th and 55th Infantry Regiments, its governor wanted to continue the experiment of training African-Americans as Union fighting men, this time as cavalry. Where the infantry regiments recruited largely free Blacks from the North, the 5th focused on escaped slaves who it was believed would be better horsemen. (But not solely: the regiment’s members included a son of Frederick Douglass and, interestingly, several Hawaiian islanders.) This gave the regiment a sharper edge: not only would the former slaves be fighting for themselves, but they would be fighting to liberate loved ones still enslaved. The 5th’s officers were drawn from Boston’s abolitionist elite, including Charles Francis Adams Jr., great-grandson and grandson of U.S. presidents, son of the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom. In the spring of 1864, the regiment journeyed south and fought in Grant’s siege of Petersburg, where it joined attacks that nearly took the city in June. The 5th was then abruptly sent to Maryland to guard Confederate prisoners of war, until Col. Charles Francis Adams advocated for, and was granted, a return to combat duty. As part of the mostly Black XXV Corps, the cavalrymen found themselves at the vanguard of the Union army as it captured Richmond. On April 3, 1865, the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment was among the first units to enter the burning Confederate capital, at once a hellscape of destruction and a heaven for liberated slaves. Denied the rapid demobilization granted white regiments, the 5th ended the war in Texas on the Mexican border. In the spirit of the book One Gallant Rush and the movie Glory, Riders in the Storm covers—uncovers and indeed recovers—the story of the African-American cavalrymen of the 5th Massachusetts. Author John Warner has literal fingertip command of the primary sources, and after spending two decades researching letters, diaries, reports, newspapers, and more, he tells a story of resilience in the face of adversity, one that will resonate not just during the present moment of reckoning with race in the United States, but in the annals of American history for all time.

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463

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0811770869

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9780811770866

Exploring People of the New Testament

By: John Phillips

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Exploring People of the New Testament

By: John Phillips

Readers of this last volume in the series will gain fresh insight into the lives of more than forty people from the New Testament, including well-known characters such as Mary, Peter, and John, and lesser-known characters such as Anna and Nathanael. Includes outlines and numerous illustrations and quotations.

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217

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Kregel Academic

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0825433878

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9780825433870

The Heathen School

A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic

By: John Demos

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The Heathen School

A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic

By: John Demos

Award-winning historian John Demos tells the astonishing and moving story of a unique missionary project, which probes the very roots of American identity. Near the start of the nineteenth century, as the United States looked outward to the wider world, a group of eminent Protestant ministers devised a grand scheme for gathering the rest of mankind into the redemptive fold of Christianity and "civiization." Its core element was a special school for "heathen youth" drawn from all parts of the earth, and, especially, the native nations of North America. If all went well, graduates would return to join similiar projects in their respective homelands. For some years, the school prospered, indeed became quite famous. However, when two Cherokee students courted and married local women public resolve and fundamental ideals were put to a severe test.

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370

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Vintage

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0679781129

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9780679781127

The Other Side of the Sixties

Young Americans for Freedom and the Rise of Conservative Politics

By: John A. Andrew

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The Other Side of the Sixties

Young Americans for Freedom and the Rise of Conservative Politics

By: John A. Andrew

Contains primary source documents.

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308

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Rutgers University Press

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0813524016

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9780813524016

Power to Destroy

The Political Uses of the IRS from Kennedy to Nixon

By: John A. Andrew

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Power to Destroy

The Political Uses of the IRS from Kennedy to Nixon

By: John A. Andrew

Andrew confirms in this groundbreaking exploration what many have suspected for a long time: that presidents, political appointees, and bureaucrats have attempted to use the Internal Revenue Service to punish their enemies.

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400

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Ivan R. Dee Publisher

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1566634520

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9781566634526

The Struggle to Limit Government

A Modern Political History

By: John Samples

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The Struggle to Limit Government

A Modern Political History

By: John Samples

In 1980, Ronald Reagan said, “It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed. This book surveys the highlights and low points of the nearly 30-year struggle to limit American government, set against the big-government world of the New Deal and the Great Society.

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354

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Cato Institute

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1935308297

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9781935308294

Out of Many

By: John M. Faragher,Professor of American Culture Mari Jo Buhle,Susan Armitage,Daniel Czitrom

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Out of Many

By: John M. Faragher,Professor of American Culture Mari Jo Buhle,Susan Armitage,Daniel Czitrom

The Out of Many Teaching and Learning Classroom Edition tells the story of the distinctly American character, built upon the ideal of local and cultural diversity. Carefully considering the complex social, political, and historical interactions that shape America's history, the narrative unfolds around one promise--to celebrate the differences that will always define America. Still acclaimed for its scholarship, the new edition adds deep discussion, striking photos, and demonstrative features designed to portray the rich cultural and ethnic diversity that characterizes the United States' heritage.

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Prentice Hall

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0131951289

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9780131951280

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From Revivals to Removal

From Revivals to Removal

Riders in the Storm

Riders in the Storm

Exploring People of the New Testament

Exploring People of the New Testament

The Heathen School

The Heathen School

The Other Side of the Sixties

The Other Side of the Sixties

Power to Destroy

Power to Destroy

The Struggle to Limit Government

The Struggle to Limit Government

Out of Many

Out of Many

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