| Publisher's Note |
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| Editor's Introduction |
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| Contributors |
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Excerpts from the Massachusetts Bay Colony Trial against Anne Hutchinson |
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3 | (7) |
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Declaration of Protestant Subjects in Maryland |
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10 | (7) |
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The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved |
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17 | (5) |
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Declaration of Rights of the Stamp Act Congress |
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22 | (5) |
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Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania |
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27 | (8) |
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Boston Non-Importation Agreement |
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35 | (4) |
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Samuel Adams Writing as Candidus |
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39 | (4) |
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Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One |
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43 | (6) |
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49 | (7) |
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"Liberty or Death" Speech |
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56 | (6) |
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62 | (14) |
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Petition against the Excise Tax by Inhabitants of Western Pennsylvania |
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76 | (5) |
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81 | (144) |
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A Minute against Slavery, From the Germantown Monthly Meeting, Addressed to the Monthly Meeting in Dublin |
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83 | (7) |
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An Account of the Negroe Insurrection in South Carolina |
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90 | (4) |
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Petition of Prince Hall and Other African Americans to the Massachusetts General Court |
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94 | (5) |
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Petition to the Assembly of Pennsylvania against the Slave Trade |
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99 | (2) |
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An Address to Those Who Keep Slaves, and Approve the Practice |
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101 | (4) |
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Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World |
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105 | (13) |
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The Confessions of Nat Turner |
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118 | (11) |
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Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Convention |
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129 | (6) |
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Prejudices against People of Color, and Our Duties in Relation to This Subject |
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135 | (8) |
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"An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America" |
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143 | (8) |
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"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" |
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151 | (14) |
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The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States, Politically Considered |
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165 | (11) |
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Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup |
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176 | (8) |
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Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States |
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184 | (11) |
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A Voice from Harper's Ferry |
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195 | (14) |
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl |
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209 | (7) |
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216 | (4) |
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Valedictory Editorial of the Liberator |
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220 | (5) |
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Sectional Conflict, Civil War, and Reconstruction |
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225 | (62) |
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South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification |
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227 | (5) |
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Speech Opposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act |
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232 | (5) |
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South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession |
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237 | (8) |
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Farewell Address to the U.S. Senate |
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245 | (6) |
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Speech on His Refusal to Take the Oath of Loyalty to the Confederacy |
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251 | (3) |
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254 | (9) |
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Speech on His Expulsion from the Georgia Legislature |
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263 | (9) |
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"All That We Ask Is Equal Laws, Equal Legislation, and Equal Rights" |
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272 | (9) |
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Preface to The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government |
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281 | (6) |
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287 | (68) |
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Appeal to Choctaws and Chickasaws |
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289 | (5) |
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294 | (4) |
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Battle of Sand Creek: Editorials and Congressional Testimony |
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298 | (18) |
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316 | (9) |
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325 | (8) |
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Wounded Knee Massacre: Statements and Eyewitness Accounts |
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333 | (10) |
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Indians of All Tribes Occupation of Alcatraz: Proclamation |
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343 | (4) |
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Summary of Letter Requesting Further Review of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) |
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347 | (8) |
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African-American Civil Rights |
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355 | (126) |
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Atlanta Exposition Address |
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357 | (6) |
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Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles |
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363 | (6) |
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"Lynching: Our National Crime" |
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369 | (6) |
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375 | (3) |
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William Monroe Trotter's Protest to Woodrow Wilson |
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378 | (5) |
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383 | (7) |
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"U.S. Department of (White) Justice" |
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390 | (7) |
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"A Black Inventory of the New Deal" |
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397 | (8) |
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Call to Negro America to March on Washington |
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405 | (5) |
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410 | (6) |
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Statement of Purpose |
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416 | (3) |
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Letter from Birmingham Jail |
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419 | (14) |
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433 | (6) |
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"Message to the Grass Roots" |
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439 | (7) |
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"The Ballot or the Bullet" |
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446 | (7) |
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453 | (8) |
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461 | (13) |
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"What We Want, What We Believe" |
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474 | (7) |
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481 | (52) |
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Seneca Falls Convention Declaration of Sentiments |
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483 | (5) |
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Lecture on Constitutional Equality |
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488 | (6) |
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"Is It a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote?" |
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494 | (7) |
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"The Status of Woman, Past, Present, and Future" |
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501 | (7) |
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508 | (6) |
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Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee |
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514 | (6) |
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520 | (9) |
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Women's March on Washington |
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529 | (4) |
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Political and Social Protest |
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533 | (88) |
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535 | (10) |
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545 | (9) |
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"The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements" |
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554 | (4) |
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Editorial on the Pullman Strike |
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558 | (4) |
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562 | (4) |
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The "Cross of Gold" Speech |
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566 | (8) |
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Speech Opposing the League of Nations |
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574 | (5) |
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579 | (6) |
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"Share Our Wealth" Address |
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585 | (5) |
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590 | (5) |
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595 | (6) |
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Gay Power Comes to Sheridan Square |
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601 | (5) |
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606 | (7) |
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613 | (8) |
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621 | (42) |
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Speech against Conscription and War |
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623 | (5) |
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Speech Opposing War with Germany |
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628 | (5) |
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633 | (5) |
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"Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" |
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638 | (13) |
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Testimony of the Vietnam Veterans against the War |
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651 | (7) |
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"The Emperor Has No Clothes" Speech |
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658 | (5) |
| Appendixes |
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663 | (2) |
| Chronological List |
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665 | (3) |
| Web Resources |
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668 | (1) |
| Bibliography |
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669 | (14) |
| Index |
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683 | (5) |
| Photo Credits |
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