A History of US Book 5: Liberty for All? 1820-1860
A History of US Book 5: Liberty for All? 1820-1860
- ISBN 13:
9780195153286
- ISBN 10:
0195153286
- Edition: 3rd
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 09/15/2002
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Newer Edition
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Summary
Early nineteenth-century America could just about be summed up by Henry David Thoreau's words when he said, "Eastward I go only by force, but westward I go free." It was an exuberant time for the diverse citizens of the United States, who included a range of folk, from mountain men andrailroad builders to whalers and farmers, as they pushed forward into the open frontier and all their hopes and fears are captured in Liberty for All? In addition to colorful accounts of the massive westward migration, the California Gold Rush, a war with Mexico, the Oregon boundary conflict, Texasand the Alamo, Liberty for All? takes a deep look at the issue that began to gnaw at the country's core: How, in the land where "all men are created equal," could there be slaves?