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abolitionism
A term associated with protest on grounds of inhumanity and a call for the abolition of slavery (see, for example, the arguments of William Wilberforce, 1759–1833). More recently extended to the ...
African Diaspora
[This entry contains two subentries dealing with the African diaspora, from the origins of slave trade through nineteenth-century America. The first article focuses on the evolution and criticism of ...
Andrew Jackson
(1767–1845)US general and Democratic statesman, 7th President of the USA (1829–37). After waging several campaigns against American Indians, he defeated a British army at New Orleans (1815) and ...
Annexation of Dominican Republic
The annexation of the Dominican Republic was a goal of President Ulysses S. Grant from 1869 to 1871. When the issue became controversial, Frederick Douglass's willingness to serve as a ...
Anti-Masonic Party
A US political party of the 1820s and 1830s opposed to Freemasons. Formed in 1826 in the wake of the disappearance of William Morgan, a New York bricklayer alleged to have divulged lodge secrets, the ...
antislavery
Slavery was regarded in later 18th‐cent. Britain as essential to the exploitation of the West Indian colonies and there was strong opposition to any interference with the institution, particularly ...
Antislavery Movement
Frederick Douglass was perhaps the perfect embodiment of the American antislavery movement. As a young slave on a large Maryland plantation, he rebelled both physically and psychologically against ...
Clay, Henry (b. 12 April 1777) Reference library
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619–1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass
(b. 12 April 1777; d. 29 June 1852), American politician.
Henry Clay was born in Hanover County,
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World Encyclopedia
US statesman He served in both the House of Representatives (1811–14, 1815–21, 1823–25), several times as
Clay, Henry Reference library
The Oxford Guide to the United States Government
• Born: Apr. 12, 1777, Hanover County, Va. • Political party: Democratic-Republican, Whig • Education: studied law in Richmond,
Clay, Henry (1777–1852) Reference library
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Clay was known as the “Great Pacificator” and the “Great Compromiser” for his role in resolving the
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Daniel Walker Howe
The Oxford Companion to United States History
(1777–1852), statesman and Whig party leader in the second-party system.
Born in Virginia, Clay read law and in ...
Compromise of 1850
A political compromise between the North and South of the USA. Initiated by Henry Clay, it became law in September 1850. In an attempt to resolve problems arising from slavery it provided for the ...
Emigration To Africa
As early as 1780 Americans debated the return of African Americans to Africa. This action was supported by people on both sides of the color line, primarily because whites thought ...
Florence Settlement
In New York during the late 1840s, Gerrit Smith, a wealthy abolitionist from Peterboro, Madison County, provided a rare opportunity for former slaves in Florence, an Oneida County village about ...
Fugitive Slave Act
(1850).Drafted by Senator James Y. Mason of Virginia and the product of months of contentious debate in the Senate, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was signed into law ...
Hutchinson Family
The Hutchinsons, a family of vocalists from Milford, New Hampshire, first appeared in public in November 1839. The brothers Judson, John, and Asa and their sister Abby frequently performed at ...
James Gillespie Birney
(b. 4 February 1792; d. 25 November 1857), abolitionist and two-time presidential candidate for the Liberty Party.James Gillespie Birney was born in Danville, Kentucky, to a slaveholding family. He ...
James Knox Polk
(1795–1849)US Democratic statesman, 11th President of the USA (1845–49). His term of office resulted in major territorial additions to the USA: Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845, and the ...
John C. Calhoun
(1782–1850)Calhoun has three claims to fame. One stems from his prominence as an American politician between 1811 and 1850. During that period he was, successively, an important member of the House ...
