The book is a series of different documents, all representing the American history and freedom. In one of the documents, Foner discussed regarding the history of Native Americans, the issues surrounding them; immigration and the different controversies. Obviously, Foner is very well aware of the Wheeler Howard Act.
The documents in this collection show that although in some ways universal, the idea of freedom has never been a fixed, timeless concept with a single, unchanging definition. In fact, the history of the United States is in part a story of debates and struggles over freedom.
Crises like the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the Cold War have permanently transformed th The documents in this collection show that although in some ways universal, the idea of freedom has never been a fixed, timeless concept with a single, unchanging definition. In fact, the history of the United States is in part a story of debates and struggles over freedom. Crises like the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the Cold War have permanently transformed the meaning of freedom. So too have demands by various groups of Americans for greater freedom The primary-source selections in this book include presidential proclamations and letters by runaway slaves, famous court cases and obscure manifestos, prevailing ideas and dissenting ones. The voices range from Las Casas and Pontiac through Jefferson, Thoreau, Douglass, and Lincoln to Stanton, Sanger, Garvey, Luce, Byrd, and Obama. The Fourth Edition of Voices of Freedom includes new documents that better reflect the religious aspects of American history.
It remains a comprehensive collection that offers a diverse gathering of authors and a wide breadth of opinion. Fully compiled and edited by Eric Foner, the collection includes headnotes and critical questions for each document. The book is organized as a companion to the textbook Give Me Liberty! An American History, Fourth Edition, by Eric Foner, and it can also be used with other texts in the American history survey and other courses. First of all this is obviously a book for school so I’m not really doing this for fun. “Resolved, that the practical question for an American Fourth of July is not between freedom and slavery, but between wealth and poverty.
For if it is true laborers ought to have as little as possible of the wealth the produce, South Carolina slaveholders were right and the Massachusetts abolitionists were wrong.”—pages 36-37 That’s a really good line. “But then, ignorance is like a disease that is contagious, bi First of all this is obviously a book for school so I’m not really doing this for fun. “Resolved, that the practical question for an American Fourth of July is not between freedom and slavery, but between wealth and poverty. For if it is true laborers ought to have as little as possible of the wealth the produce, South Carolina slaveholders were right and the Massachusetts abolitionists were wrong.”—pages 36-37 That’s a really good line. “But then, ignorance is like a disease that is contagious, bigotry, prejudice, and intolerance all down through the centuries have tried to crush intelligence with cruelty, reason with brutality, and spirituality with madness.”—page 202 I really loved this line. So overall I would say this is a good book, if you want a good collection of things that happened in history with civil rights for a lot of minority groups. It’s a really interesting piece, even though I wasn’t able to read all of it.
Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, where he earned his B.A. In his teaching and scholarship, Foner focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America. His Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877, won the Bancroft, Parkman, and Los Angeles Times Book prizes and remains the standard history of the p Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, where he earned his B.A. In his teaching and scholarship, Foner focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America. His Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877, won the Bancroft, Parkman, and Los Angeles Times Book prizes and remains the standard history of the period. His latest book published in 2010 is The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.
In 2006 Foner received the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching at Columbia University. He has served as president of the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Society of American Historians.
The documents in this collection show that although in some ways universal, the idea of freedom has never been a fixed, timeless concept with a single, unchanging definition. In fact, the history of the United States is in part a story of debates and struggles over freedom. Crises like the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the Cold War have permanently transformed th The documents in this collection show that although in some ways universal, the idea of freedom has never been a fixed, timeless concept with a single, unchanging definition. In fact, the history of the United States is in part a story of debates and struggles over freedom. Crises like the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the Cold War have permanently transformed the meaning of freedom. So too have demands by various groups of Americans for greater freedom The primary-source selections in this book include presidential proclamations and letters by runaway slaves, famous court cases and obscure manifestos, prevailing ideas and dissenting ones.
The voices range from Las Casas and Pontiac through Jefferson, Thoreau, Douglass, and Lincoln to Stanton, Sanger, Garvey, Luce, Byrd, and Obama. The Fourth Edition of Voices of Freedom includes new documents that better reflect the religious aspects of American history. It remains a comprehensive collection that offers a diverse gathering of authors and a wide breadth of opinion. Fully compiled and edited by Eric Foner, the collection includes headnotes and critical questions for each document.
The book is organized as a companion to the textbook Give Me Liberty! An American History, Fourth Edition, by Eric Foner, and it can also be used with other texts in the American history survey and other courses.
First of all this is obviously a book for school so I’m not really doing this for fun. “Resolved, that the practical question for an American Fourth of July is not between freedom and slavery, but between wealth and poverty. For if it is true laborers ought to have as little as possible of the wealth the produce, South Carolina slaveholders were right and the Massachusetts abolitionists were wrong.”—pages 36-37 That’s a really good line. “But then, ignorance is like a disease that is contagious, bi First of all this is obviously a book for school so I’m not really doing this for fun. “Resolved, that the practical question for an American Fourth of July is not between freedom and slavery, but between wealth and poverty. For if it is true laborers ought to have as little as possible of the wealth the produce, South Carolina slaveholders were right and the Massachusetts abolitionists were wrong.”—pages 36-37 That’s a really good line. “But then, ignorance is like a disease that is contagious, bigotry, prejudice, and intolerance all down through the centuries have tried to crush intelligence with cruelty, reason with brutality, and spirituality with madness.”—page 202 I really loved this line.
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So overall I would say this is a good book, if you want a good collection of things that happened in history with civil rights for a lot of minority groups. It’s a really interesting piece, even though I wasn’t able to read all of it. Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, where he earned his B.A.
In his teaching and scholarship, Foner focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America. His Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877, won the Bancroft, Parkman, and Los Angeles Times Book prizes and remains the standard history of the p Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, where he earned his B.A. In his teaching and scholarship, Foner focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America. His Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877, won the Bancroft, Parkman, and Los Angeles Times Book prizes and remains the standard history of the period. His latest book published in 2010 is The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. In 2006 Foner received the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching at Columbia University. He has served as president of the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Society of American Historians.