Out of Many: A History of the American People to 1877 : Documents Set

by Faragher, John MacK; Buhle, Mari Jo; Czitrom, Daniel; Armitage, Susan H.

• ISBN13: 9780139995668
• ISBN10: 0139995668
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
A Continent of Villages, to 1500	1	(12)
The Story of the Creation of the World, Told by a Zuni Priest in 1885	1	(1)
The Discovery of Corn and Tobacco, as Recounted by a Penobscot Elder in 1907	2	(1)
A Cherokee Explains the Origins of Disease and Medicine in the 1890s	3	(1)
A Story of the Trickster Rabbit, Told by a Micmac Indian in the 1870s	4	(2)
A Spanish Priest Speculates on the Origin of the Indians in 1590	6	(2)
Two Nineteenth-Century Archaeologists Provide the First Scientific Description of the Indian Mounds of the Mississippi Valley in 1848	8	(1)
A Jesuit Missionary Reports on the Society of the Natchez of the Lower Mississippi in 1730	9	(2)
The Constitution of the Five Nation Confederacy Records the Innovation of an Iroquois Founding Father of the Fifteenth Century	11	(2)
When Worlds Collide, 1492--1588	13	(12)
Christopher Columbus Writes of His First View of the New World in 1492	13	(1)
An Aztec Remembers the Conquest of Mexico a Quarter Century Afterwards, in 1550	14	(2)
An Early Proponent for Native Rights Condemns the Torture of the Indians in 1565	16	(2)
A Shipwrecked Spaniard Writes of His Incredible Journey through North American from 1528--1536	18	(2)
A French Captain Describes his First Contact with the Indians in 1534	20	(1)
A French Jesuit Describes the Cosmology of the Montagnais Indians in 1534	20	(2)
An English Scientist Writes of the Algonquian Peoples of the Atlantic Coast in 1588	22	(1)
The Governor of Roanoke Describes His Return to the ``Lost Colony'' in 1590	23	(2)
Planting Colonies in North America, 1588--1700	25	(14)
The Spanish Governor Reports on the Pueblo Revolt of 1680	25	(1)
A Pueblo Rebel in 1681 Explains the Reason behind the Pueblo Revolt	26	(2)
John Smith Writes about the Chesapeake Indians of 1608	28	(2)
An Indentured Servant Writes from Virginia in 1623	30	(2)
John Winthrop Defines the Puritan Ideal of Community in 1630	32	(1)
Roger Williams Argues for Freedom of Conscience in 1644	33	(1)
Two Poems on Family by Anne Bradstreet Published in 1650	34	(1)
Selections from the New England Primer of 1683	35	(1)
William Penn's 1681 Plans for the Province of Pennsylvania	36	(1)
Iroquois Chiefs Address the Governors of New York and Virginia in 1684	37	(2)
Slavery and Empire, 1441--1770	39	(13)
England Asserts Her Dominion through Legislation in 1660	39	(2)
Maryland Addresses the Status of Slaves in 1664	41	(1)
A Slave Tells of His Capture in Africa in 1798	41	(2)
A Slave Ship Surgeon Writes about the Slave Trade in 1788	43	(2)
An African Captive Tells of the Story of Crossing the Atlantic in a Slave Ship in 1789	45	(1)
A Virginian Describes the Difference between Servants and Slaves in 1722	46	(2)
The Slaves Revolt in South Carolina in 1739	48	(1)
An Early Abolitionist Speaks Out Against Slavery in 1757	49	(1)
Slave Stories Told to a Folklorist in South Carolina in the 1910s	50	(2)
The Cultures of Colonial North America, 1701--1780	52	(11)
The Rev. John Williams Tells of His Experiences as an Indian Captive, 1701	52	(1)
An Iroquois Chief Argues for His Tribe's Property Rights in 1742	53	(2)
A Boston Woman Writes about Her Trip to New York in 1704	55	(1)
A Colonial Planter Tours the Backcountry in 1728	56	(2)
A Swedish Visitor Tells about Philadelphia, 1748	58	(1)
An Older Businessman Advises a Young One in 1748	59	(1)
A Witch Confess Her Crimes in 1692	60	(1)
A Puritan Preacher Admonishes His Flocks in 1741	61	(2)
From Empire to Independence, 1750--1776	63	(14)
Britain Forbids Americans Western Settlement, 1763	63	(1)
An American Colonist Opposes New Taxes and Asserts the Rights of Colonists, 1764	64	(2)
An American Moderate Speaks Against the Stamp Act, 1767	66	(1)
The First American Congress Meets, 1774	67	(2)
A Colonist Makes an Impassioned Call to Arms, 1775	69	(2)
An Anglican Preacher Denounces the American Rebels, 1775	71	(2)
An American Patriot Denounces the King; 1775	73	(1)
The Colonists Declare Their Independence, 1776	74	(3)
The Creation of the United States, 1776--1786	77	(14)
An American Patriot Tries to Stir Up the Soldiers of the American Revolution, 1776	77	(1)
A Colonial Woman Argues for Equal Rights, 1776	78	(1)
An African American Petitions the Government for Emancipation of All Slaves, 1777	79	(1)
A Common Soldier Tells about the Battle of Yorktown, 1781	80	(2)
A Delaware Chief Speaks to the British, 1781	82	(1)
Britain Signs Treaty Ending Revolutionary War, 1783	83	(2)
Congress Decides What to Do with the Western Lands, 1785	85	(1)
Territorial Governments are Established by Congress, 1787	86	(3)
Massachusetts Farmers Take Up Arms in Revolt Against Taxes, 1786	89	(2)
The United States of North America, 1787--1800	91	(14)
Constitutional Convection Delegate Blasts Federal Government, 1787	91	(1)
The Father of the Constitution Defends Republicanism, 1787	92	(2)
Seneca Chiefs Petition Washington for Return of Their Land, 1790	94	(1)
The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury Battle about the Constitution, 1791	95	(2)
Farmer's Protest the New Whiskey Tax, 1790	97	(1)
A Frenchman Comments on the American Character, 1782	98	(2)
A Post-Revolutionary Woman Argues for Women's Equality, 1790	100	(2)
An American School Teacher Calls for an American Language, 1789	102	(3)
The Agrarian Republic, 1800--1824	105	(16)
Two Explorers Meet the Shoshone, 1805	105	(2)
Supreme Court Retains Right to Overrule Legislation, 1803	107	(3)
A Shawnee Argues for a United Indian Resistance, 1810	110	(1)
A War Hawk Speaks about the British, 1811	110	(2)
The President Asks Congress for Declarations of War, 1812	112	(2)
Supreme Court Bolsters Federal Power, 1819	114	(1)
Missouri Admitted to Statehood, Slavery at Issue, 1820	115	(1)
The President Address the Union, 1823	116	(2)
A Seneca Chief Addresses Missionaries, 1805	118	(1)
A Camp Meeting Heats Up, 1829	119	(2)
The Growth of Democracy, 1824--1840	121	(15)
A Legal Scholar Opposes Spreading the Vote, 1821	121	(1)
What Shall Be the Role of Government, 1834	122	(2)
The Cherokee are Sent to the Indian Territory, 1835	124	(1)
A Cherokee Speaks of His Tribe, 1826	125	(2)
A Choctaw Chief Bids Farewell 1832	127	(1)
American Senator Opposes Nullification, 1830	128	(2)
South Carolina Refuses the Tariff, 1832	130	(1)
A Staunch Feminist Advocates Equality, 1843	131	(2)
Transcendentalist Promotes Individualism, 1841	133	(3)
The South and Slavery, 1780s---1850s	136	(13)
Congress Prohibits Importations on Slaves, 1807	136	(1)
State Laws Govern Slavery, 1824	137	(1)
An Architect Describes African American Music and Instruments in 1818	138	(1)
Slave Culture Documented in Song, 1867	139	(2)
Southern Novel Depicts Slavery, 1832	141	(2)
A Slave Tells of His Sale at Auction, 1848	143	(1)
A Farm Journal Reports on the Care and Feeding of Slaves, 1836	144	(2)
A Slave Girl Tells of Her Life, 1861	146	(2)
A Muslim Slave Speaks Out, 1831	148	(1)
Industry and the North, 1790s--1850s	149	(12)
A German Colonist Writes about the New American Settlements in Illinois in 1819	149	(3)
The Treasury Secretary Reports on the Future of industry in 1791	152	(2)
Employers Advertise for Help Wanted in the 1820s	154	(1)
The Carpenters of Boston Go on Strike in 1825	155	(1)
A New England Factory Issues Regulations for Workers in 1825	156	(1)
A Young Woman Writes of the Evils of Factory Life in 1845	157	(1)
A Women Worker Writes Home to Her Father in 1845	158	(1)
A New England Woman Describes the Responsibilities of American Women in 1847	159	(2)
Coming to Terms with the New Age, 1820s--1850s	161	(13)
A Plan to Equalize Wealth in 1829	161	(1)
Irish Laborers Get an Endorsement in 1833	162	(2)
Feminists Hold a Convention, 1848	164	(1)
Social Philosopher Advocates Communities, 1840	165	(2)
Noted Educator Speaks on Public Schooling in 1848	167	(1)
An African American Abolitionist Advocates Racial Action in 1829	168	(2)
Abolitionist Demands Immediate End to Slavery, 1831	170	(1)
Southern Belle Denounces Slavery, 1838	171	(1)
A Black Feminist Speaks Out in 1851	172	(2)
The Territorial Expansion of the United States, 1830s--1850s	174	(17)
A Tejano Describes the Beginning of the Texas Revolution in 1835--36	174	(1)
The Texans Declare Their Independence in 1836	175	(1)
A Newspaper Man Declares the ``Manifest Destiny'' of the United States in 1845	176	(2)
A Young Pioneer Writes of Her Journey to California in 1846 with the Donner Party	178	(2)
The President Asks Congress to Declare War on Mexico in 1846	180	(1)
An Illinois Representative Attacks President Polk's View of the War in 1848	181	(2)
A New Englander Calls for Civil Disobedience to Protest the Mexican War	183	(2)
An Indian Chief Discusses the Differences Between His People and the Americans in 1854	185	(2)
A Californian Describes the ``Bear Flag: Insurrection in California	187	(2)
An American Army Officer Describes the Beginning of the California Gold Rush in 1848	189	(2)
The Coming Crisis, 1848--1861	191	(15)
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858	191	(2)
Northern State Defies Fugitive Slave Act, 1855	193	(1)
A New England Writer Portrays Slavery in 1852	194	(2)
An African American Abolitionist Decries the Fourth of July in 1852	196	(2)
A Slave sues for Freedom in 1857	198	(1)
A Senatorial Candidate Addresses the Question of Slavery in 1858	199	(1)
Abolitionist Is Given the Death Sentence in 1859	200	(1)
Lincoln Is Elected and Southern Succession Begins in 1860	201	(2)
A New President Is Sworn In, in 1861	203	(3)
The Civil War, 1861--1865	206	(13)
A Civil War Nurse Writes of Conditions of Freed Slaves, 1864	206	(1)
President Abraham Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863	207	(1)
The Working-Men of Manchester, England Write to President Lincoln on the Question of Slavery in 1862	208	(1)
President Lincoln Responds to the Working-Men of Manchester on the Subject of Slavery in 1863	209	(1)
The New York Times Prints Opinion on the New York Draft Riots in 1863	210	(2)
An African American Soldier Writes to the President Appealing for Equality in 1863	212	(1)
A Nurse Writes of the Destruction of the Battlefields of Virginia in 1863	213	(1)
President Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address in 1863	214	(1)
A Union Captain Describes Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864	215	(2)
A Southern Lady Recounts the Fall of Richmond in 1865	217	(2)
Reconstruction, 1863--1877	219	(13)
Charlotte Forten, Life on the Sea Islands, 1864	219	(1)
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 1865	220	(1)
The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, 1865	221	(1)
Black Code of Mississippi 1865	222	(2)
Frederick Douglass, Speech to the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1865	224	(2)
The Civil Rights Act of 1866	226	(1)
President Johnson's Veto of the Civil Rights Act 1866	227	(2)
The First Reconstruction Act, 1867	229	(1)
Organization and Principles of the Klu Klux Klan, 1868	230	(1)
Blanche K. Bruce, Speech in the Senate, 1876	231	(1)
A Sharecrop Contract, 1882	232