Search Results - "War of 1812"

Captives and countrymen Barbary slavery and the American public, 1785-1816 / by Peskin, Lawrence A., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Captivity and communications -- The captives write home -- Publicity and secrecy -- Slavery at home and abroad -- Captive nation : Algiers and independence -- The navy and the call to arms -- Masculinity and servility in Tripoli -- Between colony and empire -- Beyond captivity : the wars of 1812 -- Conclusion: Captivity and globalization.…”
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Captives and countrymen Barbary slavery and the American public, 1785-1816 / by Peskin, Lawrence A., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Captivity and communications -- The captives write home -- Publicity and secrecy -- Slavery at home and abroad -- Captive nation : Algiers and independence -- The navy and the call to arms -- Masculinity and servility in Tripoli -- Between colony and empire -- Beyond captivity : the wars of 1812 -- Conclusion: Captivity and globalization.…”
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Slavery and politics in the early American republic by Mason, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Slavery and politics to 1808 -- Federalists, Republicans, and slavery during the War of 1812 -- Slavery and partisan conflict during the era of good feelings -- Slavery in Anglo-American relations -- The political impact of African Americans -- Defending against slavery -- Defending slavery -- Commencement exercises : the Missouri crisis -- Antebellum legacies.…”
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Slavery and politics in the early American republic by Mason, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Slavery and politics to 1808 -- Federalists, Republicans, and slavery during the War of 1812 -- Slavery and partisan conflict during the era of good feelings -- Slavery in Anglo-American relations -- The political impact of African Americans -- Defending against slavery -- Defending slavery -- Commencement exercises : the Missouri crisis -- Antebellum legacies.…”
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The U.S. Navy : a concise history / by Symonds, Craig L.

Table of Contents: “…An ad hoc Navy : The Revolutionary War (1775-1783) -- Establishing an American Navy: The Age of Sail (1783-1809) -- An American Navy confirmed : The War of 1812 -- A constabulary Navy : Pirates, slavers, and Manifest Destiny (1820-1850) -- Steam and iron: The Civil War Navy (1850-1865) -- The doldrums and the new Navy (1865-1900) -- A Navy second to none: The U.S. …”
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The U.S. Navy : a concise history / by Symonds, Craig L.

Table of Contents: “…An ad hoc Navy : The Revolutionary War (1775-1783) -- Establishing an American Navy: The Age of Sail (1783-1809) -- An American Navy confirmed : The War of 1812 -- A constabulary Navy : Pirates, slavers, and Manifest Destiny (1820-1850) -- Steam and iron: The Civil War Navy (1850-1865) -- The doldrums and the new Navy (1865-1900) -- A Navy second to none: The U.S. …”
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Fighting for America the struggle for mastery in North America, 1519-1871 / by Black, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Sixteenth-century background -- Creating new frontiers, 1600-74 -- Britain, France, and the natives, 1674-1715 -- Multiple currents, 1715-53 -- War for dominance, 1754-64 -- Britain triumphant to America independent, 1765-76 -- Britain defeated, 1775-83 -- Flexing muscles, 1783-1811 -- Florida, but not Canada : from the War of 1812 to the Monroe Doctrine, 1812-23 -- Expansionism and its problems, 1823-43 -- From the Oregon question to the Gadsden Purchase, 1844-53 -- A great power in the making? …”
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Fighting for America the struggle for mastery in North America, 1519-1871 / by Black, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Sixteenth-century background -- Creating new frontiers, 1600-74 -- Britain, France, and the natives, 1674-1715 -- Multiple currents, 1715-53 -- War for dominance, 1754-64 -- Britain triumphant to America independent, 1765-76 -- Britain defeated, 1775-83 -- Flexing muscles, 1783-1811 -- Florida, but not Canada : from the War of 1812 to the Monroe Doctrine, 1812-23 -- Expansionism and its problems, 1823-43 -- From the Oregon question to the Gadsden Purchase, 1844-53 -- A great power in the making? …”
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Desertion and the American soldier, 1776-2006 by Fantina, Robert

Table of Contents: “…The Revolutionary War -- Corporal punishment -- Arduous military duty -- Lack of food -- Lack of clothing and related provisions -- Illness -- Lack of pay -- Homesickness -- Economic need -- British enticement -- British prisoners of war -- Bounty-jumping -- Ambivalence to the cause -- Fear -- Self-preservation -- 2. The War of 1812 -- Problems with pay -- Lack of supplies -- Lack of food -- Illness -- Poor leadership -- Inadequate weaponry -- 3. …”
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The forced removal of American Indians from the northeast a history of territorial cessions and relocations, 1620-1854 / by Miller, David W., 1926-

Table of Contents: “…Kingdom of Saguenay (1497-1543) -- Iroquois conquests (1580-1653) -- Jamestown, Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay -- Destruction of the Pequot -- Next were the Narragansetts -- King Philip's War -- The fur trade and struggles between the French, English, and Indians (1641-1753) -- Pennsylvania (1681-1754) -- Iroquois route to the south -- Who owns land in the Ohio River watershed -- French and Indian War (1755-1763) -- War's aftermath in the north (Pontiac's War 1763-1764) -- Proclamation of 1763, lawlessness, and the British 1764 offensives -- Frontiersmen out of control and the 1768 Treaty at Fort Stanwix -- Land schemes -- Dunmore's War -- Early Kentucky settlements -- A new force emerges -- The northern frontier during the war years -- Indians betrayed -- Kentucke (1782-1792) -- Defining Indian boundaries in the Six Nations and north of the Ohio -- Chaos in the northwest -- The Ohio Company -- Negotiating for an Indian boundary for the northern tribes -- Washington's first offensive in the west flounders -- Another failure -- Mad Anthony prepares (1792-1793) -- Mad Anthony prevails : Treaty of Greenville (1794-1795) -- Taking over the Northwest Territory (1801-1819) -- More Indiana land ceded and the War of 1812 -- Mopping up in the lower Northwest Territory (1817-1847) -- Lead mines and the Black Hawk War -- Michigan and Wisconsin through the years 1807-1854.…”
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Desertion and the American soldier, 1776-2006 by Fantina, Robert

Table of Contents: “…The Revolutionary War -- Corporal punishment -- Arduous military duty -- Lack of food -- Lack of clothing and related provisions -- Illness -- Lack of pay -- Homesickness -- Economic need -- British enticement -- British prisoners of war -- Bounty-jumping -- Ambivalence to the cause -- Fear -- Self-preservation -- 2. The War of 1812 -- Problems with pay -- Lack of supplies -- Lack of food -- Illness -- Poor leadership -- Inadequate weaponry -- 3. …”
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The forced removal of American Indians from the northeast a history of territorial cessions and relocations, 1620-1854 / by Miller, David W., 1926-

Table of Contents: “…Kingdom of Saguenay (1497-1543) -- Iroquois conquests (1580-1653) -- Jamestown, Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay -- Destruction of the Pequot -- Next were the Narragansetts -- King Philip's War -- The fur trade and struggles between the French, English, and Indians (1641-1753) -- Pennsylvania (1681-1754) -- Iroquois route to the south -- Who owns land in the Ohio River watershed -- French and Indian War (1755-1763) -- War's aftermath in the north (Pontiac's War 1763-1764) -- Proclamation of 1763, lawlessness, and the British 1764 offensives -- Frontiersmen out of control and the 1768 Treaty at Fort Stanwix -- Land schemes -- Dunmore's War -- Early Kentucky settlements -- A new force emerges -- The northern frontier during the war years -- Indians betrayed -- Kentucke (1782-1792) -- Defining Indian boundaries in the Six Nations and north of the Ohio -- Chaos in the northwest -- The Ohio Company -- Negotiating for an Indian boundary for the northern tribes -- Washington's first offensive in the west flounders -- Another failure -- Mad Anthony prepares (1792-1793) -- Mad Anthony prevails : Treaty of Greenville (1794-1795) -- Taking over the Northwest Territory (1801-1819) -- More Indiana land ceded and the War of 1812 -- Mopping up in the lower Northwest Territory (1817-1847) -- Lead mines and the Black Hawk War -- Michigan and Wisconsin through the years 1807-1854.…”
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