American Dissenters, Volume 1

by James Mooney (Editor)

Overview

The texts presented in these pages reflect not one kind of dissent but various kinds, some of which, in becoming empowered, might turn against others. Together they express an American society and culture in continuing argument with itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933385006
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	07/22/2005
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

The late James Mooney was a professor of History at American University.

Table of Contents

Preface.

1. Bartolome de Las Casas vs. Hernan Cortes.

2. Roger Williams.

3. Peter Zenger.

4. John Woolman.

5. Benjamin Franklin and the American Enlightment.

6. Thomas Paine.

7. Declaration of Indepence.

8. David Walker.

9. The Cherokee.

10. William Lloyd Garrison.

11. Frederick Douglass.

12. Seneca Falls Convention.

13. Harriet Beecher Stowe.

14. John Brown.