The Human Tradition in Antebellum America

This new book consists of mini-biographies of 15 Americans who lived during the Antebel-lum period in American history. Part of The Human Tradition in America series, the anthology paints vivid portraits of the lives of lesser-known Americans. Raisi

Introduction---Shuttles of a New Nation: The Private Lives and Public Actions of Ordinary Americans

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Michael A. Morrison

Abraham Bishop: Teacher, Lawyer, Orator, and Politician

1

(18)

Stephen R. Grossbart

John Wesley Young: Identity and Community among ``the People Called Methodis,''

19

(16)

Ruth Alden Doan

Trotter & Sons: Merchants and the Early West

35

(18)

Craig Thompson Friend

Hiram Hill: House Carpenter, Lumber Dealer, Self-Made Man

53

(14)

Gary J. Kornblith

Senator John Smith: The Rise and Fall of a Frontier Entrepreneur

67

(16)

Andrew R. L. Cayton

Arsene Lacarriere Latour: Immigrant, Patriot-Historian, and Foreign Agent

83

(16)

Gene A. Smith

Thomas Sidney Jesup: Soldier, Bureaucrat, Gentleman Democrat

99

(16)

Samuel J. Watson

John Ross: Cherokee Chief and Defender of the Nation

115

(16)

Mary Young

Peter P. Pitchlynn: Race and Identity in Nineteenth-Century America

131

(16)

Donna L. Akers

Hosea Easton: Forgotten Abolitionist ``Giant,''

147

(18)

George R. Price

Laura Wirt Randall: A Woman's Life, 1803-1833

165

(16)

Anya Jabour

Rebecca Reed: Anti-Catholic Agitator

181

(18)

Daniel A. Cohen

Margaret Eaton: The Politics of Gender in Jacksonian America

199

(14)

John F. Marszalek

Benjamin Tappan: Democrat, Scientist, Iconoclast

213

(16)

Daniel Feller

George Washington Harris: The Fool from the Hills

229

(16)

John Mayfield

Index

245

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The Human Tradition in Antebellum America

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