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OUT OF MANY: A History of the American People
Volume I
By Faragher / Buhle / Czitrom / Armitage
Chapter 1. A continent of Villages, to 1500
The Story of the Creation of the World, Told by a Zuni Priest in 1885
The Discovery of Corn and Tobacco, as Recounted by a Penobscot Elder in 1907
A Cherokee Explains the Origins of Disease and Medicine in the 1890s
A Story of the Trickster Rabbit, told by a Micmac Indian in the 1870s
Two Nineteenth-Century Archaeologists Provide the First Scientific Description of the Indian Mounds of the Mississippi Valley 1848
A Jesuit Missionary Reports on the Society of the Natchez of the Lower Mississippi in 1730
The Constitution of the Five nation Confederacy Records the Innovation of an Iroquis Founding Father of the Fifteenth Century
Chapter 2. When Worlds Collide, 1492-1588
Christopher Columbus Writes of His First View of the New World in 1492
An Aztec Remembers the Conquest of Mexico a Quarter Century Afterwards, in 1550
An Early Proponent for the Native Rights Condemns the Torture of the Indians in 1565
A Shipwrecked Spaniard Writes of His Incredible Journey through North America from 1528-1536
A French Captain Describes his First Contact with the Indians in 1534
A French Jesuit Describes the cosmology of the Montagnais Indians in 1534
An English Scientist Writes of the Algonquian Peoples of the Atlantic Coast in 1588
The Governor of Roanoke Describe His Return to the "Lost Coloyn" in 1590
Chapter 3. Planting Colonies in North America, 1588-1700
The Spanish Governor Reports on the Pueblo Revolt of 1680
A Pueblo Rebel in 1681 Explains the Reason Behind the Pueblo Revolt
John Smith Writes about the Chesapeake Indians of 1608
Roger Williams Argues for Freedom of Conscience in 1644
Two Poems on Family by Anne Bradstreet published in 1650
A "Possessed" Girl Names Her Accuser in 1692
William Penn's 1681 Plans for the Province of Pennsylvania
Iroquois Chiefs Address the Governors of New York and Virginia in 1684
Chapter 4. Slavery and Empire, 1441-1770
EnglandAsserts her Dominion through Legislation in 1660
MarylandAddresses the Status of Slaves in 1664
A Slave Tells of His Capture in Africa in 1798
A Salve Ship Surgeon Writes about the Salve Trade in 1788
An African Captive Tells of the Story of Crossing the Atlantic in a slave ship in 1789
A Virginian Describes the Difference between Servants and Slaves in 1722
The Slaves Revolt in South Carolina in 1739
An Early Abolitionist Speaks Out Against Slavery in 1757
Slave Stories told to a Folklorist in South Carolina in the 1910s
Chapter 5. The Cultures of Colonial North America, 1700-1780
The Rev. John Williams Tells of His Experiences as an Indian Captive, 1707
An Iroquois Chief Argues for His Tribe's Property Rights in 1742
A Boston Woman Writes About Her Trip to New York in 1704
A colonial Planter Tours the Backcountry in 1728
A Swedish Visitor Tells About Philadelphia, 1748
An Older businessman Advises a Young One in 1748
A Puritan Preacher Admonishes His Flocks in 1741
Chapter 6. From Empire to Independence, 1750-1776
BritainForbids Americans Western Settlement, 1763
An American Colonist Opposes New Taxes and Asserts the Rights of Colonists, 1764
An American Moderate Speaks Against the Stamp Act, 1767
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1768
The First American Congress Meets, 1774
A Colonist Makes an Impassioned Call to Arms, 1775
An Anglican Preacher Denounces the American Rebels, 1775
An American Patriot Denounces the King, 1775
The Colonists Declare Their Independence, 1776
Chapter 7. The Creation of the United States, 1776-1786
An American Patriot Tries to Stir Up the Soldiers of the American Revolution, 1776
A Colonial Woman Argues for Equal Rights, 1776
An African American Petitions the government for Emancipation of All Slaves, 1776
A Common Soldier Tells About the Battle of Yorktown, 1781
Treaty with the Delawares, 1778
Britain signs Treaty Ending Revolutionary War, 1783
Congress Decides What to Do with the Western Lands, 1785
Territorial Governments are Established by Congress, 1787
MassachusettsFarmers Take Up Arms in Revolt Against Taxes, 1786
Chapter 8. The United States of North America, 1787-1800
Constitutional Convention Delegate Blasts Federal government, 1787
The Father of the Constitution Defends Republicanism, 1787
Seneca Chiefs Petition Washington for Return of Their Land, 1790
The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury Battle about the Constitution, 1791
Farmers Protest the New Whiskey Tax, 1790
A Frenchman Comments on the American Character, 1782
A Post-Revolutionary Woman Argues for Women's Equality, 1790
An American School Teacher Calls for an American Language, 1789
Chapter 9. The Agrarian Republic, 1800-1824
Two Explorers Meet the Shoshone, 1805
Supreme Court Retains Right to Overrule Legislation, 1803
A Shawnee Argues for a United Indian Resistance, 1810
A War Hawk Speaks about the British, 1811
The President Asks Congress for Declarations of War, 1812
Supreme Court Bolsters Federal Power, 1819
MissouriAdmitted to Statehood, Slavery at Issue, 1820
The President Addresses the Union, 1823
A Seneca Chief Addresses Missionaries, 1805
A Camp Meeting Heats Up, 1829
Chapter 10. The Growth of Democracy, 1824-1840
A Legal Scholar opposes Spreading the Vote, 1821
What shall Be the Role of Government, 1834
The Cherokee are Sent to the Indian Territory, 1835
A Cherokee Speaks for His Tribe, 1826
A Choctaw Chief Bids Farewell, 1832
American Senator Opposes Nullification, 1830
South CarolinaRefuses the Tariff, 1832
A Woman's rights Advocate Calls for Equality, 1843
Transcendentalist Promotes Individualism, 1841
Chapter 11. The South and Slavery, 1780s-1850s
Congress Prohibits Importation of Slaves, 1807
State Laws Govern Slavery, 1824
An Architect Describes African American Music and Instruments in 1818
Slave Culture Documented in Song, 1867
Southern Novel Depicts Slavery, 1832
A Slave Tells of His Sale at Auction, 1848
A Farm Journal Reports on the Care and Feeding of Slaves, 1836
A Slave Girl Tells of Her Life, 1861
A Muslim Slave Speaks Out, 1831
Chapter 12. Industry and the North, 1790s-1850s
A German Colonist Writes about the new American Settlements in Illinois in 1819
The Treasure Secretary Reports on the Future of Industry in 1791
Employers Advertise for Help Wanted in the 1820s
The Carpenters of Boston Go on Strike in 1825
A New England Factory Issues Regulations for Workers 1825
A Young Woman Writes of the Evils of Factory Life in 1845
A Woman Worker Writes Home to Her Father in 1845
A New England Woman Describes the Responsibilities of American Women in 1847
Chapter 13. Coming to Terms with the New Age, 1820s-1850s
A Plan to Equalize Wealth in 1829
Irish Laborers Get an Endorsement in 1833
Women's Rights Proponents Hold a Convention, 1848
Social Philosopher Advocates Communities, 1840
Noted Educator Speaks on Public Schooling in 1848
An African American Abolitionist Advocates Racial Action in 1829
Abolitionist Demands Immediate End to Slavery, 1831
Southern Belle Denounces Slavery, 1838
A Black Feminist Speaks Out in 1851
Chapter 14. The Territorial Expansion of the United States, 1830s-1850s
A Tejano Describes the Beginning of the Texas Revolution in 1835-36
The Texans Declare their Independence in 1836
A Newspaper Man Declares the "Manifest Destiny" of the United States in 1845
A Young Pioneer Writes of Her Journey to California in 1846 with the Donner Party
The President Asks Congress to Declare Ware on Mexico in 1846
An Illinois Representative Attacks President Polk's View of the War in 1848
A Californian Describes the "Bear Flag" Insurrection in California
An Indian Chief Discusses the differences Between his People and the Americans in 1854
An American Army Officer Describes the Beginning of the California Gold Rush in 1848
Chapter 15. The Coming Crisis, 1848-1861
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858
Northern State Defies Fugitive Slave Act, 1855
A New England Writer Portrays Slavery in 1852
An African American Decries the Fourth of July in 1852
A Slave Sues for Freedome in 1857
A Senatorial Candidate Addresses the Questions of Slavery in 1858
An Abolitionist is Given the Death Sentence in 1859
Lincolnis elected and Southern Secession Begins in 1860
A New President is Sworn In
Chapter 16. The Civil War, 1861-1865
A Civil War Nurse Writes of conditions of Freed Slaves, 1864
President Abraham Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863
The Working-Men of Manchester, England, Write to President Lincoln on the question of Slavery in 1862
President Lincoln Responds to the Working-Men of Manchester on the Subject of Slavery in 1863
The New York Times Prints Opinion on the New York Draft Riots in 1863
An African American Soldier Writes to the President Appealing for Equality in 1863
A Nurse Writes of the Destruction on the Battlefields of Virginia in 1863
President Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address in 1863
A Union Captain Describes Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864
A Southern Lady Recounts the Fall of Richmond in 1865
Chapter 17. Reconstruction, 1863-1877
Charlotte Forten, Life on the Sea Islands, 1864
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 1865
The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, 1865
Black Code of Mississippi, 1865
Frederick Douglass, Speech to the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1865
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
President Johnson's Veto of the Civil Rights Act, 1866
The First Reconstruction Act, 1867
Organization and Principles of the Ku Klux Klan, 1868
Blanche K. Bruce, Speech in the Senate, 1867
A Sharecrop Contract, 1882
OUT OF MANY: A History of the American People
Volume I
By Faragher / Buhle / Czitrom / Armitage
Chapter 1. A continent of Villages, to 1500
The Story of the Creation of the World, Told by a Zuni Priest in 1885
The Discovery of Corn and Tobacco, as Recounted by a Penobscot Elder in 1907
A Cherokee Explains the Origins of Disease and Medicine in the 1890s
A Story of the Trickster Rabbit, told by a Micmac Indian in the 1870s
Two Nineteenth-Century Archaeologists Provide the First Scientific Description of the Indian Mounds of the Mississippi Valley 1848
A Jesuit Missionary Reports on the Society of the Natchez of the Lower Mississippi in 1730
The Constitution of the Five nation Confederacy Records the Innovation of an Iroquis Founding Father of the Fifteenth Century
Chapter 2. When Worlds Collide, 1492-1588
Christopher Columbus Writes of His First View of the New World in 1492
An Aztec Remembers the Conquest of Mexico a Quarter Century Afterwards, in 1550
An Early Proponent for the Native Rights Condemns the Torture of the Indians in 1565
A Shipwrecked Spaniard Writes of His Incredible Journey through North America from 1528-1536
A French Captain Describes his First Contact with the Indians in 1534
A French Jesuit Describes the cosmology of the Montagnais Indians in 1534
An English Scientist Writes of the Algonquian Peoples of the Atlantic Coast in 1588
The Governor of Roanoke Describe His Return to the "Lost Coloyn" in 1590
Chapter 3. Planting Colonies in North America, 1588-1700
The Spanish Governor Reports on the Pueblo Revolt of 1680
A Pueblo Rebel in 1681 Explains the Reason Behind the Pueblo Revolt
John Smith Writes about the Chesapeake Indians of 1608
Roger Williams Argues for Freedom of Conscience in 1644
Two Poems on Family by Anne Bradstreet published in 1650
A "Possessed" Girl Names Her Accuser in 1692
William Penn's 1681 Plans for the Province of Pennsylvania
Iroquois Chiefs Address the Governors of New York and Virginia in 1684
Chapter 4. Slavery and Empire, 1441-1770
EnglandAsserts her Dominion through Legislation in 1660
MarylandAddresses the Status of Slaves in 1664
A Slave Tells of His Capture in Africa in 1798
A Salve Ship Surgeon Writes about the Salve Trade in 1788
An African Captive Tells of the Story of Crossing the Atlantic in a slave ship in 1789
A Virginian Describes the Difference between Servants and Slaves in 1722
The Slaves Revolt in South Carolina in 1739
An Early Abolitionist Speaks Out Against Slavery in 1757
Slave Stories told to a Folklorist in South Carolina in the 1910s
Chapter 5. The Cultures of Colonial North America, 1700-1780
The Rev. John Williams Tells of His Experiences as an Indian Captive, 1707
An Iroquois Chief Argues for His Tribe's Property Rights in 1742
A Boston Woman Writes About Her Trip to New York in 1704
A colonial Planter Tours the Backcountry in 1728
A Swedish Visitor Tells About Philadelphia, 1748
An Older businessman Advises a Young One in 1748
A Puritan Preacher Admonishes His Flocks in 1741
Chapter 6. From Empire to Independence, 1750-1776
BritainForbids Americans Western Settlement, 1763
An American Colonist Opposes New Taxes and Asserts the Rights of Colonists, 1764
An American Moderate Speaks Against the Stamp Act, 1767
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1768
The First American Congress Meets, 1774
A Colonist Makes an Impassioned Call to Arms, 1775
An Anglican Preacher Denounces the American Rebels, 1775
An American Patriot Denounces the King, 1775
The Colonists Declare Their Independence, 1776
Chapter 7. The Creation of the United States, 1776-1786
An American Patriot Tries to Stir Up the Soldiers of the American Revolution, 1776
A Colonial Woman Argues for Equal Rights, 1776
An African American Petitions the government for Emancipation of All Slaves, 1776
A Common Soldier Tells About the Battle of Yorktown, 1781
Treaty with the Delawares, 1778
Britain signs Treaty Ending Revolutionary War, 1783
Congress Decides What to Do with the Western Lands, 1785
Territorial Governments are Established by Congress, 1787
MassachusettsFarmers Take Up Arms in Revolt Against Taxes, 1786
Chapter 8. The United States of North America, 1787-1800
Constitutional Convention Delegate Blasts Federal government, 1787
The Father of the Constitution Defends Republicanism, 1787
Seneca Chiefs Petition Washington for Return of Their Land, 1790
The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury Battle about the Constitution, 1791
Farmers Protest the New Whiskey Tax, 1790
A Frenchman Comments on the American Character, 1782
A Post-Revolutionary Woman Argues for Women's Equality, 1790
An American School Teacher Calls for an American Language, 1789
Chapter 9. The Agrarian Republic, 1800-1824
Two Explorers Meet the Shoshone, 1805
Supreme Court Retains Right to Overrule Legislation, 1803
A Shawnee Argues for a United Indian Resistance, 1810
A War Hawk Speaks about the British, 1811
The President Asks Congress for Declarations of War, 1812
Supreme Court Bolsters Federal Power, 1819
MissouriAdmitted to Statehood, Slavery at Issue, 1820
The President Addresses the Union, 1823
A Seneca Chief Addresses Missionaries, 1805
A Camp Meeting Heats Up, 1829
Chapter 10. The Growth of Democracy, 1824-1840
A Legal Scholar opposes Spreading the Vote, 1821
What shall Be the Role of Government, 1834
The Cherokee are Sent to the Indian Territory, 1835
A Cherokee Speaks for His Tribe, 1826
A Choctaw Chief Bids Farewell, 1832
American Senator Opposes Nullification, 1830
South CarolinaRefuses the Tariff, 1832
A Woman's rights Advocate Calls for Equality, 1843
Transcendentalist Promotes Individualism, 1841
Chapter 11. The South and Slavery, 1780s-1850s
Congress Prohibits Importation of Slaves, 1807
State Laws Govern Slavery, 1824
An Architect Describes African American Music and Instruments in 1818
Slave Culture Documented in Song, 1867
Southern Novel Depicts Slavery, 1832
A Slave Tells of His Sale at Auction, 1848
A Farm Journal Reports on the Care and Feeding of Slaves, 1836
A Slave Girl Tells of Her Life, 1861
A Muslim Slave Speaks Out, 1831
Chapter 12. Industry and the North, 1790s-1850s
A German Colonist Writes about the new American Settlements in Illinois in 1819
The Treasure Secretary Reports on the Future of Industry in 1791
Employers Advertise for Help Wanted in the 1820s
The Carpenters of Boston Go on Strike in 1825
A New England Factory Issues Regulations for Workers 1825
A Young Woman Writes of the Evils of Factory Life in 1845
A Woman Worker Writes Home to Her Father in 1845
A New England Woman Describes the Responsibilities of American Women in 1847
Chapter 13. Coming to Terms with the New Age, 1820s-1850s
A Plan to Equalize Wealth in 1829
Irish Laborers Get an Endorsement in 1833
Women's Rights Proponents Hold a Convention, 1848
Social Philosopher Advocates Communities, 1840
Noted Educator Speaks on Public Schooling in 1848
An African American Abolitionist Advocates Racial Action in 1829
Abolitionist Demands Immediate End to Slavery, 1831
Southern Belle Denounces Slavery, 1838
A Black Feminist Speaks Out in 1851
Chapter 14. The Territorial Expansion of the United States, 1830s-1850s
A Tejano Describes the Beginning of the Texas Revolution in 1835-36
The Texans Declare their Independence in 1836
A Newspaper Man Declares the "Manifest Destiny" of the United States in 1845
A Young Pioneer Writes of Her Journey to California in 1846 with the Donner Party
The President Asks Congress to Declare Ware on Mexico in 1846
An Illinois Representative Attacks President Polk's View of the War in 1848
A Californian Describes the "Bear Flag" Insurrection in California
An Indian Chief Discusses the differences Between his People and the Americans in 1854
An American Army Officer Describes the Beginning of the California Gold Rush in 1848
Chapter 15. The Coming Crisis, 1848-1861
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858
Northern State Defies Fugitive Slave Act, 1855
A New England Writer Portrays Slavery in 1852
An African American Decries the Fourth of July in 1852
A Slave Sues for Freedome in 1857
A Senatorial Candidate Addresses the Questions of Slavery in 1858
An Abolitionist is Given the Death Sentence in 1859
Lincolnis elected and Southern Secession Begins in 1860
A New President is Sworn In
Chapter 16. The Civil War, 1861-1865
A Civil War Nurse Writes of conditions of Freed Slaves, 1864
President Abraham Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863
The Working-Men of Manchester, England, Write to President Lincoln on the question of Slavery in 1862
President Lincoln Responds to the Working-Men of Manchester on the Subject of Slavery in 1863
The New York Times Prints Opinion on the New York Draft Riots in 1863
An African American Soldier Writes to the President Appealing for Equality in 1863
A Nurse Writes of the Destruction on the Battlefields of Virginia in 1863
President Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address in 1863
A Union Captain Describes Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864
A Southern Lady Recounts the Fall of Richmond in 1865
Chapter 17. Reconstruction, 1863-1877
Charlotte Forten, Life on the Sea Islands, 1864
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 1865
The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, 1865
Black Code of Mississippi, 1865
Frederick Douglass, Speech to the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1865
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
President Johnson's Veto of the Civil Rights Act, 1866
The First Reconstruction Act, 1867
Organization and Principles of the Ku Klux Klan, 1868
Blanche K. Bruce, Speech in the Senate, 1867
A Sharecrop Contract, 1882