Edmund S Morgan

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1) American slavery, American freedom: the ordeal of colonial Virginia

Author

Morgan, Edmund S

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Co

Pub. Date

2003.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Adult Reference

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The men who came together to found the independent United States either held slaves or were willing to join hands with those who did. George Washington, hero of the Revolution, was the master of several hundred slaves. Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, owned more than 200 men, women, and children while eloquently defending the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In this classic work, originally published...

2) Benjamin Franklin

Author

Morgan, Edmund S

Publisher

Yale University Press

Pub. Date

[2002]

Language

English

3) Virginians at home: family life in the eighteenth century

Author

Morgan, Edmund S

Series

Williamsburg in America volume 2

Publisher

Colonial Williamsbrug

Pub. Date

[1952]

Language

English

4) American heroes: profiles of men and women who shaped early America

Author

Morgan, Edmund S

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Co

Pub. Date

[2009]

Language

English

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Reexamines the lives of bona-fide American heroes such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, and reevaluates the legacies of religious figures such as Anne Hutchinson, whose trial for heresy and banishment riveted the colonies in 1637, and unknown martyrs such as Mary Easty and Giles Cory, executed for practicing witchcraft.