Sam Watkins was only 21 when his home state of Tennessee seceded from the Union in the spring of 1861. Swept away by the patriotic fervor and thirst for adventure...

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Frederick Douglass: American Visionary - World History Encyclopedia

Frederick Douglass (circa 1818-1895) was an abolitionist orator, minister, writer, editor, reformer, and statesman, who had been born a slave in Maryland, escaped...

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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?: Frederick Douglass' Challenge to America - World History Encyclopedia

"What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July?" is Frederick Douglass' masterwork of oration, delivered on 5 July 1852 at the Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York...

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The Bounty Mutiny: Sailors Seduced by the South Seas - World History Encyclopedia

The 1789 mutiny on the Bounty is an infamous tale of sailors being lured by the easy charms of the South Seas into casting adrift their commander and living out...

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