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Historical dictionary of the Jacksonian era and Manifest Destiny
The Jacksonian period under review in this dictionary served as a transition period for the United States. The growing pains of the republic's infancy, during which time Americans learned that their nation would survive transitions of political power, gave way to the uncertainty of adolescence. While the United States did not win its second war, the War of 1812, with its mother country, it reaffirmed its independence and experienced significant maturation in many areas following the conflict's end in 1815. As the second generation of leaders took charge in the 1820s, the United States experienced the challenges of adulthood. The height of those adult years, from 1829 to 1849, is the focus of the Historical Dictionary of the Jacksonian Era and Manifest Destiny.
This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Jacksonian Era and Manifest Destiny contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this era in American history.
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\The High Minded Honourable Man\: Honor, Kinship, and Conflict in the Life of Andrew Jackson Donelson
The relations between uncle and nephew also illustrate how Jackson related to his inner circle of advisors, but historians have largely ignored Donelson's role in the so-called Kitchen Cabinet, which was minor not only because he was young but also because he defied his uncle during the Eaton affair. Overcoming a childhood in the Carolinas that had left him orphaned and seemingly lacking future prospects of success, he had made his name in the state through his legal practice, his marriage into the prominent Donelson family, his aggressive land speculation, and his service in the state militia.
Journal Article
Of Times and Race
Of Times and Racecontains eight essays on African American history from the Jacksonian era through the early twentieth century. Taken together, these essays, inspired by noted scholar John F. Marszalek, demonstrate the many nuances of African Americans' struggle to grasp freedom, respect, assimilation, and basic rights of American citizens.
Essays include Mark R. Cheathem's look at Andrew Jackson Donelson's struggle to keep his plantations operating within the ever-growing debate over slavery in mid-nineteenth century America. Thomas D. Cockrell examines Southern Unionism during the Civil War and wrestles with the difficulty of finding hard evidence due to sparse sources. Stephen S. Michot examines issues of race in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, and finds that blacks involved themselves in both armies, curiously clouding issues of slavery and freedom. Michael B. Ballard delves into how Mississippi slaves and Union soldiers interacted during the Vicksburg campaign. Union treatment of freedmen and of U. S. colored troops demonstrated that blacks escaping slavery were not always welcomed. Horace Nash finds that sports, especially boxing, played a fascinating role in blending black and white relations in the West during the early twentieth century. Timothy Smith explores the roles of African Americans who participated in the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the creation of the Shiloh National Military Park. James Scott Humphreys analyzes the efforts of two twentieth-century historians who wished to debunk the old, racist views of Reconstruction known as the Dunning school of interpretation. Edna Green Medford provides a concluding essay that ties together the essays in the book and addresses the larger themes running throughout the text.
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Republicanism, self -interest, and failure: The political and private struggles of Andrew Jackson Donelson, 1799–1871
Historians have argued that republican ideology, which called for virtuous, self-sacrificing conduct for the community's good, shaped nineteenth-century American society. It is apparent, however, that self-interest drove many Americans to abandon their ideology in pursuit of economic gain and political ambition. The presence of both goals in nineteenth-century America has made it difficult to discern which had the greatest impact. Andrew Jackson Donelson's life offers the opportunity to view the tension between republican ideology and self-interest. A career politician in the Democratic, Know-Nothing, and Constitutional Union parties, Andrew Jackson's nephew struggled to live the virtuous, republican life that he rhetorically supported, but his self-interested behavior often took priority instead. Donelson's concern about his private finances led him to seek political patronage, but once he obtained those positions, he consistently neglected his duties to tend his plantations. Using republican arguments, Donelson opposed the secessionists of the 1850s and 1860s, but his real motivation was the protection of slavery and cotton. By examining his life through personal and official correspondence and newspaper editorials, it is clear that Donelson's public statements supporting republicanism never matched his own self-interested actions. Donelson's public career and private life suggest that, despite maintaining their rhetorical ties to republican ideology, nineteenth-century Americans tended to pursue their own self-interest more often than they adhered to republicanism. They did not resolve the inherent conflict between republican ideology and self-interest; instead, they couched their political ambition and economic materialism in republican language.
Dissertation
The Domestic Slave Trade and the United States Constitution
Lightner takes issue with political scientist Walter Berns's contention that the Constitutional Convention delegates intended for Congress to use the commerce clause against slavery generally and the internal slave trade specifically.\\n This pamphlet used evidence compiled from eyewitness accounts and newspaper clippings to describe the horrors of the domestic slave trade.
Book Review
A Jackson Man: Amos Kendall and the Rise of American Democracy
Cheathem reviews A Jackson Man: Amos Kendall and the Rise of American Democracy by Donald B. Cole.
Book Review