No More Lies: The Myth and the Reality of American HistoryHarper & Row, 1971 - 311 pagina's Explodes such American myths as free elections, the Mason-Dixon line, free enterprise, Emancipation, and the Puritan Pilgrims. |
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Pagina 82
... Congress , telling him that free black soldiers were quite riled at being excluded . Washington said that he was going ahead and re - enlisting them , but he would stop the practice if Congress so ordered . On January 16 , 1776 , Congress ...
... Congress , telling him that free black soldiers were quite riled at being excluded . Washington said that he was going ahead and re - enlisting them , but he would stop the practice if Congress so ordered . On January 16 , 1776 , Congress ...
Pagina 89
... Congress commissioned Jefferson to write their Declaration . Actually a five - member committee including Jefferson was appointed : John Adams , representing Massachu- setts ; Robert R. Livingston , representing New York : Roger Sher ...
... Congress commissioned Jefferson to write their Declaration . Actually a five - member committee including Jefferson was appointed : John Adams , representing Massachu- setts ; Robert R. Livingston , representing New York : Roger Sher ...
Pagina 92
... Congress , John Quincy Adams saw slavery and racism slowly defiling and mocking the great promises of the revolution his father had been so instrumental in making . He stood on the floor of Congress , now a shaking , feeble old man ...
... Congress , John Quincy Adams saw slavery and racism slowly defiling and mocking the great promises of the revolution his father had been so instrumental in making . He stood on the floor of Congress , now a shaking , feeble old man ...
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The Myth of the Puritan Pilgrim I | 1 |
The Myth of the Savage | 31 |
The Myth of the Founding Fathers | 64 |
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