Comments:

durlx - 2003-08-21 20:33:01
The historical novel by Jane Smiley, "The All-True Adventures and Travels of Lidie Newton" covers this bit of history brilliantly. I definitely recommend it!
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MQ - 2003-08-22 02:59:46
I feel ignorant and ashamed and horrified all at the same time. so very scary.
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Trip - 2003-08-22 03:23:11
David McCullough's brilliant biography, TRUMAN (1992) gives an unexpectedly thorough overview of this period. I, too, was surprised while reading about it at just how much I DIDN'T know.
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oneken - 2003-08-22 15:42:03
"no one bothered to ask the Native Americans that were already living here how they felt about slavery." it is also likely the happy settlers of lawrence failed to ask them any complex questions on eviction...
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