A Life For Liberty: Anti-Slavery Letters of Sallie Holley
A Life For Liberty: Anti-Slavery Letters of Sallie Holley

Author: Sallie Holley

Publisher: BIG BYTE BOOKS

Published: 1977-01-01

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13:

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This biographical sketch and letters of Sallie Holley are unique in that there is little else to be found about her life. She was friends with nearly all of the major figures of the Abolition Movement of the mid-19th century and spent her adult life campaigning for African-American freedom and suffrage. This book about a truly remarkable woman was originally published in 1899. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

A Rochester Ramble
A Rochester Ramble

Author: Donovan A. Shilling

Publisher: Pancoast Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0982109008

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A history of the Finger Lakes region written from the perspective of spirits of historical figures.

Enterprising Waters
Enterprising Waters

Author: Brad L. Utter

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2020-03-01

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1438478267

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Chronicles the story of the Erie Canal from its inception to today. One of the largest public works projects in American history, the Erie Canal inspired a nationwide transportation revolution and directed the course of New York and American history. When completed in 1825, the engineering marvel unlocked the Western interior for trade and settlement, boomtowns sprang up along the canal’s path, and New York City grew to be the nation’s most powerful center of international trade. Millions of people poured into New York (and some through it) to take advantage of the tremendous opportunities provided by the canal, influencing settlement and the social, political, and commercial landscapes of America. Produced in honor of the bicentennial of the beginning of construction of the canal, Enterprising Waters—a companion catalog to the New York State Museum’s exhibition of the same name—includes reproductions of objects and images from the collections of more than thirty-five different institutions and individual lenders. It also contains reproductions of fifty-nine works of art used in the companion exhibition “Art of the Erie Canal.” Themes of politics, engineering, commerce, life on the canal, and more are paired with full color images of artifacts, documents, and images to bring this unique American story to life, from its inception to today. “Enterprising Waters is, like the Erie Canal itself, an ambitious achievement. Its spectacular visual images vividly portray the waterway’s material world as well as its artistic legacy, while the accompanying text concisely covers two centuries of Erie Canal history. No matter how much, or how little, readers know already about New York’s artificial waterways, they can learn from (and enjoy!) this beautiful catalog.” — Carol Sheriff, author of The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817–1862 “A fine presentation in words and images of the great project that inspired New York and the nation.” — Gerard Koeppel, author of Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire

Erie Water West
Erie Water West

Author: Ronald E. Shaw

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2013-07-24

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 0813143489

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The construction of the Erie Canal may truly be described as a major event in the growth of the young United States. At a time when the internal links among the states were scanty, the canal's planners boldly projected a system of transportation that would strike from the eastern seaboard, penetrate the frontier, and forge a bond between the East and the growing settlements of the West. In this comprehensive history, Ronald E. Shaw portrays the development of the canal as viewed by its contemporaries, who rightly saw it as an engineering marvel and an achievement of great economic and social significance not only for New York but also for the nation.