Thomas Jefferson On American Indians
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Thomas Jefferson On American Indians
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Author : M. Andrew Holowchak
language : en
Publisher: Vernon Press
Release Date : 2024-09-03
Thomas Jefferson On American Indians written by M. Andrew Holowchak and has been published by Vernon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Jefferson’s views on Indians were characterized by ambivalence. Jefferson both loved and hated Native Americans, because he loved Native Americans. Jefferson was, through his father Peter, exposed early on and directly, though likely infrequently, to mysterious but congenial Indigenes, and he came to respect profoundly their courage, physical endurance, artistry, integrity, and most importantly, their large love of liberty, even if they were “uncivilized.” So impressed by Indians culture was Jefferson that he made their nature and culture objects of study in his ‘Notes on Virginia.’ Though uncivilized, Indians showed marked signs of being readily civilizable. Thus, Jefferson, qua politician and philosopher, hoped that they would mix their blood with Whites and become part of what he saw as a great American “empire for liberty.” Miscegenation meant integration, willful or by force, into American culture and abandonment of Aboriginal ways and their radically different way of seeing the land upon which they lived, which Natives could only grudgingly accept. Was Jefferson’s Indian policy, though guided by true concern for their wellbeing, genocidal? This book ultimately aims to answer that question.
Jefferson And The Indians
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Author : Anthony F. C. Wallace
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-01
Jefferson And The Indians written by Anthony F. C. Wallace and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-01 with History categories.
In Thomas Jefferson's time, white Americans were bedeviled by a moral dilemma unyielding to reason and sentiment: what to do about the presence of black slaves and free Indians. That Jefferson himself was caught between his own soaring rhetoric and private behavior toward blacks has long been known. But the tortured duality of his attitude toward Indians is only now being unearthed. In this landmark history, Anthony Wallace takes us on a tour of discovery to unexplored regions of Jefferson's mind. There, the bookish Enlightenment scholar--collector of Indian vocabularies, excavator of ancient burial mounds, chronicler of the eloquence of America's native peoples, and mourner of their tragic fate--sits uncomfortably close to Jefferson the imperialist and architect of Indian removal. Impelled by the necessity of expanding his agrarian republic, he became adept at putting a philosophical gloss on his policy of encroachment, threats of war, and forced land cessions--a policy that led, eventually, to cultural genocide. In this compelling narrative, we see how Jefferson's close relationships with frontier fighters and Indian agents, land speculators and intrepid explorers, European travelers, missionary scholars, and the chiefs of many Indian nations all complicated his views of the rights and claims of the first Americans. Lavishly illustrated with scenes and portraits from the period, Jefferson and the Indians adds a troubled dimension to one of the most enigmatic figures of American history, and to one of its most shameful legacies.
Jefferson The Hypocrite
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Author : Mary Jane Sheehy Moffett
language : en
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Release Date : 2020-01-28
Jefferson The Hypocrite written by Mary Jane Sheehy Moffett and has been published by Archway Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-28 with History categories.
Thomas Jefferson, a philosopher, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States of America, has been reviled in recent years as a hypocrite ... but is the criticism fair? Mary Jane Sheehy Moffett seeks to refute the idea that Jefferson was a hypocrite by taking a detailed look at his dealings with American Indians, his stance on slavery, and his relationship with Sally Hemings, a slave at Monticello. Noting that the slave trade began long before the Americas were discovered and that people of various races were sold into slavery, she contends that the Founding Fathers – including Jefferson – had nothing to do with slavery being introduced into America and everything to do with its demise. The author shares a brief history of the American Indians’ settlement in the Americas and Jefferson’s interaction with them throughout his lifetime. She also explores his relationship with Hemings. Get an accurate view of who Jefferson really was and gain a deeper appreciation for his many accomplishments with this rich analysis of his life – as well as what be motivating his detractors.
Native America Discovered And Conquered
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Author : Robert J. Miller
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2006-09-30
Native America Discovered And Conquered written by Robert J. Miller and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-30 with Social Science categories.
Manifest Destiny, as a term for westward expansion, was not used until the 1840s. Its predecessor was the Doctrine of Discovery, a legal tradition by which Europeans and Americans laid legal claim to the land of the indigenous people that they discovered. In the United States, the British colonists who had recently become Americans were competing with the English, French, and Spanish for control of lands west of the Mississippi. Who would be the discoverers of the Indians and their lands, the United States or the European countries? We know the answer, of course, but in this book, Miller explains for the first time exactly how the United States achieved victory, not only on the ground, but also in the developing legal thought of the day. The American effort began with Thomas Jefferson's authorization of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, which set out in 1803 to lay claim to the West. Lewis and Clark had several charges, among them the discovery of a Northwest Passage—a land route across the continent—in order to establish an American fur trade with China. In addition, the Corps of Northwestern Discovery, as the expedition was called, cataloged new plant and animal life, and performed detailed ethnographic research on the Indians they encountered. This fascinating book lays out how that ethnographic research became the legal basis for Indian removal practices implemented decades later, explaining how the Doctrine of Discovery became part of American law, as it still is today.
Thomas Jefferson And The Changing West
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Author : Missouri Historical Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Thomas Jefferson And The Changing West written by Missouri Historical Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An exploration of the complex relationship between the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson and the modern American West. The questions Jefferson posed about the West and what it might become still hold relevance for westerners today.
American Indians American Presidents
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Author : National Museum of the American Indian
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-08-11
American Indians American Presidents written by National Museum of the American Indian and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-11 with History categories.
When the American colonies defeated Britain during the War for Independence, Native American leaders began to establish diplomatic relations with the new nation. Here, for the first time, is the little-known history of American Indians and American presidents, what they said and felt about one another, and what their words tell us about the history of the United States. Focused on major turning points in Native American history, these pages show how American Indians interpreted the power and prestige of the presidency, and advanced their own agenda for tribal sovereignty, from the age of George Washington to the present day. In addition to exploring a pantheon of Indian leaders, from Little Turtle to Robert Yellowtail, this book also provides new—and often unexpected—perspectives on the presidents. Thomas Jefferson, traditionally portrayed as the Indians' friend, emerges as a master of the art of Indian dispossession. Richard Nixon, long-tarnished by the Watergate scandal, was in reality a champion of tribal self-determination—a position that sprang, in part, from his Quaker origins. Using inaugural addresses, proclamations, Indian Agency records, private correspondence, memoirs, petitions, photographs, and objects from the collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, American Indians/American Presidents illuminates the relationship between these diverse leaders, the Native Americans' commitment to tribal self-determination, and the social, geographic, and political evolution of the United States over more than two centuries.
Franklin Jefferson And American Indians
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Author : Bruce Elliott Johansen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Franklin Jefferson And American Indians written by Bruce Elliott Johansen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Indians of North America categories.
New Views Of The Origin Of The
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Author : Benjamin Smith 1766-1815 Barton
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2016-08-27
New Views Of The Origin Of The written by Benjamin Smith 1766-1815 Barton and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-27 with History categories.
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Notes On The State Of Virginia
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Author : Thomas Jefferson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1787
Notes On The State Of Virginia written by Thomas Jefferson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1787 with Indians of North America categories.
Thomas Jefferson And The Education Of A Citizen
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Author : James Gilreath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Thomas Jefferson And The Education Of A Citizen written by James Gilreath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Thomas Jefferson's writings hold endless fascination for Americans and, as the international perspective ending this volume suggests, for thoughtful people worldwide. Here, Liu Zuochang's assessment of Jefferson's relevance to contemporary Chinese thinkers joins essays by American scholars on topics such as education, slavery, and the preparation for citizenship that underlies a free society as Jefferson perceived it.