200 Years: A Bicentennial Illustrated History of the United States, Volume 1Books by U.S. News & World Report, 1973 - United States |
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... became judge of the state superior court . Little is known about his deci- sions , but he is reputed to have frequently exhorted juries to " do what is right between these parties . That is what the law always means . " Jackson and ...
... became judge of the state superior court . Little is known about his deci- sions , but he is reputed to have frequently exhorted juries to " do what is right between these parties . That is what the law always means . " Jackson and ...
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... became independent of Mexico in 1836 but had to wait nine years for annexation by the United States because Frederick Douglass escaped from Maryland slavery in 1838 , became one of abolitionism's most effective leaders . Sojourner Truth ...
... became independent of Mexico in 1836 but had to wait nine years for annexation by the United States because Frederick Douglass escaped from Maryland slavery in 1838 , became one of abolitionism's most effective leaders . Sojourner Truth ...
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... became President , and at fifty - one he was the youngest yet . His troubles began almost immediately . The Whigs controlled Congress , and Tyler was , at the moment , a Whig . But at heart he had always been a Democrat , and as ...
... became President , and at fifty - one he was the youngest yet . His troubles began almost immediately . The Whigs controlled Congress , and Tyler was , at the moment , a Whig . But at heart he had always been a Democrat , and as ...
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