Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Robert E. Lee
Standard Name: Lee, Robert E.
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16 October 1859: The Harpers Ferry Insurrection took place,...
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16 October 1859
The Harpers Ferry Insurrection took place, led by white abolitionist John Brown
who, along with roughly twenty other men, attempted to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Evans, Richard J. The Penguin Dictionary of Nineteenth Century History. Editors Belchem, John and Richard Price, Penguin, 1996.
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Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, editors. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. Henry Holt and Company, 1996.
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Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present. 20th Anniversary Edition, HarperCollins, 1999.
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12 April 1861-9 April 1865: The American Civil War raged between the...
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12 April 1861-9 April 1865
The American Civil War raged between the Confederacy of southern slave-owning states and the Union of the rest: from the first shots fired by Confederate artillery at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, to the surrender...
9 April 1865: The American Civil war ended when General...
