Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and the American Revolution.

The annual $ 25, 000 prize is administered by the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History and the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale.

Slavery and the American West: The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny and the Coming of the Civil War ( 1997 ) online edition

* 1775 – An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes " African Slavery in America ", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.

In his books, Time on the Cross and Without Consent or Contract: the Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Robert Fogel maintains that slavery was in fact a profitable method of production, especially on bigger plantations growing cotton that fetched high prices in the world market.

* C. Peter Ripley, Roy E. Finkenbine, Michael F. Hembree, Donald Yacovone, Witness for Freedom: African American Voices on Race, Slavery, and Emancipation ( 1993 )

* Mathews, Donald G. Slavery and Methodism: A Chapter in American Morality, 1780-1845 ( 1965 )

When Washington's autobiography, Up From Slavery, was published in 1901, it became a bestseller and had a major impact on the African American community, its friends and allies.

* Up from Slavery: An Autobiography from American Studies at the University of Virginia

Britain abolished slavery throughout the British Empire with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, the French colonies abolished it 15 years later, and slavery in the United States was abolished in 1865, after the American Civil War, with the 13th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.

Unfree Labor ; American Slavery and Russian Serfdom ( 1987 )

" Alexander Hamilton: Slavery and Race in a Revolutionary Generation " New-York Journal of American History 2004 65 ( 3 ): 16 – 24.

* 2011: The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner

Six families and their descendants are featured in the exhibit, Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty ( January to October 2012 ) at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, which also examines Jefferson as slaveholder.

* Rebellion: John Horse and the Black Seminoles, First Black Rebels to Beat American Slavery, these maroons affiliated with Seminole Indians in Florida led a slave rebellion that would be the largest in U. S. history.

* Digital Library on American Slavery

* Morrison, Michael A. Slavery and the American West: The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny and the Coming of the Civil War.

Known as the " Black and White " sessions, because they " explored both American black music from Slavery to the present, and American white music from early traditional music to modern folk songs ".

In 2012, the Smithsonian Institution and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation held a major exhibit at the National Museum of American History: Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: The Paradox of Liberty ; it says that " evidence strongly support the conclusion that Jefferson was the father of Sally Hemings ' children.

* Theodore Dwight Weld ( 1803 – 1895 ), the author of American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses, an evangelical abolitionist who was born in town, where he lived until 1825 when his family moved to upstate New York.

* John Horse and the Black Seminoles, First Black Rebels to Beat American Slavery

* ( with Mel Watkins ), African American Humor: The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today ( Library of Black America )

* African American Humor: The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today ( editor ) ISBN 1-55652-430-7

It is extremely important for each American to realize that the theme `` The United Nations Is Your Business '' applies to him personally.

The Council on National Defense of the American Medical Association contributed a brief article to each issue entitled, `` This Is Your A.M.A. ''.

His first thought is about the question itself: Is there a question here for American foreign policy, and, if so, what is it??

Is public education in this American democracy of such importance that no child should be denied public education??

American TV was the setting for the first dramatic portrayal of Miss Marple with Gracie Fields, the legendary British actress, playing her in a 1956 episode of Goodyear TV Playhouse based on A Murder Is Announced, the 1950 Christie novel.

* 1981 – Alex Suarez, American bassist ( Cobra Starship and This Is Ivy League )

* 1969 – Warren Defever, American musician and composer ( His Name Is Alive )

* Scientific American Strange but True: Whale Waste Is Extremely Valuable

Kane was a regular on the 1986 NBC series All Is Forgiven, a regular on the 1990 – 1991 NBC series American Dreamer, guest-starred on a 1994 episode of Seinfeld and had a supporting role in the short-lived 1996 – 1997 sitcom Pearl, which starred Rhea Perlman.

" Yip " Harburg ( performed by Judy Garland in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz ), " White Christmas " written by Irving Berlin ( best-known performance by Bing Crosby ), " This Land Is Your Land " written and performed by Woody Guthrie, " Respect " written by Otis Redding ( best-known performance by Aretha Franklin ), and " American Pie ".

Is also a member of many regional groups, including the Rio Group, the Latin American Economic System, the Latin American Energy Organization, the Latin American Integration Association, and the Andean Pact.

* 1985 – William Beckett, American singer ( The Academy Is ...)

The study, ' Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream Alive and Well?

Generally speaking, he tended to use tap and other popular dance idioms to express joy and exuberance – as in the title song from Singin ' in the Rain or " I Got Rhythm " from An American in Paris, whereas pensive or romantic feelings were more often expressed via ballet or modern dance, as in " Heather on the Hill " from Brigadoon or " Our Love Is Here to Stay " from An American in Paris.

*" Jump Around " is used in many television and cinema productions, such as in the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire, the 1996 film Happy Gilmore, Black Hawk Down, the TV series My Name Is Earl, and American Dad.

* 1988 – Austin Thornton, American drummer ( Woe, Is Me and Of Machines )

* 1983 – Andrew Mrotek, American singer and drummer ( The Academy Is ...)

* 1982 – Ryland Blackinton, American guitarist ( Cobra Starship and This Is Ivy League )

In addition to film, Raimi has worked in television, producing such series as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its spin off Xena: Warrior Princess, both featuring his younger brother Ted Raimi and long-time friend Bruce Campbell, American Gothic, Cleopatra 2525, M. A. N. T. I. S., 13: Fear Is Real, Young Hercules, and Jack of All Trades.

* Jessica Care Moore, The Alphabet Verses the Ghetto, The Words Don't Fit in My Mouth, and God Is Not an American

He has stated in interviews that Il mio nome è Nessuno ( My Name Is Nobody, 1973 ), in which he co-starred with the American Henry Fonda, is his personal favorite of all his films.

Is this any longer an English Parliament, if with more ships in your harbours than in all the navies of Europe ; with above two millions of people in your American colonies, you will bear to hear of the expediency of receiving from Spain an insecure, unsatisfactory, dishonourable Convention?