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Note Pages Modes of American Public Discourse Movement Theory Movement Chronology to 1861 History of Compromise Legislation Extent of Slavery in the Expanding Union The Economics and Rhetoric of Slavery Fugitive Slave Laws Pennsylvania Manumission Act of 1780 Lincoln in Rhetorical Context Suffrage Amendments to the Constitution Two Feminisms Chart	Debates Debate Instructions Debate Resolutions Federalists vs. AntiFederalists Radical Abolition vs. Political Reform Universal Suffrage vs. Negro Suffrage
Note Pages: Writing and Research Writing the Rhetorical Critical Essay Parts of the Paper Brief Guide to MLA Style Recommended Bibliographic Sources	Enrolled Students Only: Log on to Blackboard
Related Outside Links The links in this space are to major sources of primary documents as well as historical/cultural background. Other outside links on specific topics may be found throughout the site.
General American History & Public Address	Douglass Archives of American Public Address Hypertext on American History U.S. Historical Documents Archive Internet Modern History Sourcebook The Avalon Project A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. E Pluribus Unum Project (1770's, 1850's)
Acts of Congress, the Courts, and the Presidents	Congressional Documents and Debates 1774–1873 Making of America Archiving Early America The U.S. Mexican War (1846-1848)
Slavery and Abolition	Exploring Amistad Africans in America African American Slavery (Catholic U of America) From Slavery to Freedom: African American Pamphlet Collection 1824-1909 African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907 North American Slave Narratives Black Resistance: Slavery in the United States Samuel J. May Antislavery Collection
The Civil War	Ken Burns' Civil War American Civil War Homepage The Valley of the Shadow Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
Woman's Rights	Votes for Women: Selections from the NAWSA Collection, 1848–1921 Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement 1848–1998 Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (PBS Online) Stanton and Anthony Papers Project Online Travels for Reform: The Early Work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1852-1861

Modes of American Public Discourse: Classical, Revolutionary, Prophetic Caleb Bingham, "Oration on Eloquence," from The Columbian Orator Declaration of Independence Extract from John Woolman's Journal	The Early Discourse on Slavery Thomas Jefferson, From Letter to Jean Nicolas Demeunier Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Holmes
Federalists and Anti-Federalists Constitution of the United States Benjamin Franklin, On the Constitution Federalist #9 [Hamilton] Patrick Henry, Against the Federal Constitution	Fires of Abolition The Confessions of Nat Turner Wendell Phillips, The Murder of Lovejoy Angelina Grimke, Speech in Pennsylvania Hall William Lloyd Garrison, Liberator First Editorial William Lloyd Garrison, Peace Declaration Lucretia Mott, "The Law of Progress" Frederick Douglass, "We Have Decided to Stay" Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
Congressional Repercussions John Quincy Adams, Gag Rule Controversy: Question of Reception John Quincy Adams, Gag Rule Controversy, Petition Purporting to Come From Slaves John C. Calhoun, Speech on the Reception of Abolition Petitions	Lincoln, Slavery and Providence Abraham Lincoln, A House Divided Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural
Woman's Rights Margaret Fell, Womens Speaking Justified Angelina Grimke, Speech in Pennsylvania Hall Pastoral Letter of the General Association of Massachusetts Sarah Grimke, Letter in Response to the Pastoral Letter Sojourner Truth, "A'n't I a Woman" Seneca Falls Convention, Declaration of Sentiments Susan B. Anthony, Remarks at Her Trial (Newspaper accounts of the 1873 trial on which Anthony based her speech, "Is It a Crime for a U. S. Citizen To Vote?" Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "The Solitude of Self"