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Combee by Edda L. Fields-Black Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War
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Black, Edda L. Fields
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Native Nations by Kathleen DuVal Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
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No Right to An Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize) by Jacqueline A. Jones No Right to An Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era
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Freedom’s Dominion by Jefferson R. Cowie Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
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Cuba by Ada Ferrer Cuba: An American History
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Ferrer, Ada
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Covered with Night by Nicole Eustace Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
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Eustace, Nicole
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Franchise by Marcia Chatelain Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
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Sweet Taste of Liberty by W. Caleb McDaniel Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
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Mary Chesnut's Civil War by Mary Boykin Chesnut Mary Chesnut's Civil War
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Chesnut, Mary Boykin
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Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
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Blight, David W.
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The Gulf by Jack Emerson Davis The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea
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Davis, Jack Emerson
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Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
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Custer's Trials by T.J. Stiles Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
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Stiles, T.J.
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With Americans of Past and Present Days by Jean Jules Jusserand With Americans of Past and Present Days
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History of the Civil War, 1861 - 1865 by James Ford Rhodes History of the Civil War, 1861 - 1865
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Rhodes, James Ford
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The War with Mexico by Justin Harvey Smith The War with Mexico (Volume 2)
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Smith, Justin Harvey
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The Victory at Sea by William Sowden Sims The Victory at Sea
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The Founding of New England by James Truslow Adams The Founding of New England
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Adams, James Truslow
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The Supreme Court in United States History by Charles Warren The Supreme Court in United States History
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Warren, Charles
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The American Revolution by Charles Howard McIlwain The American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation
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McIlwain, Charles Howard
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A History of the American Frontier, 1763-1893 by Frederic L. Paxson A History of the American Frontier, 1763-1893
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Paxson, Frederic L.
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A History Of The United States Volume 1 by Edward Channing A History Of The United States Volume 1
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Channing, Edward
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Pinckney's Treaty by Samuel Flagg Bemis Pinckney's Treaty: America's Advantage from Europe's Distress, 1783-1800
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Bemis, Samuel Flagg
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Main Currents in American Thought by Vernon Louis Parrington Main Currents in American Thought
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Parrington, Vernon Louis
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The Organization and Administration of the Union Army 1861-18... by Fred Albert Shannon The Organization and Administration of the Union Army 1861-1865 Volume I (Acls History E-book Project Reprint Series)
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Shannon, Fred Albert
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The War of Independence by Claude Halstead Van Tyne The War of Independence
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Tyne, Claude Halstead Van
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The Coming of the War, 1914 by Bernadotte E. Schmitt The Coming of the War, 1914
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Schmitt, Bernadotte E.
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My Experiences in the World War by John Joseph Pershing My Experiences in the World War
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Pershing, John J.
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The Significance of Sections in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner The Significance of Sections in American History
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Turner, Frederick Jackson
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The People's Choice by Herbert Agar The People's Choice: From Washington to Harding : A Study in Democracy
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Agar, Herbert
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