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Contains the complete texts of the Anti-Federalist papers which offer the arguments of statesmen who were opposed to the Constitution, and includes transcripts of Constitutional Convention debates, commentaries, and an index of ideas.

Statesman Benjamin Franklin recalls his life, from his youth as a rebellious runaway apprentice, to successful leader, printer and journalist, social and political reformer, scientist, and philosopher.

Examines what the Emancipation Proclamation really meant with regards to slaves and slavery.

A dual biography of Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary, using photographs, letters, engravings, and cartoons to look at their childhoods, courtship, marriage, children, and other joys and traumas of their years together, including their deaths.

Presents a short history of the Great Depression, and discusses the stock market crash of 1929, unemployment, pre-war and war years, and more.

Provides details about the history of the Mahican Indians and discusses their family structure, government, customs, rituals, contact with Europeans, and reservations.

Presents an overview of the history of the lost colony of Roanoke, in simple text with illustrations, describing the arrival of the English in the new world.

Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount several turning points in American history: the Salem witch trials, the Battle of the Alamo, the California gold rush, the construction of the Erie Canal and the transcontinental railroad, and the victory of the women's suffrage movement.

Profiles major documents from important figures and events of the 1600s, from the Scientific Revolution to the exploration of the New World and more.

Provides in-depth analysis of more than eighty primary source documents from various protests, dissents, revolts, riots, and revolutions throughout American history, from the American Revolution to the Black Lives Matter Movement of today.