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American History Commentary

John McNeer February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 1 Comment #alexanderhamilton, #americanhistory, #americanpolitics, #antifederalist, #britain, #constitution, #electionof1796, #electionof1800, #federalist, #founders, #founding, #foundingfathers, #france, #frenchrevolution, #genet, #georgewashington, #history, #impeachment, #jamesmadison, #jaytreaty, #marthawashington, #neutrality, #politics, #reignofterror, #revolutionarywar, #thomasjefferson, #usfounders, #ushistory, #warof1812, #washingtonadministration

The Rupture of George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s Friendship and Its Importance [Abridged]

Author’s Note: In the more concise version of this post I will focus on an incident in 1800 that reveals

American History Commentary

John McNeer February 12, 2020February 13, 2020 4 Comments #alexanderhamilton, #americanhistory, #americanpolitics, #antifederalist, #britain, #constitution, #electionof1796, #electionof1800, #federalist, #founders, #founding, #foundingfathers, #france, #frenchrevolution, #genet, #georgewashington, #history, #impeachment, #jamesmadison, #jaytreaty, #marthawashington, #neutrality, #politics, #reignofterror, #revolutionarywar, #thomasjefferson, #usfounders, #ushistory, #warof1812, #washingtonadministration

The Rupture of George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s Friendship and Its Importance

Author’s Note: When I started this blog I wanted to create concise but informative summaries that were either historically important

American History Commentary

John McNeer February 20, 2018February 15, 2023 0 Comments #americanpolitics, #politics, #slavery, #virginia, Abraham Lincoln, American History, Boston, Civil War, Commentary, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation, fugitive slave, Fugitive Slave Act, Law, Massachusetts, Missouri Compromise, popular sovereignty, Shadrach Minkins, Stephen Douglass, US History

Black History Month: The Case of Shadrach Minkins and an Omen of Things to Come

The Fugitive Slave Act initiated the final steps towards the Civil War