Filibusters and Expansionists
Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800-1821
Frank Lawrence Owsley author Gene A Smith author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Alabama Press
Published:22nd Mar '04
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Describing filibuster activities in both Florida and Texas, American efforts to seize Indian lands, operations against a free black fort in Florida and Andrew Jackson's adventures in Florida, this book adds to the history and historiography of antebellum foreign policy. The authors present the revolutionary activities in the Gulf South and their connection with the expansionist trends of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe.
[In] a lively and informative work, Owsley and Smith describe the revolutionary activities in the Gulf South and their connection with the expansionist trends of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. This book does a thorough job of describing fillbuster activities in both Florida and Texas, American efforts to seize Indian lands, operations against a free black fort in Florida, and Andrew Jackson's adventures in Florida. - Journal of Southern History; ""Filibusters and Expansionists adds a breath of fresh air to the history and historiography of antebellum foreign policy."" - Journal of American History
ISBN: 9780817351175
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 384g
256 pages