Articles Archives • Century Past

African-American History Articles – Issues of the Early 20th Century

African-Americans, Articles, History, Periodicals / african-american history, african-americans, history, magazines

The African-American history articles on this page were selected from magazines published from 1915 to 1918, using the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature, Vol. 4, 1915-18. The articles describe prominent African-American issues in that time frame, when many African-Americans from the rural south were migrating to northern cities, and when the U.S. participated in World […]

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Experimental Communities in 19th Century America

Articles, Books / experimental communities

The Century Past website has a number of books and articles about experimental communities. Most were based on community property rather than private property. Some were religious; some secular. You’ll find the works at the pages shown, listed alphabetically by author. Ohio Social History page Baillie, William, Josiah Warren, The First American Anarchist; A Sociological

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The Black Hawk War of 1832 – Free Online Books and Articles

Articles, biographies, Books, Illinois, Native Americans, Wisconsin / black hawk war, native american war, war, wisconsin war

The Black Hawk War of 1832 in Illinois and Wisconsin was the last significant campaign by U.S. Government troops against Indians in the Old Northwest. Following the defeat of Black Hawk’s small force, the Wisconsin territorial government obtained Native American compliance with treaties that opened large parts of Wisconsin for survey and settlement. The Links

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The War of 1812

Articles, Books / First-Person Accounts in History of the Great Lakes States, history, military, war of 1812

This History of the Great Lakes States website contains many titles related to the War of 1812. The list below contains works found on the various War and Military pages that are almost exclusively about that war. There are also works on other pages of the site, such as the Biographies and Memoirs, Fiction, and

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