in America's early conflicts, defined as these have been by accounts of patriotism and nation-building. In fact, during the period of conscription from the late 1650s to the end of the Civil War, many North Americans refused military service on grounds of conscience.
Oxford University Press 2002 194 PP. Paper $4.00 (in stock) Buy
Lift Up Thy Voice - Sale The Grimke Family's Journey From Slaveholders To Civil Rights Leaders
Lifesongs, Readings For Milestones
BY PINKY AGNEW The oddly named Pinky is a New Zealander (not a relation of Spiro T) and specializes in celebrating weddings This is a great selection of poems from all ages but with maybe more living poets. Would be much better if it wasn't silver print on white and a cover that looks scuffed before it even gets scuffed - BUT this is a great anthology for milestone celebrations. Naming baby, to funerals.
Random House - New Zealand 2006 205 PP. Cloth $3.00 (in stock) Buy
BY MARK PERRY "Sarah and Angelina Grimke were privileged [Quaker] white women from a powerful South Carolina slaveholding family who led the antislavery movement. Their nephews Archibald and Francis Grimke were former slaves who took the struggle into the twentieth century as the focus shifted to equal rights. Perry offers the fascinating family history of the Grimkes and the quintessential American racial pathologies that most slaveholders would have denied but which the Grimkes faced head-on. Using letters, speeches, diaries, and sermon s, Perry presents the personalities of messianic figures during a period of great religious and social foment."-Booklist
Penguin 2003 432 PP. Paper $1.50 (in stock) Buy
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