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In 1815, the Massachusetts Peace Society was formed, and became a national movement. The organization was the merging of numerous regional groups, including the New York Peace Society. In 1828, led by William Ladd and George Beckwith, it would evolve to become the American Peace Society. The society was centered on the concept of creating a permanent international organization dedicated to peace, spreading its ideas through the journal, The Ad...

Excerpt from Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola, A Book for Young AmericansThe Wampanoags were a tribe Of Indians whose homes were in what is now southeastern Massachusetts and in Rhode Island east of Narragansett Bay. A few of them, also, lived on the large islands farther south, Nan tucket and Martha's Vineyard.Three centuries ago Massasoit, Philip's father, was the grand Sachem, or ruler, of the Wampanoags. His p...

Excerpt from Government of the Colony of South CarolinaThe following monograph aims to give a description of the government of South Carolina during the colonial period, from the constitutional standpoint. As the current course of events had been fairly well related by several interesting writers, it seemed best to omit all mention of political his tory except where necessary to explain constitutional changes. It is hoped that the topical meth...

Excerpt from Government of the Colony of South CarolinaThe following monograph aims to give a description of the government of South Carolina during the colonial period, from the constitutional standpoint. As the current course of events had been fairly well related by several interesting writers, it seemed best to omit all mention of political his tory except where necessary to explain constitutional changes. It is hoped that the topical meth...

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Excerpt from Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola, A Book for Young Americans The Wampanoags were a tribe Of Indians whose homes were in what is now southeastern Massachusetts and in Rhode Island east of Narragansett Bay. A few of them, also, lived on the large islands farther south, Nan tucket and Martha's Vineyard. Three centuries ago Massasoit, Philip's father, was the grand Sachem, or ruler, of the Wampanoags. H...

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Metacomet (c. 1639-1676), also known as King Philip or Metacom, was a war chief or sachem of the Wampanoag Indians and their leader in King Philip's War. He led his warriors in the uprising that would later bear his name. Hunted by a group of rangers he was fatally shot on August 12, 1676, on Mount Hope in Bristol, Rhode Island. Pontiac or Obwandiyag (c. 1720-1769), was an Ottawa leader who became famous for his role in Pontiac's Rebellion (1...