SONS OF LIBERTY

secret organizations formed in the American colonies in protest against the Stamp Act (1765). They took their name from a phrase used by Isaac Barré in a speech against the Stamp Act in Parliament, and were organized by merchants, businessmen, lawyers, journalists, and others who would be most affected by the Stamp Act. The leaders included John Lamb and Alexander McDougall in New York, and Samuel Adams and James Otis in New England. The societies kept in touch with each other through committees of correspondence, supported the nonimportation agreement, forced the resignation of stamp distributors, and incited destruction of stamped paper and violence against British officials. They participated in calling the Continental Congress of 1774. In the Civil War, the Knights of the Golden Circle adopted (1864) the name Sons of Liberty.

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books on: Sons of Liberty  - 7341 results

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Samuel Adams: Son of Liberty, Father of Revolution
Book by Benjamin H. Irvin; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Adams, Samuel--1722-1803--Juvenile Literature, Politicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile Literature, United States--Declaration Of Independence--Signers--Biography--Juvenile Literature, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography--Juvenile Literature
...Thomas and Elisha Hutchinson, the sons of the governor who was still reeling...firm in the face of Adams and the Sons of Liberty. Hutchinson got his first opportunity...despite repeated threats by the Sons of Liberty. On November 17, a large...
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Sons of Liberty: The Masculine Mind in Nineteenth-Century America
Book by David G. Pugh; Greenwood Press, 1983
Subjects: Masculinity--United States--History--19th Century, Men--United States--History--19th Century, Men--United States--Political Activity, Men--United States--Psychology, National Characteristics, American, Women--United States--History--19th Century
...father, the American colonists that of the conspiring sons, and the Declaration of Independence and the American...as "potential enemies and usurpers." 9 Yet the Sons of Liberty and their sons to follow -- the descendents of Rip Van Winkle...
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An Uncertain Legacy: Essays on the Pursuit of Liberty
Book by Edward B. Mclean; ISI Books, 1997
Subjects: Liberty--History, Political Science--History
Thus, for the Roman, Liberty lived beyond history. Yet...single event, the origins of Liberty, to remind the Roman People...their historical experience of Liberty and of the sacrifices which...of constitutionalism, the sons of Liberty; our opponents...
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John Wilkes: A Friend to Liberty
Book by Peter D. G. Thomas; Clarendon Press, 1996
Subjects: Great Britain--Politics And Government--1760-1789, Liberty, Politicians--Great Britain--Biography, Radicalism--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Wilkes, John--1727-1797
...Wilkes and America. 8 The Boston Sons of Liberty opened a correspondence with him...avow myself a friend to universal liberty. . . . Liberty I consider as the...sentiments, and the answer of the Boston Sons of Liberty on 5 October requested...
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The Story of Civil Liberty in the United States
Book by Leon Whipple; Vanguard Press, 1927
Subjects: Civil Rights--United States, Human Rights--United States, Liberty, United States--Constitutional Law
...Revolutionists toward abstract liberty has been thus described: The last...contending parties. 1 By 1765 the Sons of Liberty had been formed, and illegal...equilibrium in power in which no liberty survived. It was hopeless to appeal...
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journal articles on: Sons of Liberty  - 2582 results

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Sam Adams: Son of Liberty, Father of Revolution
Journal article by Frederick F. Harling; The Historian, Vol. 66, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Sam Adams: Son of Liberty, Father of Revolution (Book)--Book reviews
Sam Adams: Son of Liberty, Father of Revolution. by Frederick F. Harling Sam Adams: Son of Liberty, Father of Revolution. By Benjamin H. Irvin. (Oxford: Oxford...
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Joseph Allicocke: African-american Leader of the Sons of Liberty
Journal article by Donald A. Grinde Jr.; Afro - Americans in New York Life and History, Vol. 14, 1990
Subjects: African Americans, Black culture, Blacks, Culture, History, Minority & ethnic groups, US, United States
...intelligence reports related that the Sons of Liberty had sent "Belts of Wampum to...a key leader in the New York Sons of Liberty. On May 21, 1766...that Allicocke was head of the Sons of Liberty and that he was the "son of a Mulattoe woman." The...
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Sonship, Liberty, and Promise Keeping in Sense and Sensibility
Journal article by Joyce Kerr Tarpley; Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature, Vol. 63, 2011
Subjects: Austen, Jane--Criticism and interpretation, Austen, Jane--Works, Freedom--Portrayals, Liberty--Portrayals, Novelists--Criticism and interpretation, Novelists--Works, Parent and child--Portrayals, Parent-child relations--Portrayals, Sense and Sensibility (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
Sonship, Liberty, and Promise Keeping...explores most fully with sons in Sense and Sensibility...the character of each son (1) by the way in which...her representation of a sons liberty to keep or break...affection for Elinor. Liberty is at issue for an honorable son like Edward because unlike...
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"The Slaves That They Are" and the Slaves That They Might Become: Bondage and Liberty in William Gilmore Simms's the Yemassee
Journal article by Anthony Dyer Hoefer; MELUS, Vol. 34, 2009
Subjects: Freedom--Portrayals, Liberty--Portrayals, Simms, William Gilmore--Criticism and interpretation, Simms, William Gilmore--Works, Slavery--Portrayals, The Yemassee (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
...in his description of his son, Occonestoga, who has left...plantocracys use of the rhetoric of liberty was genuine and born of their...Gadsden, leader of Charlestons Sons of Liberty, writes, "I hope every...codification of individual civil liberties in the Bill of Rights; the...and protection of individual liberty. More abstract republican...
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Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty
Journal article by Stuart Leibiger; The Historian, Vol. 66, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty (Book)--Book reviews
Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty. by Stuart Leibiger Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty. By Helen Bryan. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2002. Pp. xiv, 417. $30.00.) Although she married perhaps the most important...
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Liberty's Son of Thunder: Patrick Henry's Words Were His Most Potent Weapons. Americans Sacrificing for Their Country Today Still Echo His Thunderous Cry, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"
Magazine article by Thomas R. Eddlem; The New American, Vol. 19, November 3, 2003
...Still Echo His Thunderous Cry, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!". by Thomas R. Eddlem...and delivered his now-famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech. He began in...others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" When Henry concluded...
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Son of Liberty: Nathan Hale, a True Patriot, Believed That Liberty Is Worth Any Price
Magazine article by Becky Akers; The New American, Vol. 24, September 15, 2008
Subjects: American Revolution, 1775-1783--Personalities, Hale, Nathan (American revolutionary)--Appreciation, Revolutionaries--Appreciation, Revolutionists--Appreciation, Spies--Appreciation, United States history--Personalities, United States history--Revolution, 1775-1783
Son of Liberty: Nathan Hale, a True Patriot, Believed That Liberty Is Worth Any Price. by Becky...Elizabeth Strong, bore nine sons and three daughters. Ten of...determind that in the Meeting free liberty be taken by all present to criticise...
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John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty
Magazine article by David Johnson; History Today, Vol. 56, August 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty (Book)--Book reviews
...the respectable friend to liberty and the radical politician...secretary to the Boston Sons of Liberty, observed in 1769, the fate...grin yet holding the cap of liberty on a stick, epitomizes the...question--were English liberties seriously endangered? Were...
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Magazine article by Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, October 1997
Subjects: Brotherliness--Religious aspects, Christianity and culture--Evaluation, Christianity and politics--Evaluation, Christianity and progress--Evaluation, Equality--Religious aspects, Liberty--Religious aspects
...political sphere, the enemy of liberty is tyranny, and tyranny is...mobilize the energies and liberties of citizens who have become...6) The misadventures of liberty at the end of this millennium...art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care...and perfect act of creative liberty by which history began. Liberty...
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A Valedictory Address on Liberty, License, and the American Dilemma
Magazine article by Daniel R. Coats; The American Enterprise, Vol. 10, January 1999
Subjects: Coats, Daniel R.--Addresses, essays, lectures, Liberty--Moral and ethical aspects, Responsibility--Social aspects, United States. Congress. Senate--Addresses, essays, lectures
A VALEDICTORY ADDRESS ON LIBERTY, LICENSE, AND THE AMERICAN...republic, celebrating individual liberty and personal gain, cultivate...our political and economic liberties. Internal virtue would promote...wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people...indictments of our times: sons and daughters betrayed by...
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TATE'S LATE GOAL TAKES STING OUT OF HORNETS; Prodigal Son Trundle Gets Liberty Buzzing
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), August 30, 2009
...STING OUT OF HORNETS; Prodigal Son Trundle Gets Liberty Buzzing. Byline: Steve Tucker...fragile start to his reign at the Liberty Stadium looked set to worsen going...less than 10 minutes left, the Liberty erupted as Trundle came on for...
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65 Years on, Return of the Flying Fortress; HIstory in Flight: Tail Gunner's Son Don Brooks Brings the LIberty Belle in to Land
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 5, 2008
...HIstory in Flight: Tail Gunners Son Don Brooks Brings the LIberty Belle in to Land. THEY were known...of the Second World War. The Liberty Belle landed at the Imperial War...Cambridgeshire,flown by Don Brooks, son of a tail gunner who completed...
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Meredith Murder Case Suspect Held as Another Walks Free; Arrested: Rudy Hermann Guede Liberty: Lumumba Walks Free from Prison Yesterday Reunited: Lumumba with His Wife, Alexandra Beata, and Son
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 21, 2007
Subjects: Murder
...Suspect Held as Another Walks Free; Arrested: Rudy Hermann Guede Liberty: Lumumba Walks Free from Prison Yesterday Reunited: Lumumba with His Wife, Alexandra Beata, and Son. Byline: Nick Pisa A SUSPECT in the Meredith Kercher murder was...
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Play Misty for Me; Clint Eastwood's Oldest Son, the Jazz Musician Kyle, Has Inherited His Father's Laconic Temperament and Troubled Love Life. Olivia Stewart-Liberty Meets the Rookie
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 7, 2005
Subjects: Eastwood, Clint
...Me; Clint Eastwoods Oldest Son, the Jazz Musician Kyle...Love Life. Olivia Stewart-Liberty Meets the Rookie. Byline: OLIVIA STEWART-LIBERTY In the dim recesses of Ronnie...bass. Kyle is Clints oldest son (one of seven children by...
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The Ghost of My Father; Lord Olivier's Son Richard Believes That All the World's a Stage - So Much So That He Uses Shakespeare to Teach Management Skills. Olivia Stewart-Liberty Takes a Lesson in Backstabbing from Julius Caesar
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 1, 2006
Subjects: Caesar, Julius
...of My Father; Lord Oliviers Son Richard Believes That All the...Management Skills. Olivia Stewart-Liberty Takes a Lesson in Backstabbing...theatre director Richard Olivier (son of Laurence Olivier and Joan...Othello twice than look after his son. Richard is on record as having...
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encyclopedia articles on: Sons of Liberty  - 17 results

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Sons of Liberty
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SONS OF LIBERTY secret organizations formed in the American colonies in protest against...Civil War, the Knights of the Golden Circle adopted (1864) the name Sons of Liberty. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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American Revolution
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...eloquence, societies called the Sons of Liberty were formed, and the Stamp Act...and resistance was prompt. The Sons of Liberty and individual colonials were already...Benjamin Franklin and his Loyalist son, William Franklin . Loyalists...
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New York , City, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...with Downing Stadium). In New York Bay are Liberty Island (with the Statue of Liberty ); Governors Island ; and Ellis Island . New...revolutionary sentiments increased, the New York Sons of Liberty forced (1775) Gov. William Tryon and the British...
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Knights of the Golden Circle
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Knights and again, early in 1864, as the Order of the Sons of Liberty, with Clement L. Vallandigham , most prominent of...and Gen. Henry B. Carrington effectively curbed the Sons of Liberty in that state in the fall of 1864. With mounting Union...
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Fraunces, Samuel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...wines and food and was a gathering place for the Sons of Liberty and other organizations before the American Revolution...a devastating 1900 fire, is now owned by the Sons of the Revolution (not the Sons of the American Revolution). For many years...
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