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Charles MARSH, Congress, VT (1765-1849)
MARSH Charles , a Representative from Vermont; born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., July 10, 1765; moved with his parents to Hartford, Conn., in 1773; educated under private tutors and was…Henry Allen FOSTER, Congress, NY (1800-1889)
Senate Years of Service: 1844-1845 Party: Democrat FOSTER Henry Allen , a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Hartford, Conn., May 7, 1800; moved to Cazenovia, N.Y., when a boy…Theodore FRELINGHUYSEN, Congress, NJ (1787-1862)
Senate Years of Service: 1829-1835 Party: Anti-Jacksonian FRELINGHUYSEN Theodore , a Senator from New Jersey; born in Millstone, N.J., March 28, 1787; pursued classical studies and graduated from…Garrison, William Lloyd
(Encyclopedia) Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805–79, American abolitionist, b. Newburyport, Mass. He supplemented his limited schooling with newspaper work and in 1829 went to Baltimore to aid Benjamin…Liberia Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Liberia Index: People Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Liberia Relations PEOPLEPortuguese explorers established…Monroe, James
(Encyclopedia) Monroe, James, 1758–1831, 5th President of the United States (1817–25), b. Westmoreland co., Va. In 1816 Monroe obtained the presidential nomination and was easily elected. During…abolitionists
(Encyclopedia) abolitionists, in U.S. history, particularly in the three decades before the Civil War, members of the movement that agitated for the compulsory emancipation of the slaves.…Black History Timeline: 1600s to Present Day
Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesBlack history in the United States of America is a story of discrimination, hate, and violence. For centuries, White people enslaved, murdered, and criminalized an…Delaware, state, United States
(Encyclopedia) CE5 DelawareDelawaredĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States, the country's second smallest state (after Rhode Island). It is bordered by…Liberia
(Encyclopedia) CE5 LiberiaLiberialībērˈēə [key] [New Lat.,=place of freedom], officially Republic of Liberia, republic (2015 est. pop. 4,500,000), 43,000 sq mi (111,370 sq km), W Africa. Liberia…Trending
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