Growing American Society
As America grew is size, so did it also grow in personality and depth of culture. In the years following the Revolution, American culture grew more and more defined, founded on God and the Bible, centered on freedom and liberty, grappling with the institution of slavery, and forged in the fire of war. Read here several documents from and about this formative time in American culture.
The Wayfaring Stranger
The Inconsistency of Slavery
On Being Brought From Africa to America
Second Inaugural Address of George Washington
Free Elections
The Star Spangled Banner
Farewell, Peace
A poem of the impending War of 1812.
Come then, War! With hearts elated
To thy standard we will fly;
Every bosom animated
Either to live free or die
Come then, War! With hearts elated
To thy standard we will fly;
Every bosom animated
Either to live free or die