VOLUME I: FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE CIVIL WAR

More than 80 documents cover the period from colonial times to the Civil War. Featured sources include the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Emancipation Proclamation, Powhatan’s address to Captain John Smith at Jamestown, Patrick Henry’s famous "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech, George Washington’s Farewell Address, and the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision.