A01=Peter Markoe
Author_Peter Markoe
Barbary War
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Constitutional Convention 1787
Early American propaganda
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Product details
- ISBN 9781594160639
- Dimensions: 127 x 179mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2008
- Publisher: Westholme Publishing, U.S.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In 1787, at the height of the debate over the Constitution in Philadelphia, news reached legislators that American sailors had once again been taken hostage by pirates from the Barbary States. Despite a desire to respond but with no central government, the new American Republic had no means to create a naval force.Enter an anonymously written book - "The Algerine Spy in Pennsylvania" or, "Letters Written by a Native of Algiers on the Affairs of the United States in America". Consisting of a series of letters, it predicted that the former colonies would never resolve their differences and be "ruined by disunion" - it created such a sensation that it tipped the balance of opinion in favour of adopting the new Constitution.This superb reprint is introduced and edited by respected historian Timothy Marr, who re-examines the importance of this work in the political history of the United States.
Peter Morkoe (c1752-1792), poet and a playwright, immigrated to Philadelphia from the West Indies in 1783. Timothy Marr is associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina.
