Monthly Archives: December 2010

Roots of the Liberty Tree

Posted on December 22, 2010 by rag57

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000190 EndHTML:0000099325 StartFragment:0000003514 EndFragment:0000099289 SourceURL:file:///Users/robertgeake/Documents/Roots%20of%20the%20Liberty%20Tree.doc Roots of the Liberty Tree Native American influence on Colonial Symbolism and Rebellion by Robert A. Geake The story of the Liberty Tree is the story of a people’s search for a symbol and … Continue reading →

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Plain Speaking:Native American Articulation on European Encroachment and its Consequences.

Posted on December 12, 2010 by rag57

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000173 EndHTML:0000067614 StartFragment:0000003499 EndFragment:0000067578 SourceURL:file:///Users/robertgeake/Documents/Plain%20Speaking.doc Plain Speaking: Native American Articulation on European Encroachment and Its Consequences. by Robert A. Geake oft have I heard these Indians say These English will deliver us Of all that’s ours, our lands and … Continue reading →

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Roger Williams and the Narragansett. (from “Triumph and Tragedy in the Name of Liberty”)

Posted on December 11, 2010 by rag57

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000176 EndHTML:0000055457 StartFragment:0000006226 EndFragment:0000055421 SourceURL:file:///Users/robertgeake/Documents/Icarus%20Descending.doc A little more than a century before Rousseau contemplated man in his true state of nature, Roger Williams, a minister who had arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1631 and after tumultuous stints … Continue reading →

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