Biographies

This biography on Denmark Vesey focuses on his origins on the West Indian island of St. Thomas, his intent to plot a slave rebellion in South Carolina and subsequent capture during the early 1820s, and his inspiration to the abolitionist cause of the...

This resource contains five biographies on Enlightenment thinkers and their ideas about the nature of government. The collection includes Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Charles de Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The...

This biography on Charles de Montesquieu focuses on his book Spirit of the Laws and his influence on American government. Montesquieu claimed that government should be divided into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. These branches...

This biography on Andrew Jackson focuses on his childhood and law studies, candidacy in the 1824 and 1828 presidential elections, and service as the seventh President of the United States. Moreover, the biography addresses Jackson's role in vetoing the...

This biography on Susan B. Anthony focuses on her early involvement in the temperance movement, her role in founding both women's rights and anti-slavery organizations, and her 1871 trial for attempting to vote. The biography includes a series of...