1840s
1839-1846: The Anti-Renter movement
Howard Zinn's short history of the Anti-Renter movement against the patroonship system, created in the 1660s when the Dutch ruled New York.
8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God
Colonel Ethan Alien Hitchcock, a professional soldier, graduate of the Military Academy,
commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, a reader of Shakespeare, Chaucer, Hegel, Spinoza, wrote
in his diary:
Fort Jesup, La., June 30, 1845. Orders came last evening by express from Washington City
On the History of the Communist League, 1836-1852 - Engels
London, October 8th 1885
