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1 online resource (288 pages) |
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Library of Latin America |
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Library of Latin America.
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- SERIES EDITORS' GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- CHRONOLOGY OF SIMÓN BOLÍVAR -- AN OVERVIEW OF THE BOLIVARIAN SOURCES -- TRANSLATOR'S NOTE -- INTRODUCTION -- I THE MAJOR POLITICAL STATEMENTS -- The Cartagena Manifesto: Memorial Addressed to the Citizens of New Granada by a Citizen from Caracas (15 December 1812) -- The Jamaica Letter: Response from a South American to a Gentleman from This Island (6 September 1815) -- The Angostura Address (15 February 1819) -- The Bolivian Constitution (1826) |
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Final Proclamation of the Liberator (10 December 1830) -- 2. International Affairs -- Letter to Sir Richard Wellesley: An Appeal for Support (27 May 1815) -- Letter to Baptis Irvine, Agent of the United States of America to Venezuela: Debating Neutral Rights (20 August 1818) -- Invitation to the Governments of Colombia, Mexico, Río de la Plata, Chile, and Guatemala to Hold a Congress in Panama (7 December 1824) -- Letter to General Francisco de Paula Santander: The Brazilian Empire, Upper Peru, North Americans, and Other Problems (30 May 1825) |
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I. Address to the Constituent Congress (25 May 1826) -- II. Draft of a Constitution for Bolivia -- Message to the Convention of Ocaña (29 February 1828) -- A Glance at Spanish America (1829) -- Address to the "Congreso Admirable": Message to the Constituent Congress of the Republic of Colombia (20 January 1830) -- II LESSER BOLlVARlAN TEXTS -- 1. Political and Military -- Oath Taken in Rome (15 August 1805) -- Decree of War to the Death (15 June 1813) -- Manifesto to the Nations of the World (20 September 1813) -- Manifesto of Carüpano (7 September 1814) |
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Manifesto on the Execution of General Manuel Piar (17 October 1817) -- Declaration of Angostura (20 November 1818) -- My Delirium on Chimborazo (1822) -- Letter to José Antonio Páez: "Nor Am I Napoleon" (6 March 1826) -- A Soldier's Death Penalty Commuted (26 January 1828) -- Manifesto Justifying the Dictatorship (27 August 1828) -- Manifesto Concerning the Installation of the Constituent Congress, the End of the Dictatorship, and Announcing the End of His Political Career (20 January 1830) -- Letter to General Juan José Flores: "Ploughing the Sea" (9 November 1830) |
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Thoughts on the Congress to Be Held in Panama (1826) -- Letter to General Lafayette: On George Washington (20 March 1826) -- Letter to Colonel Patrick Campbell, British Chargé d'Affaires: "Plague America with Miseries" (5 August 1829) -- 3. Social and Economic Affairs -- Decree for the Emancipation of the Slaves (2 June 1816) -- Redistribution of Properties as Compensation for Officers and Soldiers (10 October 1817) -- Letter to General Francisco de Paula Santander: On Slave Recruitment (18 April 1820) -- Decrees on Indian Rights, Lands, and Tribute |
| Summary |
General Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), called El Liberator, and sometimes the "George Washington" of Latin America, was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. His victories over Spain won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Bolivar became Columbia's first president in 1819. In 1822, he became dictator of Peru. Upper Peru became a separate state, which was named Bolivia in Bolivar's honor, in 1825. The constitution, which he drew up for Bolivia, is one of his most important political pronouncements. Today he is remembered throughout South |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Regions & Countries - Americas.
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History & Archaeology.
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Latin America.
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| SUBJECT |
South America -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830 -- Sources
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Latin America -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830 -- Sources
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Latin America.
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South America.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Sources.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fornoff, Fred
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Bushnell, David
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| ISBN |
9780198033073 |
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0198033079 |
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1602564531 |
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9781602564534 |
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0195184025 |
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9780195184020 |
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