HI 374 The Roots of American Society 1607-1764
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Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History (5 vols)
Reference E162 .C68 2006
Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America
Reference E188 .E63 1990
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass (vol. 1)
Reference E185 .E545 2006
Encyclopedia of American Historical Documents (vol. 1)
Reference E173 E54 2004
Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
Reference E77 .G15 1998 (4 vols)
Encyclopedia of North American Colonies (3 vols)
Reference E45 .E53 1993
Encyclopedia of Women in American History (vol. 1)
Reference HQ1410 .E53 2002
Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and Historical Encyclopedia (2 vols)
Reference E441 .S635 2007
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