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A Timeline of U.S. Anti-War Movements
Anti-war movements date back to the birth of the United States.
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Anti-war movements date back to the birth of the United States.
The history of anti-war protests in the United States is as old as the country itself. Every war in American history even the one that spawned the country generated internal dissent from pacifists who rejected all wars and from citizens who objected to specific military conflicts on moral, religious, political and economic grounds. The following is a brief timeline of anti-war movements dating back to the birth of the republic.
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William Lee was the enslaved valet of George Washington for nearly two decades. Purchased by Washington in 1768, when he was at least sixteen years old, Lee was assigned to household work at Mount Vernon and accompanied Washington when he traveled, including during the American Revolution (1775–1783). The war made Lee, who often rode alongside Washington, well-known to both American and British soldiers. Although Lee was initially taken to New York at the start of Washington’s first presidential term in 1789, old injuries to his knees limited his mobility. Lee appears to have married twice and had at least one child, whose identity is unknown. In 1790 he was sent back to Virginia and assigned to make shoes for the plantation. Washington valued Lee’s service and loyalty. In his 1799 will, he ordered that Lee be freed immediately at his death and provided a $30 annual pension. As a free man, Lee remained at Mount Vernon until his own death, which sources suggest to have
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Defensive cannons from the War of 1812 in front of the Barnstable County Courthouse (Adam Raguesa/WBUR)
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Despite having led the charge in the Revolution, New Englanders were vehemently opposed to America s second war with the British. So much so, that serious politicians openly discussed seceding from the Union.
At the start of the 19th century, Europe was embroiled in the Napoleonic Wars. France and Britain were at each other s throats, the United States traded with both of them, and neither was happy about that. They started to harass American merchant vessels, Britain in particular, to the point of literally kidnapping sailors off U.S. ships and drafting them into the Royal Navy. In euphemisti