The remarkable story of the land purchase that doubled the size of our young nation, set the stage for its expansion across the continent, and confronted Americans with new challenges of ethnic and religious diversity. In a saga that stretches from Paris and Madrid to Haiti, Virginia, New York, a...
—Napoleon Bonaparte at St. Helena, 1815—18211 The art of putting people in their places is foremost in the science of government, but the art of finding a place for the malcontent is certainly the most difficult. [Colonies in] far-off places with landscapes equal to their dreams and desires … [ar...