early American
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He was, in fact, a real-life character from early American history, thought—wishfully, by some—to be the first free Muslim to set foot in the New World.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Colonial and early American governments required participation in local militias, which were designed primarily for community defense rather than sustained military campaigns.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative, pushed back saying that even early American presidents might have qualified as "habitual drunkards" by the standards of today.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
Actually, datura grows naturally in the U.S. and was well known to early American colonists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
No one in the political leadership of the early American republic needed to be reminded who Catiline was.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
