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Southern Expansion In The Caribbean Region, 1850-1860, Keith Ross Speiran
Southern Expansion In The Caribbean Region, 1850-1860, Keith Ross Speiran
Masters Theses
The Background: 1846-1850
The term "Fillibuster" has a different connotation in modern times than that of a hundred years ago. Today according to The American College Dictionary, the term means, "a member of a minority in a legislative assembly who resorts to irregular or obstructive tactics to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored, or to force a decision almost unanimously disliked." The dictionary also gives the older definition, which will be used in this paper. This meaning is "an irregular military adventurer; a freebooter or buccaneer."
The purpose of this thesis is to describe a number of …