Ostend Manifesto
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The Ostend Manifesto, also known as the Ostend Circular, was a document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. shou
James Buchanan is believed to have authored the document.
A political cartoon depicts James Buchanan surrounded by hoodlums using quotations from the Ostend Manifesto to justify robbing him. The caption below reads "The Ostend Doctrine".
Knights of the Golden Circle
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The Knights of the Golden Circle was a secret society founded in 1854 by American George W. L. Bickley. Its objective was initially to expand the United States into Latin America, adding slave states
Ostend Manifesto
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Seal of the president of the Knights of the Golden Circle, National Archives
An alleged secret history of the Knights of the Golden Circle published in 1863