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George Bancroft: Great Britain
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Bancroft's writing was at its best in detailing the events during the 2 years leading up to July 4, 1776. In these pages he evoked with great skill the spirit of the Revolution. From 1849 to 1867 Bancroft remained busy at his history. In 1867 President Andrew Johnson, indebted to Bancroft as ghost writer, named him minister to Berlin, where he remained until 1874, delighting in the company of Bismarck and distinguished German historians.
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Following that stint, Bancroft became the U.S. minister to Great Britain (1846-1849). He would ... serve as minister to Prussia (1867-1871) and minister to the German Empire (1871-1874). When the Civil War erupted, Bancroft, due to his stance on slavery, switched his party loyalty and became a Republican.
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Even in the 1970s and 1980s, when multiculturalism policies were sweeping the country, Bancroft often challenged what he saw as examples of stereotypical thinking. At one dinner attended by influential policy- makers and politicians, he ruffled feathers when he wanted to know why an Italian-Canadian couldn't be considered for the High Commission in Britain, as an example, instead of Italy.
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