Editing Naboth (section)

===Politics===
The [[Confederation of Canada]], 
celebrated July 1, 1867, was largely motivated by Canadians' fear that the United States would annex and absorb these northern British colonies. "An indication of just how seriously [[John A. Macdonald]]
(Canada's First Prime Minister) took this mood is contained in a letter he wrote shortly before leaving England.... 'I sail in four days for Canada with the act uniting all British America in my pocket. A brilliant future would certainly await us were it not for those wretched Yankees who hunger & thirst for Naboth's field - War will come some day between England & the United States.'"<ref>John A. : the man who made us : the life and times of John A. Macdonald by Gwyn, Richard J. (2008) p.433 {{Cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/johnamanwhomadeu0000gwyn/page/433/mode/1up|access-date=20 March 2023|title=the life and times of John A. Macdonald|isbn=978-0-679-31476-9 |last1=Gwyn |first1=Richard J. |date=28 October 2008 |publisher=Random House of Canada }}</ref>

''Naboth's Vineyard'', (1870) a speech by the [[Congressman]] [[Charles Sumner]] strongly opposing President [[Ulysses S. Grant]]'s proposed annexation of the [[Dominican Republic]] (then called San Domingo).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/12008348/|title=Library of Congress: ''Naboth's Vineyard''|website=[[Library of Congress]]|access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref>

Lt Gen Sir [[William Butler (British Army officer)|William Butler]] undertook a visit of South Africa in 1907 and reported his findings as ''From Naboth's Vineyard''.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/9258/000FrontInfo.pdf?sequence=7|title=Repository: ''From Naboth's Vineyard''|access-date=5 December 2020}}</ref>