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Neal Dow was a man who contributed to many causes during his time. He was a general for the union during the Civil War and was also very active in the cause of abolishing Negro Slavery. He was also a presidential candidate in 1880 for the Prohibition party. “Among additional social causes, he interested himself in crime prevention, prison reform, and women's rights” (Neal Dow Prohibition Presidential Candidate 1880). The cause he is most known for is the temperance movement which is the movement against the consumption of alcohol.…
"People who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as mission-aries. They forget that they too are expanding their lives… and when the bubble has burst, they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted. " -Nate Saint. Nate Saint grew up in a Christian family and was raised to pray, read the Bible and go to church. From a young age Nate felt called to serve the Lord in a mighty way.…
Bishop Richard Harvey Cain (April 12, 1825 – January 18, 1887) was a minister, abolitionist, and United States Representative from South Carolina from 1873–1875 and 1877-1879. After the Civil War, he was appointed by Bishop Daniel Payne as a missionary of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina. Richard Harvey Cain was born to a black father and a Cherokee mother in Greenbrier County Virginia, which is now in West Virginia. He was raised in Gallipolis, Ohio, a free state where he was allowed to read and write. He attended Wilberforce University and attended divinity school in Hannibal, Missouri.…
Peter Minuit Peter Minuit a man that had a huge part in helping bring America into the land we know today by being apart of the founding of the original thirteen colonies. Minuit’s birthdate is not exactly known but studies believe that it was somewhere between the years of 1580 and 1589. On the date of August the 20, 1613 Minuits life changed forever. He married the love his life Gertrude Raedts. The Raedts family was a very wealthy family, some believe that being apart of this family helped Minuit start his life as a broker.…
My serial killer's name is Richard Ramírez. Biographical Information His birthday is February 29, 1960. His death was on June 7, 2013.…
Ambrose Everett Burnside was a U.S. military general, railroad executive, and political figure. He was born in Liberty, Indiana, on May 23, 1824, and was the 4th of 9 children. He was ranked 18th out of 47 in his class and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1847. During the Mexican-American War, he served as an artillery officer. In 1855, he invented the Burnside Carbine, a gun used commonly throughout the Civil War on both sides.…
Bryant was born on November 3, 1794, in a log cabin near Cummington, Massachusetts; the home of his birth is today marked with a plaque. He was the second son of Peter Bryant, a doctor and later a state legislator, and Sarah Snell. His maternal ancestry traces back to passengers on the Mayflower; his father's, to colonists who arrived about a dozen years later. Bryant and his family moved to a new home when he was two years old. The William Cullen Bryant Homestead, his boyhood home, is now a museum.…
Richard Ramirez known as “The Night Stalker” was an American serial killer, rapist and burglar. He was one of the most horrendous serial killers who terrorized California in the 1980’s. Ramirez was born in El Paso, Texas, on February 29, 1960. He was the youngest of Julian and Mercedes Ramirez's five children.…
Dr Charles Nelson Perkins (Charlie Perkins) 16 June 1936 – 19th October 2000 64 years old. Background Dr Charles Perkins was an Australian Aboriginal activist, Soccer player and administrator. Born in Alice springs near Aritunga to a Kalkadoon mother and an Irish father, he was the first ever Aboriginal Australian to graduate from the University of Sydney (Wikipedia, 2017.) Career Milestones The proclaimed Australian Living national treasure began playing Soccer for Port Thistle in Adelaide in 1950 before his talents lead him overseas to trial for Liverpool F.C (Indigenous Australia, 2017).…
Walter Freeman was one of seven children born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, into a family that can trace its roots back to the Mayflower. Freeman’s grandfather was a surgeon, who operated on President Grover Cleveland, and he was also the first person to successfully remove a brain tumor, with only his fingers and no x-rays of the patient’s brain. Freeman’s father was a gifted surgeon as well. Freeman man grew up surrounded by money and he was tutored in dancing and riding and studied languages such as French, German, and Spanish. His nickname as a boy was, “Little Walter Wonder Why” since he was curious about everything.…
"After he ditches his car and gives away his trust fund, Chris Mccandless hitchhikes and eventually steps off the road into the Alaskan wilderness carrying only what will fit in his backpack." As unbeleivable as it seems, Chris was not the only one to do such an out of the ordinary thing. Timothy Treadwell, "the bear expert", gave up on civilization and went to the comfort of the wild. Both Mccandless and Treadwell were successful in being unsuccessful. With many obstacles, lessons learned, and opinions of others, both young men led a life of pure adventure.…
Introduction Want to learn about Dred Scott? He went to Supreme Court to fight about his rights. His full name is Dred Scott. His real name is Sam Scott. He is famous for fighting for his rights, he grew up and lived in Missouri that’s why he is a famous Missourian.…
What is freedom? Freedom is the power or right to act, speak, think as you want, freedom was also considered as a state of mind. We are born free. Everyone wants to be free and independent from others. That's what Dred Scott wanted, he envisioned freedom.…
McCloskey to me when she stated that, “My gender crossing was motivated by identity, not to be a balance of utility.” McCloskey gave herself the freedom to be who she was, she did not broadcast her crossing, McCloskey just did it, and she was accepted. As McCloskey stated about, “Gender is not in every way natural”? this statement to me is not a contradiction of her identity, her decision was more as a free to be me, than an identity.…
Clive Staples Lewis, a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist, was born on November 29, 1898 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is best known for his fictional work, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. He acquired academic positions at both Oxford University and Cambridge University. When he was very young, his mother, Flora Augusta Hamilton Lewis, died with leaving his father, Albert, his older brother Warren, and him. His father had to raise them alone.…