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Margaret Mcmillian and Rachel Mcmillian Rachel Mcmillian was born on the 25th March 1859. Margaret Mcmillian was born on the 20th of July 1860. Their original birth place was New York but their parents came from inverness and had moved to America in 1840 where the two sisters were born. In 1865 Rachel and Margaret’s father and sister died of scarlet fever. After the death of her husband and daughter their mother decided to move them back to scotland. In 1874 Margaret recovered her hearing after…

Giavanna Hunt Mrs. Schools APUSH 18 December 2017 Antietam Book Review Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam by James McPherson September 17, 1862 is remembered as the bloodiest day in American history. On this fateful day during the American Civil War, Union and Confederate soldiers clashed in Sharpsburg, Maryland along the Antietam Creek. In total, approximately 23,000 American lives were lost on this gory day, including 12,400 Union soldiers and 10,300 Confederate soldiers. Although the…

Lincoln uses a large amount of figurative language, employing imagery, metaphors, and personification, to reinforce his points. When Lincoln says, “... and the war came” (line 27), he personifies the war by saying it is approaching the Union and the Confederacy. In line 46, Lincoln uses a metaphor when he says, “It may seem strange that any men should dare ask a just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces,” comparing earning a living to getting paid to kill…

The Influence of the Antebellum South in “Desiree’s Baby” Kate Chopin’s story “Desiree’s Baby” takes place in the 19th century at a time where racism and the institution of slavery in the South were at their peaks. Society was dominated by men of the White race, and both women and people of color were expected to conform to the rules set in place by a racist patriarchal culture. The story focuses on the hardships that the main character Desiree faces when it becomes apparent that her child with…

Dr. King’s Argumentation In Dr. King’s speech, he was dedicated to giving the colored the civil right that they needed for racism to come to an end. Although the Negroes were free they still got treated as slaves in which they still hadn’t received the freedom that they wanted, for that reason King went out into the public and began to protest and that same day gave out his speech to thousands of people. In Dr. King’s letter, he tells us reasonable evidence of why he was taken to Birmingham…

eighteenth century, William Blake in "The Little Black Boy" intended to romanticize an individual with fanciful ideas or beliefs concerning riches, power and beauty. After all, whether in youth or old age, an African is someone who seems to dream of changing the human condition in an unrealistic manner. The little slave child in Blake's verse is only half-alive in being ruled by hopes and fears of a curious nature (Ogude 1976, 85-96). And Dr. Johnson might have associated Rasselas the Prince of…

Slavery: Negative for the Slaveholders as well as Slaves One of the most debatable topics in the 19th century was slavery. Many people had different opinions and views of such a horrific incident that took place in history. Much like anything, there are two sides to every story. According to Frederick Douglass in his book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, slavery was, in his eyes, brutal. This raises the following question: Should slavery be abolished? Although slavery was a form of…

America started developing colonies after they left the mother country. They developed democratic and undemocratic features such as, citizen participation and Individual or human rights. Colonial America also, had a work in progress, such as, unreasonable discrimination. Democracy in Colonial America was a work in progress and had democratic and undemocratic features. Citizen participations is where citizens participate in the government. If the citizens vote and get to choose on what they…

“We are not youth any longer. We don’t want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing. We fly from ourselves. From our lives. We are eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces.” This quote by Erich Maria Remarque, a World War 1 veteran, provides a real image of consequence. It highlights the loss of innocence in youth, sorrow, despair, and the loss of dreams among others. The highly emotional impact of the quote prompted further research into the glaring…

The Battle of Palo Alto took place on May 8, 1846 and lasted only 3 hours. The battle is marked as the first major engagement between Mexico and America during the Mexican-American war even though the battle took place days before America declared war on Mexico. The battle was short lived, proving the American artillery tactics and armament far superior to that of Mexico. The number of casualties Mexico took during this short battle was more than double that of America. Zachary Taylor, an…