Abraham Simpson

My name is Isabel Gardner. I am a slave, unlawfully taken from my home in Rhode Island where I was a free slave. Unfortunately, I did not have proper documentation with me at the moment so my claim was taken as a falsehood. This is a reason that I am writing to those whom it may concern. Many women, men, and children are taken from their homes and sold like a piece of property to the highest bidder. Then we are treated as if we have no intelligence, and furthermore we have no rights. A former…

James M. McPherson’s book, “Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution,” explores this simple, yet difficult question on whether or not the Civil War was indeed a second American Revolution. McPherson is able to defend his opinion through his own documented lectures and published papers that the Civil War was indeed a second revolution by exploring various definitions of the word “revolution” and investigating data related to African-Americans in an antebellum and postwar America. The…

Clara Barton Who? Clara Harlowe Barton was born on December 25, 1821, in Oxford, Massachusetts. She was the youngest of 5 children in her family. Caring for her ill brother was the only experience with medicine she had before she worked with soldiers. What? Before any involvement with the Civil War, Barton helped suffering soldiers by establishing an organization to distribute goods to them, and nursing those who were wounded. During the Civil War, she was superintendent of nurses in Major…

and some such as leaders can make a difference. Just like Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, and John F. Kennedy leaders can make a huge difference in the society Americans live in. In their speeches they can be compared and contrasted in ways such as the author’s purpose and time period, theme, length, and tone. The three speeches are similar and different in the author’s purpose and time period. Abraham Lincoln delivered “The Gettysburg Address” in 1863 to “dedicate the cemetery to the…

On Thanksgiving Day of 1862, president Abraham Lincoln was introduced to an unforgettable woman and he exclaimed, “Is this the little woman who made this great war?” (qtd in McNamara 1). The little woman that Lincoln was referring to was author Harriet Beecher Stowe. She was born in Connecticut and has published over 25 books in her career. One of these books includes Uncle Tom’s Cabin which was a wildly popular book that displayed and spread the harsh realities of slavery. Uncle Tom’s Cabin…

The Slaves impact on the Revolutionary war Cordelia Lambert There were many wars in America that involved slaves. One in particular was the Revolutionary War. Most people do not acknowledge slaves in the Revolutionary War, however they were included in it. Slaves actually had a big impact on the Revolutionary War. Even though their role is largely forgotten, slaves made a significant impact in the Revolutionary War in hopes of…

In “ Last Words: Two Confederate Flags ”, there are two different kinds of display of the confederate flags. One is in a form of a headstone with words and a picture of Big Ed extending his middle finger, the other is a simple flag hanging on a wooden stick waiting to be destroyed by a strong wind. Bethe Dufresne argues that the confederate flags are history factors, and we should embrace their historical value. Furthermore, the flags should be displayed as " a muted artifact of unspeakable…

things relates to how well the leader is recieved by the public, and how effective their leadership of the country is. Everyone has their own view of each president, but it would be hard for anyone to deny that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln were some of, if not the greatest presidents this nation has ever seen. Each had an unique set of challenges to overcome, and a list of acomplishments as long as the Empire State Building is tall. Each handled them accordingly, but…

Why Thurgood Marshall was important. By Matthew Rose Thurgood Marshall was an important figure in American history, maybe even world history.Growing up, Marshall knew what it meant to be poor. His mother taught at an integrated primary school in Baltimore. His father was a steward at the all white Gibson Island Country Club on Chesapeake Bay. Thier income wasn’t very high. Thurgood’s family was brought to Maryland from the congo in Africa, it started with his Great-Grandfather who was a slave…

There are always new challenges to come every few years or so. For instance, women didn’t get the right to vote until 1920. On down the line slavery ended with the help of president Abraham Lincoln in the year of 1865. Everyone is fighting for some rights or cause in this world, but women have to fight for so much more of not being judged by what role we are supposed to carry out in a family environment and working economy. Even when it comes to criminal punishment, we struggle by the hand’s of…