Aiken County, South Carolina

No one, not even myself thought I’ll be attending a college in North Carolina. North Carolina A&T is an empowering college that guides young black to student to success. I would enjoy A&T campus because of the variety of students, the family atmosphere, traditional values, and the load of opportunities. I do not believe college life…

If you were from the south they appealed to your “pride” side and how it means so much to everyone. On the defense though if you are from the North the main argument and emotional appeal would be that it represents slavery and oppresion and all the terrible evils that were done to human beings so many years ago. That is really an ethical appeal and a moral appeal, ethical for the south and moral for anyone else. Those are the emotional appeals to this…

believe the war is still being fought today. In Tony Horwitz’s book “Confederates in the Attic” he explores the impact the American Civil War has on the modern day south, and just why southerners in particular still care so much about the Civil War? After reading “Confederates in the Attic” I believe there are a three main reasons the south still cares about the Civil War so much. They are defending southern pride and heritage, a way of defying against the federalist north, and an escape from…

Fort Sumter is a fortification of an island located in Charleston Port, South Carolina. Originally constructed as a coastal garrison in 1829. Fort Sumter is most famed for being the location of the first shots of the Civil War (1861-65). U.S. Major Robert Anderson occupied the fort in December 1860 despite the fact that the fort was still under construction. Following South Carolina’s withdrawal from the Union, initiating a standoff with the state’s militia army. When President Abraham Lincoln…

stayed in Charleston, South Carolina. I didn’t know much about the place, except that I referred to it as an army town because that’s where my sister and her husband, who was in the military, stayed. I was reluctant to go, but Charleston had a lot to offer me; a new change of pace and some new scenery was much more satisfying than spending the two weeks stuck in Iowa doing the same old routine. The weather was mystical in Charleston. It was hot- that was a given being in the South, but the heat…

In the novel The Secret Life of Bees, the setting changes. In beginning of the novel, the story is set in Sylvan, South Carolina. Then Lily escapes to Tiburon, South Carolina. It is originally set at the Owens peach farm, in Sylvan, South Carolina. Until Lily runs away, and the setting changes to August’s house in Tiburon. The novel takes place in the late 1960s starting in 1964. The main character of this novel is Lily Owens. She is a 14 year old girl, who lives with her father on a…

Robert Smalls was born on April 5, 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina. His mother was a house servant and his father is believed to be Henry McKee, the owner of the plantation they lived on. Robert was not treated the same as other slave children were. Robert has opportunities to play with both black and white children and was free to roam around the plantation. McKee frequently took Robert around with him in the neighborhood. Robert’s mother feared her son did not fully know how horrible slavery…

Mary Ellen Wilson By: Gabe Kain Did you know that Mary Ellen Wilson was the first child to be rescued from an abusive home? Because of this her case started all sorts of child cruelty prevention programs like the ASPCC (American Society of Prevention to Cruelty of Children) and many more like it. The ASPCC was originally from the ASPCA (American Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). Mary Ellen Wilson was the first child saved from an abusive family. Did you know that Mary's Ellen's…

innocent, it was meant to protect the North’s growing industrial impact, reserving it the most room to prosper. It tended to be more taxing (bad dum tiss!) on the South, deterring trade with potential businesses John C. Calhoun, senator from South Carolina, argued the his state had the right to nullify this tariff. In 1832, South Carolina called for a special state convention…

Anna Miller and I built a model of Fort Sumter. In this paper I will be going into depth about Fort Sumter and some of its facts. Fort Sumter was first built is the wake of the war of 1812 for defence purposes. Which sadly highlighted the United States lack of strong coastal defenses. Fort Sumter was named after the Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter. One fact is that Fort Sumter was one of nearly 50 forts built as part of a coastal defense program that was made in 1817. The placement of…