American Civil War spies

Half a millennium. 500 years. The span of time between the creation of the play The Taming of the Shrew written by William Shakespeare and the filming of the movie 10 Things I Hate About You. The former was wrote during the Renaissance era while the latter was wrote during the birth of what has become the modern age. It is easy to spot not only differences in the cultures but also the similarities in the character’s attitudes. Even though 4 centuries separate Katherine (Kate) and Katerina (Kat),…

“Nigger,” the moment the word came out of my mouth I remember the eyes of my teacher. My Sunday School teacher. My black Sunday School teacher. I had just heard a joke from a friend and was laughing. She asked me what was so funny. At 5 or so years old I do not recalling actually knowing what the N-word meant, I don’t even remember the joke and why I thought it was so funny. Perhaps, early onset peer-pressure, but likely it was at least in part what Wendell Barry refers to as the “hidden wound.”…

encompasses many messages and themes, but race is a glaring issue that is arduous to ignore, and it is evident that Gaines observed this impact of successful people and how the difference it made on the community. In the novel, prejudice against African Americans is prevalent and to alleviate the frustration of the thoughtless ignorance of others, community members looked to sports…

Fredrick Douglas was born in Talbot County, Maryland in approximately the year of 1818. He was born into slavery and later in his lifetime he gained his freedom and became an abolitionist. Douglas wrote an autobiography of his life, a book named The Narrative of The Life of Fredrick Douglas. According to Douglas, the slaveholders Christianity was oppressive for enslaved people through the white’s interpretation of the bible and their hypocrisy. The slaveholders interpreted the Bible in a way…

Massacre at mystic (contextualization) The Massacre at Mystic was the first major battle between the Native Americans and the Europeans. The context of this event shows how the Europeans and the Native Americans fought over the land that would soon become America. This fighting took place on a massive scale, but the first example of this brutality was the Massacre at Mystic. The colonization of the New World saw an unprecedented migration of people, known as the “Great Migration”. Many…

officers. Whether it was an accident or not, these actions deserved consequences and most of the officers who were responsible for these deaths were not met with any serious consequences. The outcome of these cases brought out a serious amount of civil unrest around the country; riots and protests occurred throughout this time, people want justice for those who were wrongfully murdered. Colin Kapernick, a professional football player who has decided to not stand…

Khoa Pham Professor David Howard Pitney History 17A section 03 10/21/2017 Question A2 Olaudah Equiano: Great Fortune and Journey To the Freedom Is it possible for a slave to earn the knowledge and get out of the slavery in the 18th century? It requires a great fortune with hard-working and learning. Olaudah Equiano was the person that had changed his fate, as a slave, survived among the Whites and Europeans, saved money by the merchant, bought himself a ticket to become freedom one more time. He…

the Union. What happened at Harper’s Ferry was a fruitless assault by a man who had very poor judgement as far as leading a military attack. The anger between the North and the South became greatly widened and eventually lead to the secession and Civil…

The grandfather was a former slave who actively fought in the civil war. His last words were a collection of phrases which seemed like random babble at first. However as the story progressed, so did the clarity of the meaning of the grandfather’s last words. What the grandfather was implying was to never conform to the white’s way of life in society. Never to lose your true colors and who you are as to where you came from. That grandpa wanted the blacks to shove so much of their own identity, so…

A Narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglass Fredrick Douglass was born into slavery to be owned as property. In his autobiography, A Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass allows us to see a firsthand experience of how it is to be bought and sold, owned by many different owners, and repress from any education. We will take a look at the different slave owners and how they treated their slaves, the difference between urban and rural areas, and how he overcame illiteracy. The act of owning…