Baltimore Plot

were used to protect important leaders such as Abraham Lincoln. One way spies protected Lincoln was during February in 1861 when spies were hired to protect Lincoln as he traveled to his inauguration in Washington. To summarize, the spies uncovered a plot to assassinate Lincoln as he traveled. Thankfully, he was able to change travel plans that guaranteed his safety (…

home in England. St. Mary’s which would become the first settlement was planted by Lord Baltimore in 1634 in Chesapeake Bay (Roark 63). This charter gave Lord Baltimore great authority which enabled him to make laws, develop and create his own courts, hold people captive and grant huge feudal manors. In the beginning the estates were owned purely by catho.ics who had protestants as their servants and Baltimore realized that giving the colonialists a say in the government and offering them some…

path for slaves to awake from their ignorance. Douglass carried his hatred of slavery and the nostalgia of the temporary love in his childhood began the pursuit of freedom and freedom of thinking. When he was living with Hugh and Sophia Auld in Baltimore, Douglass learned how to read and speak English under Auld’s wife’s teaching. This experience of learning set the turning point to Douglass’s life and he realized the important of seeking education to slaves. This awaken emerged when Douglass…

people both inside and out of his own political party. Many believed the president didn't have the constitutional authority to make such a decision on his own. His political opponents in the Essex Junta conspired with Vice President Aaron Burr in a plot for New England to secede from the Union. Burr fled to the West, where he hatched the Burr Conspiracy to take land from Spain. Jefferson tried to have Burr convicted for treason, but couldn't prove the charges. The same year, the Lewis and Clark…

bathtub went a little too far. If I had had my way the bathtub might have started looking like a Louisiana swamp. During my middle school years, I started to read maps. After my parents learned of my interest in maps they took me to a maps exhibit in Baltimore. That experience was surreal to me, and it is one that I will not soon forget. I now keep a collection of over 200 maps from across the nation. As I am about to finish my high school career, I still am an avid reader of maps and other…

Colored Girls Analysis For Colored Girls Who have considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf was written by Ntozake Shange. Theme One; colored ladies especially black ladies encounter and struggle soo much in their everyday life. They don’t give up; they endure until they achieve their goals. Shange used devices such as Repetition, Visual Image and Rythm Considering all things, Repetition is used by Shange throughout the text to illustrate self-actualization from different difficulties…

Riot was written by Andrew Moodie in the late 20th century involving a cast of six black Canadians with different backgrounds and cultures residing in a house in one of Canada’s major city, Toronto. The plot of the play involves this group of diverse teens touching on different political and social issues that was faced in Canada during that time period the play was written, sparking a lot of drama within that particular environment. Out of most of the political and social issues discussed in…

As Edgar Allan Poe wrote “The Raven”, he employed life events, as well as symbolism to mold the plot line. After an initial skim of the poem, the reader may believe that this is nothing more than a scary story to tell around Halloween time. At a second glance, it is revealed that “The Raven” is strung together by many life events, symbolisms, and emotions that are haunting in their own beautiful way. Upon looking at the rhetorical situation of it, the reader can get a better understanding of the…

Many films throughout history, have not only illuminated some culture’s shortcomings but the strength and ability to deviance in hopes of attaining meritocracy. It is within the arts, films, music and literature that are produced by a culture that researchers can identify the evolution of change from analyzing the micro symbolic interactionism between individuals to the social consensus in the functionalist theory that produces an organic solidarity. Each of these theoretical paradigms allow one…

In news articles and in articles in the newspapers, there are always numerous accounts of people stereotyping others and showing prejudice towards others. Today, there are numerous storylines in the news about cops racially profiling African-Americans and ordinary citizens racially profiling other based on their appearance and actions. Not only are these stereotypes and prejudices displayed in daily life in the world, but it is also displayed in works of literature. Such works of literature that…