Baltimore Plot

The Civil War: Slavery The Civil War started in Sumter, South Carolina in 1861 and it ended in 1865. This is one the most remembered wars in history along with the famous world wars. Not only did Confederacy and ratification play a huge part in the war but the main thing is slavery. Not many people took the time to elaborate on how exactly the slaves felt during this time. How the were treated. How they were mistreated and how they coped until they were able to be set free. Slavery is a huge…

raise enough money to support her needs. She would then relocate to Canada and eventually New York. Harriet Tubman returned to Maryland in 1850 for the first time since her escape. Her first take was to aid her niece in a plot of escaping the cruel confinements of slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. The upcoming ten years proved to be a very key point the legend of Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman frequently placed her life in utter danger as she began to gather and liberate family members and other…

Edgar Allan Poe is highly regarded as one of the greatest horror writers of all time. He was born on January 19th, 1809, in Boston, MA and passed away on October 7th, 1809 in Baltimore, MD. Poe is successfully able to manipulate the feelings of the reader. He uses negative emotions such as fear, madness, and pusillanimity to accomplish this. There are many tragedies in the stories that induce these feelings of terror, such as the killing of the old man in “The Tell-Tale Heart”, the death of…

The slave system dehumanized slaves, made them have no self-consciousness of human being. He pointed out slaves did not enjoy much privilege. They do the labor work all season, but received limited supplies and necessities; they lived under an extreme poor condition place, each covered a miserable blankets and sleep on the cold, dump flood in all season (Douglass, Chp 2). They were afraid of telling the truth about their masters. In south slaveholders’ mind, slaves were product and tool of…

Authors use novels to highlight issues in society that are current in the time period that are universally applicable. Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird during a time of segregation in the 1960’s. The setting of a small southern town in the 1930s when the depression was hitting them hardest and African Americans were still segregated opened the eyes of the people in the south during the 1960’s and beyond. The story follows a tomboy named Scout trying to find herself during a time when her…

Edgar Allen Poe was born in Boston on January 19th, 1809. In 1811 Poe experienced the first many tragedies he would face throughout his life, the death of his parents. After this, Poe was sent to live with his foster parents John and Frances Allen. With different ideas on what Poe should do with his life, in addition to John’s lack of financial funding towards Poe’s education, Poe began gambling to pay his expenses. This eventually led Poe to leave the Allen mansion and begin his quest to become…

part of society, greatly influencing it whether for the better or worse. The more positive uses for conflict are often found in literature through novels and plays. Inherit the Wind is a play in which conflicts help drive through and carry on the plot. These conflicts stem from various issues, mainly between the difference in mindsets and past relationships. However, this play addresses society’s three main conflicts; person versus person, person versus self, and person versus society through…

different from other villains and antagonists for many reasons such as his superior skills in manipulating people who think very highly of him; and in doing so, has no feelings of guilt. Iago?s actions impacts the plot of Othello severely. All the characters equally suffer because of his plots and secretive plans. Iago?s malicious, villainous personality and his spiteful, secretive manipulation of the many characters present in Shakespeare?s Othello contribute to the notion that he truly is…

Bipolar disorder affects 2.5% or 6 million people of the United States and is known as the fifth leading cause of disability world wide (Bipolar Disorder Effects 2016). Bipolar disorder is often called manic-depressive illness which is a disorder where the brain causes unusual shift in mood, energy, activity levels and the ability to carry out every day tasks (Bipolar disorders). There are a few different types of bipolar disorder, however they all are very similar and slightly differ from on…

improvement of American society. New areas could be settled towards the west, the mining of coal for fuel increased, and more iron was being manufactured for rails. The nation’s first commercial railroads, which began construction in 1828, were called the Baltimore and Ohio. Soon after, the South Carolina Canal and Railroad became the first long-distance transportation to be used. By 1860, the United States had more miles of railroad then the rest of the world combined. In the 1830s, Samuel F.…