Frederick Scott Archer

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    Wet-Collodion Process

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    This whole process was very time restrictive because the plate needed to be wet during the whole process and thusly the process had to all be done in the close proximity of a dark room. The photographer would set their camera up and focus on the ground glass in the camera to make sure everything was to their liking, then they would make their plates using the collodion process, the photographer would then take the plate in a negative holder to the camera and expose the negative. After the negative was exposed the development process would be carried out and the photographer would then have a negative. This negative could be used to make multiple prints which was a great benefit to everyone who used this process. Frederick Scott Archer could…

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    plan on the spot that could actually increase the survival of the group by tenfold. It reveals his immediate response to a situation and calm, quick thinking. In another paragraph, the protagonist thinks: "I knew I was trying to buy their favor, but it was necessary if my plan was to succeed." He understands that he needs the help of others in order for his idea to work, and he discovers a group that is perfect for the plan: the archers. However, the archers are on neutral relations with him.…

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    Ents: A Short Story

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    Only an Ent, a Great Wizard, or a horde of Goblins could rebuild a city that fast. And since we would have heard about the latter two, we have a reason to believe that an Ent helped Dale rebuild. Has anyone seen Reauicnabloyw recently?” “No.” “No.” “Yes. I saw him walking towards the city with a flag of some sort.” “Why would he be doing that, might I ask?” “Rebuilding the city, I guess.” “So that would be why the city grew so quickly.” By now, a Ents are slow and careful in their…

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    Atalaya Internship at Huntington Beach State Park Throughout history, the idea of using interpretation and preservation in order to fully keep up a National Historic Landmark has always been very important. Without really putting in the work to make such landmarks presentable and runnable, visitors would not be able to entirely enjoy and learn the rich history that the historic place has to offer. During my role as an intern at Atalaya Castle, the winter home of Archer and Anna Hyatt…

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    Nat Turner's Confessions and Frederick Douglass' The Heroic Slave The names of Nat Turner and Frederick Douglass are remembered because of the fame that they earned as black Americans during pre-Civil War slave period. However, their names color the pages of history books for widely different reasons: Nat Turner led one of the greatest slave revolts in almost 150 years of slavery, while Frederick Douglass obtained his freedom and education, going on to become a renowned speaker, author, and…

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    Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass follows a man who found freedom after many years of slavery. The narrative starts of by telling us where Frederick Douglass was born, which was Tuckahoe. He also mentions his mom Harriet Bailey. She died when Frederick was about seven years old. His first master was Captain Anthony. The overseer was Mr. Severe, he was a very cruel. Later he was replaced by Mr. Hopkins. Frederick and many slaves lived in a place called the great house farm. Frederick…

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    Narrative of the Life of Frederic Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself is a book written by Frederic Douglass, a slave who escaped a plantation to become one of the most important people in slave abolition and African American history. In this book, Douglass explains his experiences as a slave and as a man who did not own himself. Douglass learned many things along his journey and he shares them with us through his writings. This narrative explains how slaves were inadequately treated…

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    in the proper victims honor was The Narrative of Frederick Douglas, an autobiography. This biography describes Douglas’ life from early childhood until his escape of slavery. For Frederick, his foulest fear was spending his entire life powerless and as a slave. In this narrative we, Douglas’ audience, become aware of the cruelties that a plentiful amount of men and women faced in the past when slavery was still existent. "I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed,…

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    Nihilism In Africa

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    black America” (225). In this West urges many to dispel the negative ideas and word of the oppressor which in turn produce this sense of worthlessness and self-loathing. One way to dispel these ideas is through literacy. As many of the propaganda against people of color is done through the media. If one is literate, it can be said that one has to capacity to tell the falsified truth of the media—which keep their oppressors in power—from the hidden truths of reality. Similarly, if one takes a…

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    Frederick Douglass once said, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress” (“West India Emancipation Speech”, 1857). His whole life based around this quote. Douglass was born into slavery and it took control of most of his life, until he decided to do something about it. He became a free man and was one of the most influential abolitionists ever. Douglass’s life had been filled with whippings, betrayal, deaths, and his struggle towards freedom. A typical life for a slave was not that of…

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