Ham

and refutes the Ham argument. The Ham argument, during that time, was believed by most as the reason why Africans deserved to be slaves. He states, “it will do away the force of the argument, that God cursed Ham, and therefore American Slavery is right, If the lineal descendants of Ham are alone to be scripturally enslaved, it is certain that slavery at the south must soon become unscriptural.” In quick summary, the Ham argument claims that all descendants of the Biblical Figure Ham are to be…

The unfortunate story of Actaeon, as recorded by Ovid, unfolds as follows: As the sun nears its peak on a warm day, Actaeon calls a halt to his hunting party, using the break to wander through an unknown area of the forest. During his exploration, he stumbles across the hunting goddess Diana naked. As punishment for what Actaeon has seen, Diana transforms him into a stag and wills him away into the forest. Soon after his hunting dogs catch his new scent and unknowingly kill their previous owner,…

My family has followed the “Ham” ancestry diligently over the last 4 centuries and the stories of my great grandfather have always been consistent with my analysis. John Ham left Liverpool on the private contract ship the Warwick prior to 1620 and passed on to his family the quest for a better way of life. The idea of hard work, compensation, representation and the ideology of personal and religious freedom are consistently present in the diaries of Mary Ham and several children and grand…

Biblical story of Ham, son of Noah. In the Bible, Ham was cursed for his sins, and his punishment was to serve his brothers. In the article, “Preaching the Evils of Slavery” located in the book, Slavery in Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, Robert G. O’Meally explains “Many Slaveholders used the biblical argument to condone slavery, suggesting that blacks were justifiably descendants of Ham who were meant to be a servant to others” (32). This twisted interpretation of the Ham story by…

On August 6, 1946 America dropped the first Atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. Three days later we dropped another atomic bomb over the city of Nagasaki. The death toll for these atomic bombs is estimated at around one hundred and sixty thousand people. (722) I wanted to find some understanding of how our government could order the death sentence of this caliber. Within my search I came across this article explaining the process that lead up to the ultimate decision of dropping the…

yoghurt, bread with cheese, ham or jam or cereal. Marked in yellow: avoid starting your sentences with the same words and try to vary your vocabulary. Breakfast in the UK Many people seems to believe that a typical English breakfast consists of bacon, eggs, fried bread, sausages, mushrooms and baked beans with a cup of…

very wealthy witch. The Dovre Witch had the ultimate power and if she wanted, she could strike fear into any peasant who failed to satisfy her needs. On this particular afternoon, Dovre Witch was feeling very irritable after she was denied her prized ham by the Countess Marta. As The Dovre Witch angrily made her way through the village; she could not have been in a worse state. Her teeth were on edge and her face was hot with rage. “How dare she disrespect me in that way,” the witch said to…

Uses of Nitrates and Nitrites in food Nitrates and Nitrites in the food industry Nitrates and Nitrites or more commonly known as curing salt or pink salt, is usually used in foods such as hot dogs, sausages, ham, meat loaf, bacon and other deli meats. Nitrates and nitrites in the food industry are more commonly found in a charcuterie, which is a store that sells cooked meat in direct translation. We use nitrates and nitrites in our foods because they provide a more vibrant colour to…

Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States, and abolitionist movement played a huge part in abolishing slavery to its core. Abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Wendell Phillips were part of this movement; among these abolitionist Frederick Douglass stands out the most because he was born as a slave, he had experienced the slavery, and despite being a slave, taught himself how to read and write. He shares his experience…

Your commitment to school is like breakfast. If breakfast was ham and eggs, are you the chicken or the pig? To make ham and eggs, both the chicken and the pig have to make commitments. The chicken is committed to laying eggs for the breakfast. the Pig’s commitment is much greater because it has to die to get the meat. Do you make a smaller commitment or the bigger one? In the first semester of school, I was a pig. I worked really hard on all my assignments. I never missed an assignment in any…