Harold Abrahams

The Little People’s Petition “That the President will free all the little slave children,” were the words written on a petition given to Abraham Lincoln in 1864 (Swanson 1). These few words and the 195 signatures that accompanied it were enough to touch the president’s heart (Emancipation Proclamation Little People 2). Although Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, a document freeing about 3.1 million slaves in the United States, a year earlier, many felt it did not go far enough…

The Growth of America Throughout American history, there has been many different documents that have lead to the growth of America. Each one of these documents have had different effect on America. These documents each had a crucial part in American history and without them America would be very different. I will be talking about five important documents that have changed the growth of America from the book “Essential American Documents and Speeches” Vol.1 and Vol.2. An important…

Abraham Lincoln, along with other leaders we look up to like Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, and George Washington were all influential people, all did something to change the world, and each one of these people also dealt with a considerable amount of flaws. Every one of them were ordinary people prone to good and bad intentions and making mistakes and learning from them. We are often told to ignore the wrong doings and look the other way. As humans, we enjoy focusing on the good these people…

Happiness is the Key to Life An organizations ability to attract highly educated, skilled employees might not be based on the monetary value, but rather what contributes to a higher self-actualization for that specific individual. The study of what makes people happy has long been argued, with some saying the love of money is the root of all evil and others say that money may not guarantee happiness but it will help you buy what you need to find happiness. Benjamin Franklin stated “The…

Dora B. is an 86 year old Caucasian woman from the Antelope Valley. She is a retired Microbiology professor, business owner and author. I interviewed Dora who first and foremost is one of the most remarkable women I have ever known. Dora grew up with a hard working father a self –made man as she puts it and a mother who was a housewife and two brothers, one older than she and one younger. When most women during that era were destined to the kitchen and raising children, she was progressive…

Rebuttal: If Grant had not captured Vicksburg, situated on the banks of the Mississippi river, which gave Union forces complete control of the Mississippi river, the Confederacy would have been able to use the Mississippi river to transport supplies, would not have split the South into two and stopped Southerners from getting much needed supplies coming in from the west. “A Yankee captain wrote home to his wife “The backbone of the Rebellion is this day broken. The Confederacy is…

Frederick Douglass had strong views on Christianity. Frederick spoke about many slaveholders who were religious and used it to be barbaric. Captain Thomas Auld, one of Douglass’s masters, attended a church in Maryland and became a “pious” man, who used his new religion, Christianity, to be even more vicious and brutal towards his slaves. He believed that if a slave master was a man of Christianity he was automatically more full of hate towards slaves than a non-religious slaveholder. “...I,…

's name is one 's fate" (1644). Lincoln and Booth were not just provided with their names to heighten the dramatic effect of the play. Rather, both of the brothers share similar characteristics of the actual president and assassin. For instance, Abraham Lincoln 's experienced the loss of his mother at age nine due to her death from milk sickness. John Booth 's father passed away when he was fourteen years of age. Both of the historical figures had limited formal education. However, Abe Lincoln…

Pro slavery: Until the middle of the 18th century, slavery was a common way of life for many. However, across Europe through the last part of the 18th century there were intellectual antislavery arguments based on moral arguments which questioned the acceptance of slavery. It was all fine until the Revolutionary War that slavery became such an issue in North America. In the northern part of the future United States, slavery was becoming less and less of a thing after the Revolutionary War.…

What do many people think of when they think of Abraham Lincoln? Is it the top hat? An ax? Savior of the Union or Self-Made Man? These images and concepts have captured the imagination of directors and screen play writers for decades and thus they make up what the majority of the nation thinks of Abraham Lincoln. Within these films, however, there is not just historical fact, there is also fiction and ulterior motives. The films Abraham Lincoln, Young Abe Lincoln, and Abe Lincoln in Illinois are…