Nigerian Civil War

With the theme of human rights, Stowe targeted an anticipated audience of white women-- particularly mothers. She maneuvered the typical devotion of this group to family and home by emphasizing the destructive effects of slavery on families (“Uncle”). Her writing style and use of rhetoric served as a source of appeal for her novel’s varying audiences (Bracher). The themes present in Uncle Tom’s Cabin were meant to be debatable and to spark discussion over the issue of slavery. More specifically,…

No matter a person's race, gender, religion, income class, etc., they are capable of achieving economic or other success even with the roadblocks they face. Both Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass, became individuals who were able to be successful in their own way. Franklin became “self-made” as he had access to education as opposed to Douglass who acquired success on his own while withstanding the oppression that he faced during the slave industry. Here we will examine not only their…

Dhruv Trivedi HSS-403 Mid-Essay: Paper Junius William and his Journey through Newark “There are turning points in everyone’s life when we have to fight, even if we have to do it by ourselves and in public.”(Junius Williams) Junius William is an author of book “Unfinished Agenda” which takes reader through a ride of Newark. He talks about how Newark has fought through the tough time during 1960’s and so on. Junius Williams grew up in Richmond, Virginia, he defines it as “Gateway to the…

Confederate navies at St. Johns Bluff which opened up the St. Johns River for use by the Union. Yellow Bluff Fort is actually located near the St. Johns River. The most amazing part about Yellow Bluff Fort is that it was an imperative position during the Civil War which gave access to some of the inland areas of the east coast in Florida. Module eight was my favorite module in the course; this made me excited to visit the site. I thought that Yellow Bluff Fort was the ideal location to put…

During the period of late 1880s, many people were living in extreme poverty in the United States, with the rich being very few in society. The blacks were still under the tough rules of the whites many years after the civil war and its effects had come to pass. Black people were considered less superior to the whites and were considered to be the people of the color. The nature of their skin color being black led the whites to associate the Afro-American society with beastly…

Some people and historian have interpreted John Brown as an American terrorist. Because his violence was an act of civil disobedience. They believe that civil disobedience was disrespectful because it imposed the views of one group onto others. While Brown employed terrorist tactics, this is a common guerrilla warfare. But on the other hand, the other peoples including his principal supporters…

“That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” When Thomas Jefferson wrote that iconic phrase for the Declaration of Independence, he was considerably influenced by the natural law philosophies of John Locke. Locke was one of the first to introduce the idea that property is acquired through labor, and that the value of that property is fundamentally intertwined with the…

of the greatest influences of the abolition movement was Fredrick Douglass. Fredrick was born a slave who eventually became one of the most intelligent activists of his time. He was nominated for president, gave speeches to thousands, and even acted on women’s rights. Douglass began his journey by attending an African American church which would regularly holding abolitionist meetings every week. He also started reading William Lloyd garrison weekly journals, “The Liberator,” which inspired him…

In Search of the Promised Land, written by John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger, presents a story of the Thomas-Rapier family who has many family members who experience their own struggles and different journeys in search of this promised land they hope to find. The authors describe different tales of Sally Thomas and her kin as they live through and encounter the harsh forces of racism and slavery. While exploring the family’s search for freedom, economic stability, and the promised land…

An estimated 1.3 million American soldiers gave their lives during the American Civil War. The defeat of the Southern Confederacy brought along the destruction of its oppressive ideologies. Despite this, Confederate monuments still stand as testaments of this fallen state to this day. In recent times these monuments have aroused controversy because of their offensive nature to some. Many protests and rallies occur in support of the eradication of these monuments. Monuments such as these are kept…