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    An African American abolitionist and women’s right activist, Sojourner Truth. Sojourner Truth’s real name is Isabella Baumfree. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York. Truth escaped with her daughter out of slavery in 1826 and 2 years later in 1828 she went to court to get her son. Truth became the first black woman to win such a case against a white person. Truth was one of 10 or 12 children. When she was nine she got sold for $100 at an auction with a flock of…

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    value of the ash standing timber is estimated to be over $1 billion. With these trees lost, the industries will greatly suffer and products made from ash will decline in numbers. With a quarantine put in place for a number of years, the economy of sawmills, nurseries, and firewood dealers also saw negative impacts and a decline in business. Another group of individuals that are affected are home and property owners. If individuals have any ash trees that have become infected and are no…

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    said in her interview that her first job after freedom was farming, field work as she put it. In his interview, Waters Brooks claimed he came to Arkansas to farm. Although Brooks farmed cotton for a good portion of his life, he also worked at a sawmill and did odd end jobs. Martha Ruffin says in her interview that she did not know much about slavery, but she was sure that her father was a farmer after the Civil War. Many of these former slaves became farmers because it was all they had…

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    Gold Jewellery Case Study

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    But with time, they are now virtually out of fashion. However, it fetch a good price when you sell them to a Gold buyer. 14. Ever heard about the California Gold rush? It began about when John Marshall discovered gold flakes while constructing a sawmill in Coloma, California. It is estimated that between 40,000 and 300,000 gold diggers came from around the world. 15. Do you know that modern gold medals are covered in 6 grams of gold? However, in earlier Olympic Games, the medals were made of…

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    “Hey, Mike, sorry I'm late,” Jim Stanfield said as he placed his brown-bag lunch along with his book of crossword puzzles down onto his desk located directly across from Mike's. “No biggie,” shrugged Mike Kaputtie barely glancing up from the small television set he’d been glued to—an old black-and-white episode of the Andy Griffith Show was playing on its tiny screen. The graveyard shift so far that night at Airingdale Cryogenics, like all shifts at A.C. was slow, but midnights were by…

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    As the United States is known for the opportunities that accompany its citizens, immigrants come over to the United States seeking the American dream as well as freedom from any hardships that arose in their native country. Immigration to the United States has occurred since the 1500s as a result of religious persecution, occupational opportunities, and as a way to seek freedom. The Kampa family originated from Poland, Germany. The city they originally lived in was Newowein. The adults of the…

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    Believing in equal rights is important, but it is only those who speak up who are the ones who make a difference. Around the 1950s, segregation was worse than ever. Most people decided to just go along with it even if they did not agree, but others decided there needed to be a change. Coretta Scott King witnessed hate towards black people and women during her lifetime, which caused her to speak up for her community and an end to the hate. Growing up in the segregated South, Coretta Scott knew…

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    Men: Can You Trust Them? In the novel Saving Grace, the author Lee Smith traces the spiritual journey of a young girl named Florida Grace Shepherd, or simply Grace. She is the eleventh child born to her father, Reverend Virgil Shepherd and his third wife, Fannie Flowers. Grace’s mother called her the ‘worrywart child’ (Smith 3). She loved her parents, but she did not like Jesus because He made them travel all the time, “And I actually hated Him when He made us take up traveling in His name,…

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    forbs. This ecosystem in Montana is also home to invasive species such as Bromus tectorum and Bromus japonicus. These species have long been known to proliferate in sagebrush ecosystems after a disturbances like a fire. A recent wildfire near Big Sawmill Gulch in Lewis and Clark County offers a unique look into plant diversity and competition in Montana’s sagebrush steppe ecosystem. How do these non-native species interact within the sagebrush steppe ecosystem in post burned areas compared to…

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    The Greatest Generation

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    he lost one of his eyes and passed out. Later on Bob was honorably discharged since he could not continue in the war with only one eye. On the way home Bob made a promise to keep everything he’d seen behind him. Later on in Bob’s life he opened a sawmill with a military pal where he would employ veterans and work every day. One thing that sticks with me from Bob’s stories is that he says “everyone should learn the meaning of that famous four letter word-…

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