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    Abolitionist view slavery in a whole different perspective than whites did. Sinning against the nation, whites were tearing these innocent humans down for their benefit and abolitionist would not stand for such acts. Frederick Douglass had strong view on slavery and disapproved of all the treatment given out to such innocent people. In Douglass’s speech, in 1894 he stated, “”To deny education to any people is one of the greatest crimes against human nature. It is to deny them the means of…

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    Imagine a plane thirty-six thousand feet in the air about to land in the city of Denver, Colorado. The plane circles the Denver International Airport and the passengers look down at the interestingly shaped runways as the plane is cleared to land. After the smooth landing, the passengers exit the plane to gather their luggage and go about their business in the city. Taking note of the artistic murals on the walls as they walk, passengers move along in a hurry to get where they are going, as they…

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    Samuel Zemurray and Madame C.J. Walker were viewed from many for achieving the American Dream, the two embodied the quintessential American success stories of a Russian immigrant and daughter of a former slave. Zemurray and Walker, while they had completely different racial backgrounds, the two ultimately were more similar than not, and battled many of the same hardships. In a time of white privilege, many disadvantages emerged for an immigrant and African American women, the odds were strongly…

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    During the time of the slave trade, the process of helping and freeing slaves was a dangerous and brave act. The Underground Railroad was run by thousands of people that thought all people were created equal. The railroad was created in 1810 and helped move thousands of African Americans from the South to the free north of the U.S and Canada. The conception that the Underground Railroad was a well organized, perfectly functioning, utility used to free slaves, is an exaggeration. The railroad…

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    Create The woman from the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, created a hope for other slaves freedom by conducting the Underground Railroad. She was a slave herself and she wanted to help other slaves in need. Harriet Tubman risked at least two lives every time she went to save a slave in need of her help, Harriet's and the slave's (sometimes there were multiple slaves). She…

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    Phillis Island Tupac

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    “Reality is wrong.Dreams are for real.” This quote by Tupac Shakur tells us Americans anything is possible and to not let reality tell you any different.Growing up in poverty makes people stronger, wiser, and more appreciative with life. The American Dream is a difference in life, a difference in rights and a difference in the love for your country. In the Poem “Ellis Island” written by Joseph Bruchac, Bruchac explains how his grandparents were two little kids who were looking forward to coming…

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    Harriet Tubman is a abolitionist women, That was worked hard trying to end slavery. She dreamed every day that slavery will come to a end. She died March 10th 1913. Harriet Was involved in War more. She se out raise funds for the war effort. She became more and more Famous. She tried her best to free the blacks, because she was tired of working for other people and being a slave and she knew the slaves felt the same way she did. Most people looked at her as being Moses because he help a couple…

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    She was born in Maryland in 1820 and escaped slavery in 1849. She led hundreds of slaves to the north in seek of freedom using the Underground Railroad, an elaborate network of housed that supported the freedom of slaves. She was the most famous "conductor" on this railroad. During the Civil War, Harriet was the first woman to lead an armed expedition in war and liberated more than 700 slaves in South Carolina. Eli graduated from Yale College, formerly known as Yale University, in 1792.…

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    The bright sun was beating down on my neck. One sweat droplet after the next poured down my body superfluously. Despite the pain that ached through my muscles and bones, I worked on. I lifted the hoe and pushed it through the soil time after time. Cotton plants went miles in each direction, it was all that I could see. Other men, women, and children surrounded me, all longing for the same thing, freedom. But for me, freedom couldn’t be closer. Today was the day that I was hopefully going to…

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    The underground railroad was an escape route for runaway slaves. It got its name because of its actives that were carried out in secret using darkness or disguise. It was helpful because it helped thousands of slaves escape bondage. An estimate of one hundred thousand slaves escaped bondage in the south between 1810 and 1850.. The leading slaves were Harriet Tubman and Willam Still . “When Northern towns rallied around freed slaves and refused compensation, yet another brick was set into the…

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