Underground Railroad

It’s not rare for Uncle Tom’s Cabin to be assigned to English students as part of a certain project in the curriculum. While this is all well and good, many of those students do not research the author of the book they may be reading outside of the classroom. The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, during her years, was not simply an author; but a significant historical symbol of the American Civil War. Her actions and writings influenced the zeitgeist of the era, and ignited a…

otherwise the past would be unknown and people would not know the kind of hurt their families went through to be free, or the things that their ancestors did to make sure that their families in the future would get what they need. This is how the Underground Railroad is; it is stories of the hurt and tortured people that could just not take the pain any more so they took a stand, whether it meant losing their life…

In the Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead in the chapter titled Ajarry the major theme that the author is creating is that you can't change who you are and therefore you have a predetermined place in life. Ajarry’s journey from a free woman living in a small village in Africa to a slave working the plantations of America changed her outlook on life. The journey resulted in the loss of her father and relatives, even before setting foot in America. During this journey the combination of…

“Harriet Tubman: Dancing on the Freedom Trail” Standards: Social Studies Standard 4-6, Indicator 4-6.2: Explain the contributions of abolitionists to the mounting tensions between the North and South over slavery, including William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown. Grade 4 Dance Standards 3: Understand dance as a way to create and communicate meaning. Objectives: 1. The student will be able to (TSWBA) explain and…

The short story, "Desiree's Baby", written by Kate Chopin, set in Louisiana's 1892 slave era, was influenced by the irony of love and prejudices. In the story, Chopin depicts how racial bias overthrows the love a man had for his wife and child. An analysis of the story proves the irony by illustrating judgment on appearances, through racism, and self-destruction. In the beginning, it's ironic that appearances don't seem to matter. At first sight, Armand falls in love with Desiree, without…

Imagine living in a world where abortion was illegal until the age of thirteen. In the book, Unwind by Neal Shusterman, this imaginary scenario turns into a real issue for teens in America. If you were a disobedient kid or an extra expense, then your parents/caretakers could get rid of you by just signing a form to have you unwound. Unwinding is a three hour long procedure where each part of a teenager’s body is taken out to use for someone else who needs it. Unwind is set in the far future in…

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author during the 1800’s. Most of Stowe’s siblings had become ministers, helped found national associations, and had done other great things that contributed to the well being of others. Stowe however believed that her best valuable purpose in life was to be an author. This proved to be true , when she released her world famous book titled Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The book gave thousands of families a new perspective on slavery and its’ cruelty…

In 1867, the book The Underground Railroad, was published by William Still. At the time the hatred towards slaves free or captured was still strong in the United States. In this era, many were not pleased at the slaves having the chance and right of freedom. Countless Americans, practically in the South, caused riots and would not accept the several laws passed that ordered the rights of slaves. After seeing this all around the country William wanted to improve race relations so he started…

Upon reading this novel The Underground Railroad, it is clear that there is a central theme of justice. Despite justice being a very loosely defined term, a sense of right and wrong is a common element in the plot of this story. Justice, though the idea is clear to a person when they hear it, that person’s idea of it is always different from another. This is a fact that hints at the idea that justice could come in more than one form. Though commonly righteous, to some rightful justice would be…

We are pleased to present "The Emancipation Proclamation at 150," an anthology of essays produced by President Lincoln's Cottage, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in collaboration with the United States Commission on Civil Rights. President Lincoln developed the Emancipation Proclamation while living at the Cottage in the summer of 1862. For many years that fact was recognized and appreciated. A December 1936 article from The Washington Post described a woman’s pilgrimage…