Vagrancy

The soft sounds of approaching footsteps outside my bedroom window intrigued me. Today, the familiar padding of cat’s paws took on a significant change I did not recognize. I knew that Scruffy, a scrawny alley-cat who eked out a meagre existence in our neighborhood, was late this day. Usually, this ageless creature made no other sounds as he neared my bedroom, but this morning he uttered several plaintive heart-rending cries and I wondered why. Scruffy is the name I knew him by, while my…

When he was released from imprisonment for vagrancy in 1894, Jack had a new point of view of what he wanted to do with his life, and decided to go into education and begin pursuing a career in writing. From the experience and type of lifestyle that he had of poverty among with other men and women…

property, forgery and counterfeiting, fraud and embezzlement. Nearly 12 percent of these people were arrested for drug offenses including production, distribution or use of controlled substances. Other offenses include drunkenness, prostitution, vagrancy, driving under the influence, weapons violations, and other issues (Solomon). This information emphasizes that such offenses harm the community.…

Jack London, pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney (born January 12, 1876, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died November 22, 1916, Glen Ellen, California), American novelist and short-story writer whose works deal romantically with elemental struggles for survival. He is one of the most extensively translated of American authors. Deserted by his father, a roving astrologer, London was raised in Oakland, California, by his spiritualist mother and his stepfather, whose surname, London, he took. At…

Introduction The American history is full of racial discrimination against the black people. Although, through the 18th century and pass of Civil Right Bill in the nineties, we find endeavors to reduce bias in the society. The reality is otherwise. The matter of the fact is that the article, “A presumption of Guilt” by Bryan Stevenson, highlights the pathetic picture of the American society and its criminal justice system. The central claim of this article is that American police and justice…

nine black teens and searched the train. The Scottsboro deputies found two white women. Ruby Bates and Victoria Price claimed the nine men rapped them. Ms.Price was a known seller of her goods. Both of the girls didn’t want to get fined for the vagrancy law so they accused them. There was no way he would know what sex is and how to…

Medieval Torture Medieval torture was one of the most inhumane things that has taken place in the history of the world. When thinking back to the medieval time period, there are several things that one should consider about medieval torture: the time period and innocent victims, the torture chambers and accused crimes, as well as the types of torture. "The medieval time period endured from the 400s to the 1300s or maybe even longer. Tens of thousands of innocent people lost their lives while…

The Ultimate Battle 1860 -1877 were years that encompassed major events beginning as early as the Civil War leading up until the end of Reconstruction. After numerous efforts to improve the country and the status of African Americans after the Civil War, extreme developments were made. Although there were many factors that assisted the reform movement, the key developments were mainly constitutional and social. Events occurring throughout the North and South contributing to the revolution…

Ethnic discrimination and racism in the United States have been problematic for hundreds of years, well before colonization. However, slavery shaped a far greater problem with racism in the United States. Slavery in the United States began in the 1600’s when the first African American slaves were brought over to Jamestown, Virginia to assist with the production of the cash crop, tobacco. Later in 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which led to a greater necessity for slave labor to…

America’s Feudal System Thesis: Sharecropping provided former slaves, and poor whites, limited opportunity, unstable communities, and another means to control the newly created population. ¬ The end of slavery provided African Americans with a new start at life. Congressional support through Reconstruction hindered their success with the introduction of President Andrew Johnson. Johnson was not a champion of black people’s rights, moreover, his intent was to reduce the racial problems in…