White County

Benjamin Turner. He is recognized as the only Black American slave to led one of the most gruesome sustained slave rebellion that took place on August 1831 in Southampton County, Virginia. Nat Turners’ revolt (also known as the Southampton insurrection) was the most effective rebellion in U.S. history. Spreading fear through the white South. During Tuners’ life on the plantation, Benjamin allowed him to be taught in religion, reading, and writing. Turner was sold three times in his childhood and…

Growing up I never thought that I was in poverty, but according to the census 1,282 white families in my area are considered impoverished, and the wage my dad made fell below the poverty line. I always had nice clothes, my belly was full, and I had a roof over my head, even if it was comparable to a shack. The percentage of individuals below the poverty level in Belton is 12.2%, Belton has a population of 27,260 which makes it roughly 2,600 people who are living in poverty. Although compared to…

most successful slave rebellion in U.S. history. It occurred in Southampton County, Virginia, In the year 1831, and was therefore also called the Southampton Insurrection. The rebellion was led by a slave named Nat Turner. He was an extremely religious man and followed a series of signs he saw, environmental and spiritual both, to start the rebellion, which was extremely deadly to the whites in the area, causing the most white deaths from a slave rebellion thus far. It definitely changed…

about. During the years’ interviewers went out to host interviews with ex-slaves about the way they were treated, where they’re from, and how was it like being born into slavery or being captured. There were many interviewees that was from Fairfield County that was a part of slavery in some type of form. Ms. Louisa Davis was an ex-slave that was born in the Catawba River section. During the time of her interview Ms. Davis was 106 years old, she has had her trials and tribulations of many years…

friend who works next door in the courthouse suggested I profile this place and gave the directions: “It’s in the old jail,” as if that was a common reference automatically understood. Google did though. As I ascend the cement stairs, I search the white door nestled in the tan and red bricks for the doorbell I am supposed to ring, but the handle…

Chester County is where I have been raised all my life, it’s a wonderful area. It is located in southern Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, about fifteen miles from Philadelphia. Specifically it is located at 40.0010 degrees N, 75.8069 degrees W. William Penn founded the county in 1682 making it one of his three original Pennsylvania colonies. It was named after Chester, England. The landscape is beautiful here, lots of rolling hills and valleys flourishing with wildlife and…

1. Identify what type of hospital you have selected and discuss why this is important in relation to their market (patients, community, competition, and government agencies). Opened in 1979, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital operates as part of Adventist Healthcare delivery system that includes hospitals, home health agencies and other health-care services. Adventist HealthCare has its headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. It operates as a faith based, not for profit hospital. It operates as a…

the study of why and how things happen and the Historical Society of Kent County has dedicated nearly eight decades to the preservation of this concept. The non-profit’s headquarters is located at 301 High Street –a noteworthy building, in a respectable town, part of Maryland’s idiosyncratic eastern shore. 301 High Street, otherwise known as the Bordley House, is where one can learn about the unparalleled life of Kent County. Although Kent County’s past is immutable, the society’s present and…

Marion County,…

Introduction Lumpkin County Parks and Rec was an experience I will never forget. As a future educator, it showed me how to treat children and how not to treat them. The program that I attended was only during the summer and was open from seven in the morning to six in the afternoon. There were around three to four college-aged counselors at a time looking after the children. None of the counselors were 4ducation majors, so they were not learning the different techniques of disciplining and…