James Hall Research Paper

"I wanted to be the first to view a country on which the eyes of a white man had never gazed and to follow the course of rivers that run through a new land."

The Dred Scott Decision of 1857 ruled that African-Americans, even ones who were not enslaved, were not protected under The Constitution and could never be citizens. This brings up questions that will be answered in this paper. Should slaves be American citizens? Is it morally correct for one to own another human? Does the Dred Scott decision contradict The Declaration of Independence which states that every man is created equal?

Born to parents who had a strong dedication to their faith, Granville Oral Roberts was born near Ada, Oklahoma. His father preached the gospel and established Pentecostal Holiness Churches, and his mother prayed for the sick and led people to Christ. The family was poor, and his father was a farmer while he pastored a church. While Roberts was in his mother’s womb, she dedicated him to the Lord. He was born with a severe stutter, but she continually told him that he would be healed and speak to multitudes.

John Hill Westbrook was influential to Texas by being the first African-American to play football in the Southwest Conference and becoming a minister. John Hill Westbrook was born in Groesbeck, Texas, November 13,1947. Westbrook grew up being a fourth generation minister. Growing up in parsonages, he moved around a lot. Westbrook ended up going to Booker T. Washington High School in Elgin, Texas. In Elgin, Westbrook played basketball, football, and ran track. Westbrook graduated the salutatorian of his class, and in 1965 he enrolled at Baylor university, ready to take on his dream of playing football.

Joseph E. Lee was born in Philadelphia in 1849, he graduated from Howard University in 1873. He moved to Florida that same year and became the first African American lawyer in Jacksonville and in the state of Florida. He served in the House of Representatives from 1875 to 1879 and in the state Senate from 1881 to 1882. He was one of the most influential African American men in Florida through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He was elected municipal judge of Jacksonville and was one of the first African Americans to have this honor. He educated free slaves at a college by the name of Edward Waters College. Lee worked as a public servant acting at various times as a state legislator, a lawyer, federal customs collector and educator.

Despite a family history of geophysicists and rock enthusiasts, I’ve never found the subject of rocks particularly fascinating. However, an exploration of Earth Science has lead me to the discovery that rocks are actually hidden gems (often literally), and that there’s more to the topic than one would think.

Delaney’s grandsons, Willie Jackson and Bolls Riley, told the story of the death of Samuel Scott, passed down from their parents. Before day, the slaves of Poplar Hill Plantation would go to the barn to pull out the plows, hoes, shovels, rakes, all the tools they would need for that day. On this day like most with preparation underway, seeds for planting located at the rear of the building, one of the slaves walked to the other side of the barn they noticed a shadow, hanging from the rafters was the body of Samuel Scott, he had committed suicide.

James Brown Miller, also known as “Killin’ Jim”, “Killer Miller” and “Deacon Jim”, was the son of Jack and Cynthia Miller. He was born on October, 25, 1866 in Van Buren, Arkansas, and was married to the cousin of another famous old west outlaw, John Wesley Hardin. And at the age of one, he moved with his parents to Franklin, Texas. However, just a few years after the move, both of Miller’s parents died, and he was sent to Evant to live with his grandparents. At the age of eight, Miller was again orphaned after both of his grandparents were found murdered in their home. Miller was arrested for the crime, even though he was only eight years old; in the end, he wasn’t charged.

Tammany Hall, a powerful political organization in New York that virtually controlled politics throughout the state of New York from 1789 until the 1970s, had other ideas and asked Osborne if he would run for lieutenant governor, but he declined. Eventually, a compromise candidate – John A. Dix – got the nomination and was elected. Dix wanted Osborne to be part of his administration and offered him the position of Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner. This was seemingly a ridiculous appointment as Osborne knew nothing about fishing or hunting, nor did he particularly care to learn. But he took the appointment and stuck with it until a brief illness forced him to resign.

James J Walker is a man that is put down in history as one of New York City’s mayors. Still James J Walker had a darker side to him that the public didn’t witness. James J Walker better known as Jimmy Walker was born June 19, 1881. A young boy that grew up in poverty, not being a great student, and dropped out of college later was graduated from New York Law School in 1904 and later went into politics and joined the State Senate. After many years in the Senate, Jimmy set his sights in on the 1926 elections for Mayor of New York.

Vernon Wayne Howell was born in August 17, 1959 in Houston Texas. His mother was an unwead tennagaer when she had Howell. In his early childhood he claims he was abused by his mother's partner. When he was eighteen he dropped out of high school to pursue a career as a rock star. When he was in his twenties he caused his family to get kicked out of their church, the Seventh Day Advent, because he was questioning the way the leaders interpreted the Seven Seals of the bible. Soon after being kicked out of the church he found the Branch Davidians and joined the religious group. Once in the group he changed his name to David Koresh.

The south for a good while was always fond of using slavery as a cheap source of work. The increase in the number of slaves was when John Rolfe became one of the first to cultivate tobacco in the so called “New World back then in the 17th century. There was good money to be made about the amount of labor that went into the tobacco cultivation was harch, hence why slaves were used. Ever since then, it is obvious to note that slaves dominated the aspect of southern life. Whether that be economically, socially or politically, slaves played an important role in each category.

It was 1742 when the first town hall in Boston was opened. It was named Faneuil Hall which was often referred to as the Cradle of liberty. Faneuil Hall served as a market place and a meeting hall during the mid seventeen hundreds and is still in use now as a public meeting place for the people of boston. It all started when a wealthy Bostonian Merchant named Peter Faneuil came up with the idea of building a marketplace in Boston. After much debate, Boston accepted Faneuil’s proposal. Once it was built, the town government also used the marketplace as a meeting space. The lower lever of the hall was divided into “stalls” which were exclusively for market purposes. In the market, meat, vegetable, and dairy products were sold. On the second floor,

The Peale family was known as the the “First Family of American Art”. Charles Wilson Peale was one of the greatest painters in the United States. Peale was also a very interesting man. He opened the first “American Natural History Museum” in his own house in the 1780s. He collected mastodon bones, fossils, minerals, and preserved animals (jackals, mongooses, and bison). Peale also had a collection of amphibians, birds, fish, and insects. From the famous expedition of the West (104-1806) Meriwether Lewis and William, the explorers donated many specimens they had found on the way to Peale’s collection.

Piltdown Fossils was a popular scientific discovery that was revealed after three years of excavation at East Sussex, England. The significance of this discovery was that Charles Dawson had excavated human-like skull fragments and a jaw with two teeth like apes’, together with a range of animal fossils and stone tools. Based on History.com, this achievement of Dawson was notable because it revealed the unknown connection of ape and man which defined the famous Darwin’s theory of evolution (Pruitt). What was discovered about the fossils after inquiry sadly resulted to be a complete fraud announced by the British Natural History Museum. It was revealed that the teeth had been filled in and the remains from Piltdown had been stained to match each