Obituary Of Captain Bill Strong

Since the early beginnings of the establishment of the United States of America, individuals in power were deeply rooted on the idea of destroying any chance of success and freedom for those who they viewed as inferior. In this case, those who were deemed inferior were individuals who were non-white, non-Puritan, non-European, a female, and impoverished. By limiting these individuals’ availability of opportunities and resources, these wealthy, Christian, white men created a powerful infrastructure that could plague these groups for generations. In Sally E. Hadden’s Colonial and Revolutionary Era Slave Patrols of Virginia, she exemplifies how these powerful men first established their hegemonic power as they confined their humanity, intellect, and physical and mental well-being. Furthermore, slave patrols served as racist mechanism to keep these individuals oppressed in order to the strengthen the infrastructure created by these powerful, white males.

The poor Black sharecroppers were frequently browbeaten in their hard work to collect payment for their cotton crops. The whites didn’t like that the blacks were receiving a higher amount of wages than them, so the whites attacked such consolidation that was done by blacks, and the two groups swapped firing into the night. The two white men procured it upon themselves to show up, one was a deputy sheriff, and the other was a railroad employee who attended it. It was all after that, that the combat had taken place. The escorts who were standing shot one of the white men. It resulted in the death of one of the white officers. A black executor

The citizens of Paintsville spent their time pulling coal out of the valleys trying to make a living. On May 18, 1929 Carl Mahan, age 6, and Cecil Van Hoose, age 8, were walking on the hills of Paintsville, Kentucky looking for scrap metal. The boys came across a scrap piece of iron which they were going to sell to a junk dealer for some pocket change. The two boys began to argue over the piece of iron when Cecil snatched it out of Carl’s hands. This upset Carl enough that he ran home and got his father’s 12-gauge shotgun, which was kept above the door. Carl then returned to the hillside and shouted “I’m going to shoot you!” then he pulled the trigger killing Cecil Van Hoose.

The institution of slavery has been around for thousands of years in all parts of the world ranging from ancient empires of Egypt to the regions of the Americas. Slavery first started in North America in 1619 in Jamestown and spread to the population of 4 million by the Civil War. Slavery not only was a financial driver but a way of life and that way of life harmed slaves to the point of death. One man’s story helped show the citizens of the United States of America the horrors of slavery and to bring the topic to the kitchen tables around the country, this man was Frederick Douglass. This paper will argue, through the narrative of Frederick Douglass that the widespread brutality and violence existed in almost all parts of the institution of slavery was meant to keep a balance of power with slave owners at the top while slaves were at the bottom.

William Harvey Carney had been born a slave in Virginia in the year 1840 and died in 1908. William’s father had bought the freedom of his wife and his son. The Carney family had moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts, where William had tried to become a minister. Yet, when he was roughly 23 he decided to enlist in the Union Army. He had joined the all black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. William had an extensive education and was seen to be a potential leader so he had risen to sergeant quickly. In 1863, the regiment that Carney was in had been sent to James Island, South Carolina for combat. During the battle, the Colonel leading and the flag bearer had been pinned down and badly injured, as they both began to fall, William grabbed the flag and prevented it from touching the

April 6-7, 1862 Southwestern Tennessee. Once in the ranks of military life, I discover life turned out different than what I expected a soldier’s duty would be. I did not know the hardships that came with my signature. I saw the battlefield as a great challenge upon which I will either “secure my liberty” or “save the Union.” While I acknowledge that humans will die and losses will come around, I never envisioned the daily struggles to be in military camps, never thought in my wildest dreams, that twice as many soldiers would succumb to death from disease in military camps as from bullets, shells, and bayonets in battle.

The early years of Frederick Douglass’ and Booker T. Washington’s were perhaps the most dramatic in contrast. Though Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington were both born into slavery, Frederick Douglass saw and experienced more of the bloodiness of slavery. Not only did he witness multiple excruciating beatings of his own aunt as a very young child, being “often (been) awakened at the dawn of the day by the most heart-rending shrieks”, but he also

The whites called for British Troops to evacuate me. In the night I slipped across the river to never return to Illinois. I would not give up, I banded together 1500 followers. In April of 1832 we waged war to take back our home. We followed the river rock course for 50 miles. The war lasted 15 weeks. Two Thirds of my followers were dead.. The war was named the Black Hawk War. I had escaped but then captured six weeks later. I met with President Andrew Jackson and he sent me to Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Little did I know I would be used for entertainment soon. I was taken to tour large cities and crowds of people came to see “Chief Black Hawk and his Warriors.” In the Sauk there were no chiefs only leaders, but there was the american public’s lack of understanding. I returned to Rock Island in 1833. My arch enemy was there, Keokuck. I was released under his custody. By then I was tired, broken and very old. The war was a disaster, and I brought shame to myself. The Americans saw me as famous and admirable but my people saw me a cowardice and disgraced. The next five years I lived along the Iowa River with my wife and children. Today is October 2,

At the age of 12, travelling through Michigan, John Brown, the most physical abolitionist known to date, finally found his importance in life by witnessing an enslaved African-American boy living life in servitude, being beaten on a day to day basis. Haunting him for his years to come, the violence displayed on this young boy informed John to make his own abolitionism, one which was pure violent. Malicious. Spiteful. Malevolent. John Brown is known not to cease any event with any sort of precaution and will always continue to strike. John Brown is a developed character and cannot be grasped easily, as his views were twisted. One of his great and most treacherous achievements out of all was the Raid on Harper’s Ferry. Cunning as ever, John knew

My name Ja’Caree Norton in I’m a Union soldier that fought in many battles in the Civil War,Most say I’m lucky to survive all the battles I attended.. I believe slavery was cruel,Tell me this Do you think one man or woman should have the right to own another?I will never believe in that non-sense,God did not put us on this planet to own each other in worse kill each other.I fought in many battles even the battle of Shiloh.It was a two day battle that began on April 6,1862 near the southern Tennesssee church from which the bloody clash takes its name.

I was watching “Our American Cousin”, and the assassin walked in and shot me in the back of the head (Rubel). I survived for several hours, but everyone knew it was a mortal wound. On April 15, 1865, I died at the age of fifty-six (Rubel 77). Without me, my ideas of reconstruction would be altered, and the African Americans may have been mistreated for nearly a century more. I am remembered by many as a man of honesty who freed the

During the early and mid- nineteenth century, slavery was prominent throughout the South. The white man bought and sold African Americans, like they were animals. They were beaten and treated inhumanly all while serving the white man. Even though the owner’s tormented the slaves tremendously, they rarely went as far to take a life, due to the fact of losing money. Slavery continued for years and years until the year 1865, when it was abolished. Since the white men had grown so accustomed to the harmful and horrific acts they committed, they certainly

In Virginia John and a few others got together and went to a few houses that had pro-slavery. John’s crew dragged James Doyle and his two sons out to their farmhouse. John’s crew brutally killed James Doyle by shooting him and his two sons were hacked to death with short sabers. Then John went to Allen Wilkinson’s house and captured him to be their prisoner. John rented out farmland to get weapons for his army and got prepared for what would go down. One problem was that the only guns they had were muskets and pistols. John Brown and 21 others got together to fight slavery. The people in his army were John Brown, Henry Kagi,Francis Jackson Meriam,John E. Cook,Charles Plummer Tidd,Jeremiah Goldsmith Anderson,Edwin Coppoc,Barclay Coppoc,Watson Brown,Annie Brown,Oliver Brown,Arron Dwight Stevens,Stewart Taylor,Shields Green,William Thompson,Lewis Leary,William H Leeman,Dangerfield Newby,John A. Copland Jr.,Osborn Perry Anderson,and Owen Brown. The US marines knew they would be there because their plan got out and before the attack took place they were captured by US marines. Most of the people died but those who didn’t die were captured. John had some of his kids come because they believed in the same thing as John and all of those kids died and John Brown was stabbed before he even got to the prison. As soon as John got stabbed they got him medical attention and John was depressed because of the loss

In Scotts Bluff one of Mr. and Mrs. Long's cows went missing. We were about to stop moving for the day anyways, so we went looking. Are wives and children stayed at the wagons,while we looked for the cow. We went over a hill and saw the Sioux Indian camp. We saw them eating cow and Mr. Long got very upset. When the Sioux Indians realized what they had done, they offered to give us a horse in return. The rest of us thought it was a good deal, it was a nice horse, but Mr. Black and Mr. Long were not satisfied. They started firing at the Indians. The Indians didn't fire back until Mr. Black killed the chief. We all knew there were too many of them so The rest of us made our way back the camp. About 30 minutes after we got back Mr. Black returned without Mr. Long and was shot. Mr. Long was dead. Mr. Black and the rest of us are at Fort Laramie, and Dr. Smith is helping him

The 1739 Stono Rebellion was arguably the bloodiest revolt in the history of colonial America and was definitely one of the most frightening. By the end of the uprising, over sixty people were dead and the South Carolina colony was left bewildered (Stono Rebellion). Named the “Stono Rebellion” for its location