The Case Of Eliza Emerson

In 1983 Elizabeth Bouvia, who was a 26-year-old quadriplegic who was affected by cerebral palsy, entered a hospital in Riverside, California wishing to starve herself to death. Elizabeth Bouvia suffered from cerebral palsy and severe arthritis causing her to be in chronic pain and close to being completely paralyzed. Bouvia was only able to make movement in some fingers on her right hand and make a few facial movements. Elizabeth Bouvia was unable to sit up and could only lay flat causing her to be confined to her bed, and further causing her to depend on others for even the simplest of tasks. Bouvia relied on others to feed her, bathe her, and help her defecate. Bouvia had no one in her life able to care for her around the clock like she needed, so out of options Bouvia entered Riverside General Hospital.

     Born in Cederville, Illinois, on September 6, 1860, Jane Addams founded the world famous social settlement of Hull House. From Hull House, where she lived and worked from it’s start in 1889 to her death in 1935, Jane Addams built her reputation as the country’s most prominent women through her writings, settlement work and international efforts for world peace. In 1931, she became the first women to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Anne Hutchinson was a religious leader who was born in England in 1951. She was killed in 1643 in an Indian raid killing in the state of New York which wss in the colony of Mid-Atlantic. Anne Hutchinson fought for women’s rights and she gave many girls and women hope that they might have rights again as shown by this quote, “ From the early Christian era, female activism in religious life gave some women high visibility, thus preserving their voices in the historical record. The splintering of the Puritan movement in seventeenth-century England gave women broader scope for leadership as lay preachers, visionaries, and petitioners. “ ( History.Com ). This quote showed that Hutchinson was giving women hope that they could be something

Washington D.C. Daughter of Dr. William S. Lofton who was a well known black dentist and

Mary Rowlandson, William Bradford and Equiano all had their own views and beliefs on religion. During the period of the 16th and 17th century, people relied very heavily on the presence of God. For example, Mary Rowlandson and William Bradford were puritans. They were dependent upon God. Puritans believed that the Bible was God’s true law, and it provided them with a way of life. They would praise God with the positive attributes that comes in their life and acknowledge God with the sorrow and despair. Mary believed that it was an act of God that provided her with a bible, gave her the strength to resist tobacco, prevented her foot from getting wet in the cold water, which would play a part in her weakened body and gave her the resilience to

William Gunnell, Jr. travelled with his parents from their home in Great Britain to Virginia sometime before his tenth birthday in 1715. In Virginia, they became indentured servants for a man named Richard Lee. Following his master’s death, William’s indenture was inherited by Richard’s son. William worked for the Lee family for six years as a clerk, running errands and keeping the books. At the age of sixteen, William’s contract ended, and he became a free man (“Indentured Servants,” n.d., para. 4). This is one of the better examples of indentured servitude in the colonies, since most servants did not live to see the end of their contracts. In the colonies, indentured servitude acted as a kind of contract-based slavery in which free people were turned into property for a term of four to seven years, on average. Their owners paid for their food, clothing, and shelter on arrival in the colonies until the servants had completed their contract, upon which they were paid “freedom dues” which could be anything from tools, land, or even guns (“Indentured Servants,” n.d., para. 1).

Slaves are property and my thirty slaves belong to me. When my slaves try to run away I hire a slave catcher because without them I couldn 't make enough money for my family, which puts my life in danger.

It has been presented to the Supreme Court of the United States of America that Mr. Dred Scott pleas for freedom from his slave master, Mr. Sanford. Initially Mr. Scott was owned by Dr. Emerson until Mr. Emerson’s death when Scott was sold to Mr. Sanford. Under intense scrutiny and discernment it has been decided by the Supreme Court that Mr. Dred Scott has the inalienable right to be a free citizen of the United States of America. Scott is a slave, owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Emerson since 1836. Scott currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri as of 1830. Mr. Dred Scott has presided residence in both Illinois and Wisconsin Territory, accompanied by his slaveholder. The Illinois and Wisconsin Territories are free, meaning that no man nor woman can be private property of another. Because of this, Mr. Emerson has no control nor jurisdiction over Scott. Mr. Scott resided in free territory for several years, therefore, he must leave this courtroom as a free man. Although slavery is not abolished in the South, it is abolished in both of the territories that Scott visited during his involvement with Mr. Emerson, making it his right to be free. It is of the slaveholder’s duty to not enter the territories of Illinois and Wisconsin expecting his slave to maintain in his possession. The responsibility is left on Mr. Emerson and it is due to his ignorance that his slave will gain freedom today. Slavery is prohibited in both territories, making it unreasonable that a man should remain a

Freedom is a gift that came with America and was given to its citizens. However, that’s not always how it used to be especially in the 16th and 17th centuries. In the 17th century there were over 30,000 enslaved African Americans in North America . Many indentured servants were brought to the New World to help with growing crops and other duties. However, they were never a good fit for the new and wild America they had come to. In this essay I will be addressing the comparisons and contrasts of African American slaves and indentured servants in America.

I am Isabel Gardener, a thirteen year-old slave from Rhode Island. I currently work for two Tories in New York, Master and Madam Lockton. Just like you guys who wants independence from Great Britain, I want to be free from the Locktons and not be a slave anymore. Not just me, but many other slaves has been treated really badly by their owners. Ever since I came to New York and started working for the Locktons, I feel the need to request for my freedom because of equality and all the bad things my owner has done to me.

summoned Dr. William Griggs to examine them. Dr. Griggs determined that the girls were under

My name is Britany Washam. I'm a free slave finally, I thought the day would never come. I never did like being a slave because I was forced to do things that I didn't want to do or beaten because I didn't want to do it. I have been a slave for six months and I plan to have a steady job and home after I'm free. I was a slave of the south and I kept the houses clean,cooked, and did many more things. When I was a slave I was always moved from plantation to plantation, except when I got moved to the south then I stayed there until I was free.

December 25th, 1821 was a special day for the Barton family, but not just because it was Christmas. On that day, a child was born: Clarissa Harlowe Barton. She not only had many talents, but she also was highly intelligent, determined while on the job, and motherly to the people she served - despite having no children. Clara is one of the most popular women nurses that worked on the Civil War battlefield and saved many lives. She even started a foundation that continues to serve people in life threatening events. Her life leading up to her fame impacted her choices, as well as other people. Today, her legacy still lives on to inspire many.

I have spent many years as a slave, and today I found that I shall spend even more. As a slave, I came into service of Master Emerson in Missouri. Later, however, we moved to Illinois where he worked as a doctor, but then furthermore moved to Wisconsin. Both are free states, and by living there, I should have been free, no longer a slave, but when my masters forced me back to Missouri, I became enraged. I took my anger to the courts, and tried to sue Mistress Irene for keeping me. For eleven long years my case made its way through the courts until it stood in front of the Supreme Court. I know the country viewed it as a ruling on the constitutionality of slavery, and while I understand that, possibly even glad to have forced this to its head,

The play "Pygmalion" describes the process of the transformation of Eliza, who appears in three images in the story: Eliza begins as a flower girl, then she transforms into a lady with noble accent and in good manners, then an independent woman with self-respect and dignity.