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From 1790 to 1865, roughly half of all enslaved people had been separated from their families; about one in four of those sold were children. This means that not only were families split up, but children were separated from their parents. In the story, the character Uncle Tom, a heroic slave, was sold multiple times and got separated from his family. One of the many reasons Tom is known as heroic is because he helps slaves escape from the plantation, but he soon realizes the cost of his actions while

and exciting experiences at Beecher Prep. He made tons of new friends, and many memories that he had never had before. Kids can be kids, and give looks and stare to make some situations uncomfortable, but over the years, Auggie has learned to accept the fact that he is different. He has also learned to ignore those that are making him feel uncomfortable. But nevertheless, August had to face bullies and fake friends, he had an overall positive experience at Beecher Prep. August was born with

Ellen Sirleaf Johnson has a track record for being a prominent in Liberia at a time of poverty. In 2005 Ellen Sirleaf Johnson was elected as president, the first and only women to ever be elected head of state. Ellen Sirleaf Johnson had immense goals for her people, but her first main goal was to bring electricity back to the capital. Not only did Ellen Sirleaf Johnson accomplish this task, but she was able to achieve it in six months. Johnson was then confronted with the decision of what to do with

Most significantly, though, her exchanges with Beecher compelled Grimké to develop an extensive defense of her position, which led her to articulate a more secular argument against slavery as well as a firmer assertion of women's political rights. William Wells Brown wrote Clotel or The President's

Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born into poverty, her father abandoned the family as a child which greatly hurt her education. She only had 4 years of formal education. Gilman is remembered today as a poet, an author, a feminist and a social activist. She went to Rhode Island School of Design for a brief time Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born on July 3, 1860, in Hartford, Connecticut. Death In 1990, Gilman married for the second time and married her cousin George Gilman

differences began to change that, which lead to anger and war. There are many ways that caused the South to secede from the nation but, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Fugitive Slave Law, and Abraham Lincoln becoming president were just a few. Now, Harriet Stowe’s book made many of the Southerners outraged when it came out. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book caused many people in the South to start thinking that slavery was inhumane treatment and evil. So then more people were against slavery

In July 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention, held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, became the first meeting to be held on behalf of women’s rights. It was at this convention that the Declaration of Sentiments was drafted, and modeled after the Declaration of Independence by asserting the equality of men and women throughout the document. This was to show that men were not the only one who had the right to equality, but also woman. At the time, not everyone, even women, believe in the the

attempting to end slavery and racial discrimination. People like William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe persuaded others in their cause and elected those with the same views as them in political positions. William Lloyd Garrison started an abolitionist newspaper called the Liberator, Frederick Douglas also wrote a newspaper, called the North Star, and Harriet Beecher Stowe published a novel called “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” These advocates, while they did not cause the Civil War, they

Assignment 2: Project Paper Due Week 8 and worth 200 points The Project Paper focuses on a suggested topic related to art, architecture, history, music, or literature. The project will reflect your views and interpretation of the topic. This project is designed to help you stretch your mind and your abilities to be the creative, innovative, and critical thinker you already are!   Choose one (1) of the topics from the list of topic choices below. Read the topic carefully. Write a three to four (3-4)

can distinguish you from someone else but if you ask for forgiveness he will forgive you and all your sins will be forgotten. These female authors all put their trust in God. They knew he would not treat them differently. Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Emily Dickinson are all writers who agreed that God is not judgmental. African Americans were looked down on and treated like property by white people during and after Phillis Wheatley’s life. In “On Being Brought from Africa to America”