Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement from Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writings. Another son, Frederick Douglass Jr., also served as a recruiter. When radical abolitionists under the motto "No

On Thursday, April 7, 2016, I was able to attend an Interagency Team Meeting (ITM meeting) with Shaneen Brown, the case manager of Elwyn’s outpatient program. This ITM took place at 1:30pm and it lasted for about an hour. During this ITM meeting I was given the opportunity to take the lead and be in charge of the meeting. At this meeting we were able to meet the mother and father of the client. However, because this was just a meeting to review documents the client that is going to be receiving services

The Creation of FEMA started out as a beautiful theory. Before FEMA we had an Acts constructed to make the situation better but FEMA was constructed to assistance the situations first hand so that the American people were catered to at a quicker response and in a manner that was assessed for safety situations. “On April 1, 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed the executive order that created the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). From day one, FEMA has remained committed to protecting and

Biography of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was born in 1820 on a large plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was the sixth of eleven children. She was born in a very small on-room log hut, that was located behind her families owners house. The huthad a dirt floor, no windows, and no furniture. Her fater, Benjamin Ross, and mother, Harriet Green, were both slaves. They were from the Ashanti ribe of West Africa. Edward Brodas, Harriet's owner, hired her out as a laborer

least another 150 years if we continue to use it.”- Tim Murphy. Coal has an interesting history in West Virginia, which has contributed significantly to the improvement and livelihood of West Virginians since its first discovery, which is now Boone County in 1742 by Peter Salley, more than a century before West Virginia, became a state. The coal industry has played a major role in the state’s economic, political and community history. The industry has also been a center of debate and the impact of

Kent County, Maryland (currently Chesterville). He was born on December 23, 1815, to the slaves George and Henrietta, who is later known as Elizabeth. He was brought into a family of slavery, and stayed there until he was 9 years old. A Quaker who was a key figure in the Underground Railroad system, Thomas Garrett, assisted with their escape in 1824 to get them and their family and friends away and to Delaware. Their family, George, Henrietta, and their children, briefly stayed in Pennsylvania, and

American Revolution DBQ AP US History Mr. Hodgson Question From the late 1760s to July 4,1776, American colonists moved from merely protesting the decisions of King and Parliament to a Declaration of Independence and a Revolutionary War to overthrow that authority. Using both your own knowledge and the documents provided, identify and discuss the turning points which marked this changing relationship. Document A Document B SOURCE: George Hewes, 1773 - Firsthand

states passed laws preventing the recognition of same sex marriages” (Kranz & Cusick, 2000). Between 1995 and 2000, the 28 states that prevented same sex marriages from being legal were Utah, Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Virginia, Alabama, Alaska, Iowa, Kentucky, Washington, and Hawaii. In 2000, the

1492 was the year that Christopher Columbus, the Spanish conquistador, came to the “New World” and explored it which to be later colonized by Spain, France, and mostly England to establish the soon to be, colonial America. In time, when colonists arrived in the New England region ruled by Britain their lives were being controlled by many factors consisting of religion, wealth, social status, race, conflicts with other colonists/Indians and gender. In the book, Everyday Life in Early America, written

The Death Penalty, Right or Wrong? Fear of death discourages people from committing crimes. If capital punishment were carried out more it would prove to be the crime preventative it was partly intended to be. Most criminals would think twice before committing murder if they knew their own lives were at stake. As it turns out though very few people are executed and so the death penalty is not a satisfactory deterrent. Use of the death penalty as intended by law could actually reduce the number of