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    Burlington, New Jersey. So his father has been enslaved and purchased his freedom and he changes his name to still to protect his wife. He had formal education. In 1844, He moved to Philadelphia. In 1847, His first job was as a clerk and janitor for Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition Slavey. So his brother Peter who was left behind, His mother escaped like 40 years earlier. So he was one of the individuals of the underground railroad, And help nearly eight hundred former slaves escape. He kept

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    “The meats cured in this establishment are distributed throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania,” notes the firm’s business profile in the atlas, “and a considerable portion of them find their way to Europe, both on direct orders and through New York exporters. The cattle are received from Chicago and other western points, and a market-day

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    An English Quaker lawyer name William Penn was the founder of Pennsylvania City. He called it the place for religious freedom in America. One of his quotes states, “True religion does not draw men out of the world but enable them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.” William Penn was educated in theology and law and in his early twenties. William was converted to the Quaker religion, and he was jail many times for counterattacking the Church of England. The royal charter

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    Week 3 on Wednesday I had the honor of in interview Mr. Rocco Pozzi. Mr. Pozzi is originally from Pennsylvania, where he attended Penn. State University seeking his Bachelor’s degree In Education. He later became interested in the probation profession, so he changed his major and received a degree in law enforcement and corrections. In 1973 Mr. Pozzi started his career at the Philadelphia Probation Department as a probation trainee and then gradually elevated to Administrative Officer and then Deputy

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    Start Something That Matters Answers One thing that reveals what I am most passionate about is the love of sports. Sports are something I love because it takes my mind off the problems that I am facing. It provides me with a place to go and relax anytime of the day. I love going to games of any kind and watching because it is a place where everyone is focused on the game and not the world around them. I love going to the games, but you can't go to all of them so I also love to watch them on tv. I

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    Museum: Oklahoma Territorial Museum Gallery #1: Carnegie Library Category Andrew Carnegie was born in the year 1835 in Scotland. When he grew up he worked in a company and then his family decided to move to the US. Andrew started his career as railroad clerk. He built the largest industrial enterprise. Later Andrew decided that he could sell his company to a man named JP Morgan in 1901. May 20,1903 he opened his library. Carnegie used the library for many uses such as: parties,social events, children

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    One colony should be particularly noticed, Pennsylvania, for how unusually good they were to the indigenous population of America: William Penn openly admitted for the Indians the right to land ownership. While Penn led the colony, Pennsylvanians lived in peace with the indigenous population. Some Indians, such as the Tuscarora and Shawnee, even resorted to Pennsylvania to settle conflicts with other, more militant colonies. Penn believed that white settlers should pay compensation to the Indians

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    Assignment Two Butler County is a predominately Caucasian county, located north of Pittsburgh, in Western Pennsylvania. The culture of Butler County is shaped by the limited diversity of the area. Much of the population residing in Butler County are also somewhere between the ages of 18 and 65 (Census Bureau 2015). “The social conflict approach is a framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change” (Macionis). Even though society is

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    SC completed monitoring with Pa on 11/25/2015. Pa reported that he was hospitalized at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in September, 2015 (exact date unk.) for an eye injury. Pa reported that he was hit in the face by a resident in his building for no apparent reason. Since discharge he had several follow up appointments with specialist at Weil Medical Center for after care. Pa reported that he has difficulty seeing out of the eye. He uses medicated eye drop nighty (Pa does not know the name of

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    best messenger boy in Pittsburgh because he recognized the building and streets by heart. He was promoted to be operator because he was the only one in Pittsburgh who could translate the signals without a tape printer. Thomas A. Scott of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company employed him to be an assistant and he taught Carnegie how to use the money to start a

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