In the period after the War of 1812, during the so-called "Era of Good Feelings", the United States was with faced many good things, but seemed to be outweighed with bad things such as a failing economy, the beginning of sectionalism, and more issues with foreign policies, therefore the label of the "Era of Good Feelings" does not seem accurate. ... The biggest hit to the economy was by far the Panic of 1819, which stemmed from the over speculation in Western land. Over speculation occurred and people would have their land foreclosed. Once the banks owned the land, they cou...

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Things got so bad that there was a war between the North and South called the Civil War. ... In 1896, Harriet got some land at an auction located in Auburn, NY (not far away from here!) Eventually, she opened a home for old people on that land. ...

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In the North West the pressure for free land was greatest, especially during the downswing of cycles when pressure on the farming community was acute. The South was generally opposed to free land, fearing that it would upset the balance between the number of free and slave states. ... At the top of this southern social ladder perched a small but powerful covey of great planters owning gangs of slaves and vast domains of land, the planters ruled the region's economy and virtually monopolized political power. ... Shelby, all bad masters do not unite the personal ugliness, the coarseness ...

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Settlers fled to this land in order to be able to practice religion as they pleased, here they had the opposite to what they had in Europe. ... The treatment of the slaves was bad and even the treatment of the small African-American children were treated badly. ... America is the land of the free. ...

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It is said in Canada, a slave could own land and even vote (National Geographic.com). ... Along with the good guys there has to be bad guys, these were the slave hunters. ... The African's helped cultivate land and fought with native American's in the Seminole Indian wars. ...

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There never was true equality between human beings because society has created a place where different is bad. ... Starting in the early 1500's immigrants and travelers from Spain sailed to America to claim the land. ...

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Although everyone knew slave's lives were bad, few knew the actual specifics and every day events of a slave's life. ... The slave was to receive a beating, but ran away into a pond and refused to come back to land. ... How could a sane person not feel bad for what slaves had to go through? ...

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Our knowledge has changed and our land has changed, but our way of thinking in some areas remains pretty much the same. ... They achieved some confidence to start some protests like the Stono Rebellion in 1739, where one hundred slaves attempted to escape to Florida as a result of the bad treatment and the conditions they lived in. ... Their trip to the land of freedom is not so different that it was 400 years ago. ...

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Finally seeing that his state was in bad shape John C. ... The third and Fourth parts were tied into each other, the third part was that Land in dispute between New Mexico and Texas would go to New Mexico and for giving up this land Texas would receive 10 million dollars. ...

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If this were to be you in this situation wouldn't you like a way out of this cruel treatment into a land where you can be free and live like normal people. ... As ancient empires like those of Greece and Rome expanded, seizing control of one land after another, many of the conquered people were sold in slave markets. ... If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell, if he could." She led so many people from that hell and into the "Promise Land." ...

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The 1850's in American History were a time of turmoil because of the sectionalism between the North and the South due to the increasing problem of slavery in the territories. The Compromise of 1850 was supposed to be a way for both the North and the South to get what they wanted. The Compromise woul...

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Also slaves lived in such bad conditions that they caught diseases such as Yaws, measles, whooping cough, dropsy and dysentery. ... Some plantation owners gave their slaves a small piece of land, a truck-patch, where they could grow vegetables. ...

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They do not want their slaves to differentiate themselves from their land or farm animals, as Douglass implies when he says that most slaves know how old they are no more than horses do. ... We are put in a situation we do not like, whether it is a bad home life, poverty, or social status, and we change things about our lives to put us in a position that will make us happier. ...

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The conditions were found to be so bad that they couldn't, due to disease, malnourishment, And mal treatment. ... They were also very subseptable to disease from Europeans killing off most of the population, they also knew the terrain of the land to well and could escape their captors easily. ...

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Huck Finn: A Change of Beliefs Throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck undergoes several significant changes and matures consequently. As a child, Huck is taught that blacks are meant to be slaves, they don't mind being abused and that they are inferior to whites, even animals. ...

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Slavery was first of all a labor system, and the primary concern of the owner was getting work out of his slaves. As the work was basically agricultural, the vast majority of slaves worked on cotton plantations. Free labor was scarce and wages were high. Neither white indentured servants nor Indi...

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Causes of the Civil War Was slavery the only cause of the Civil War? There are those that would have us believe that it was the only cause. Many historians say that slavery was the main issue of the Civil War. Although some historians think the war was the result of political screw-ups and th...

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The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. The sectional divisions between the North and South caused tensions leading up to the Civil War, but the issue of slavery would ultimately lead to war. Tensions evolved between the North and South before the Civil War due to their difference in econ...

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