He has been called a saint, a fanatic, and a cold-blooded murderer. ... Some just believed that he was a cold blooded murderer, and that was mainly due to the fact that the society had never come across a man that was willing to kill innocent people to get what he wanted. ...
Spies Belle Boyd General Stonewall Jackson wrote to 18-year-old Belle Boyd "I thank you for myself and the army, for the immense service that you rendered your country today."" Belle Boyd had braved enemy lines to bring informal information to Jackson. She was nicknamed " La Belle Rebelle. Rose O...
Before the Civil War, America was plagued with a complicated social quandary that incorporated individual, societal, political, economic, and religious principles. This taboo of a topic found itself well-versed throughout the country in many publications. Its authorship included Frederick Douglass...
Writers differ in the purpose for which they write. Some aim to entertain, but the more serious and skilled writers usually have the goal of expressing a serious idea. Writers such as Hariet Beecher Stowe and Alex Haley are writers who write for more than mere entertainment. Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, had a political purpose. Stowe intended to help America realize the inhumanity of slavery and the pain it brought upon African-Americans by writing a melodramatic novel. ...
