1. Thomas Paine's Common Sense - A Letter to the Editor
But slavery was less profitable in the North, there economic activity centered on small farms and industries The southern plantation owners were not willing to follow in the north's footsteps because their income would decrease a considerable amount. ... The victims included the family of Joseph Travis, Turner's owner. ...
The poster in figure 2 was concerned with exploiting male pride in the face of family expectations. ... My father was no coward, but had been reluctant to leave his family. ... With all the men away at war it was up to the women to take over their duties on the farm, in the factories. ...
Like Beatrice, she wants to be recognized by a man who gives her true love and a family; she searches for the recognition from men and hope that they would agree on her attractiveness and fight for her. ... Though she misses home and wants to get back home and get recognition from her family, she suffers from nostalgia and pressure since she cannot earn enough money to face her parents. ... The author describes her as having a new power, confidence even' (Ngugi, P.1454, line 44) At the end of the story, Beatrice goes back to the bar and plays a song which contrasts the life of rural gir...
Kenyans were so angry of this because farmers who used to grow coffee, the profit they made out of the coffee are what they used to feed their family. ... Some examples of what they did are: They slaughtered a young boy whilst sleeping They mutilated a home guard of a white family horribly, (his skull was cut into 2 pieces, his hands and feet were cut off up to his wrist and ankle). ...
Under the colonial system, the rents became extremely costly, in which individuals were often faced with a choice to pay rent or buy food for their families. ... Quality lands were being used for grain, livestock, and flax forcing many families to use the barest lands for subsistence. Irish farmers were forced to farm on wastelands and marginal croplands, and the potato was the only crop that would flourish in these conditions. ...