John Brown had also returned to Ohio and he took two trips to Kansas and planned to free slaves throughout the south. ... In 1844 she married a free black named John Tubman. ... This book was one of the most influential books in American History. ... After the book was published and sold she had wrote more books on the topic. ... Slavery was a very big issue and they thought that each state can choose if they wanted slaves or they were free. ...

• Word Count: 732
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The well written books that he produced were all based on his life. ... Without knowledge, he would never have been the man he was when he was free. ... My Bondage And My Freedom also gives readers an update to Narrative that includes Douglass's life as a free man. ... This book included Frederick's life as a slave, as well as a free man, well known speaker, and respected diplomat. ... The works document the rise of a slave to a free man, to a respected speaker, to a famous writer and politician. ...

• Word Count: 1277
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Lincoln did many extraordinary things in his life such as opposing slavery and winning the war to help blacks be free, because if it weren't for him then we still might have slavery to this day. ... He has taught for a total of 44 years and flew 30 combat missions over Germany and occupied Europe, he has written a total of nine books in his career and four of them were on Lincoln. ...

• Word Count: 357
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The well written books that he produced were all based on his life as was Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. These books all start with Douglass coping with slavery. ... Without knowledge, Frederick Douglass would never have been the man he was when he was free. ... My Bondage And My Freedom also gives readers an update to Narrative that includes Douglass's life as a free man. ... This book included Frederick Douglass's life as a slave, as well as a free man, well known speaker, and respected diplomat. ...

• Word Count: 1987
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One, it took them further away from their family as well as from the free north. ... Another problem was that even after the slave bought his freedom he would not be recognized as free and would be made a slave by some other plantation owner. ... Textbooks offer too little information on the subject and the only other slavery books I have read are from the slaves" point of view. ... Every page had footnotes with several books, which were specified to particular areas of slavery. ...

• Word Count: 1152
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The two books were the first works by an African American to be published by a major publishing house. ... He was a strong voice against the disfranchisement of African Americans, the showing of racist movies such as "The Birth of The Nation" and the publication of books denigrating African Americans. ... Another episode that certainly affected Douglass struggle to be free was his Fight with the slave-breaker Edward Covey. ...

• Word Count: 913
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Abraham Lincoln was a very great man. He did many great things for our county. Abe Lincoln showed great leadership and he brought our country to a whole. If not for him, our country might still be divided today. Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin, Kentucky on February 12, 1809. Currently the cou...

• Word Count: 2431
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The slaveholder dresses in Northern goods, rides in a Northern saddle . . . sports his Northern carriage . . . reads Northern books . . . ... I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. ... Republican candidate John Fremont ran on the slogan of "Free soil, Free labor, Free men, Fremont." ... Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri who sued for his freedom based on the fact that his residence in a free state made him a free man. ... Douglas believed in Popular Sovereignty, while Lincoln did not believe the Union would survive as half s...

• Word Count: 2247
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Ku Klux Klan was started as an underground terrorist group against the civil rights movement that freed the slaves after the Civil War. ... It is estimated that there are still around 300 Klan's members today which is still 300 too many but hopefully in time they will only be found in history books. ...

• Word Count: 858
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

If there were No Hate, There would be No Love Detest, abhor, loathe and hate all means the same, but most people are common with only one of these words, and that word is hate. Hate is extremely strong word, but it often slips off out tongue without thinking that it might offend someone. Merria...

• Word Count: 676
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• Grade Level: High School

The Diary Of Emma LeConte is a powerful and inspiring book. This book is full of animosity. LeConte captures the burning of Columbia during the Civil War in such a vivid way that it leaves an impression stained in your mind. After demolishing Atlanta so that the Rebels could not return to use it...

• Word Count: 760
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Ku Klux Klan was started as an underground terrorist group against the civil rights movement that freed the slaves after the Civil War. ... It is estimated that there are still around 300 Klan's members today which is still 300 too many but hopefully in time they will only be found in history books. ...

• Word Count: 858
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

He would barrowed books from his neighbors and read the bible. ... The Emancipation Proclamation gave the Confederate Sates 100 days to join the Union, otherwise all slaved in the states would be freed. The emancipation Proclamation was signed on January 1,1863 and the slaves on the south were freed. ...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He read all the books, newspapers, and political tracts that came his way. ... Lincoln's most significant action as president to be his Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, Lincoln proclaimed that all slaves held in rebellious areas were "then, thence-forward, and forever free." ... Although the proclamation actually freed no slaves at the time, it accomplished humanitarian and political purposes. ...

• Word Count: 1225
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Many books have been written on this subject, but I have chosen these two authors Kenneth M. ... Some biographical data will appear in order to see how their opinions come across in the books. ... Clemenceau turned here for a country of free institutions after the Civil War. ...

• Word Count: 1982
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Today her book provides a look into slavery that one would not find in history books. ... In 1821, New York gave freed slaves the right to vote, and 6 years later declared slavery illegal. ... This meant, " all persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free" (Miller 1). Even though the document stated the slaves would be freed, it was limited in many ways. ... Harriet lived out the remainder her life as a freed woman in the North till the age of 84. ...

• Word Count: 2508
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Frederick Douglass Born 1818 (?) in Tuckahoe, Maryland Died 1895 in Washington D.C. Frederick Douglass was the leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800's. Never knowing his mother or even the identity of his father, he was born a slave and escaped to the north when he was twenty years...

• Word Count: 5595
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

What keeps them free is knowing that their mind, body, and will is their own and they need to appreciate it. ... We learn a lot of life's lessons through others and not just books or lectures. ...

• Word Count: 1629
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Frederick Douglass's "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,"" tells the story of Frederick Douglass and his life as a slave growing up on a plantation in the 1830-1830's. This story enables the reader to view slavery from a totally different prospective, for an actual sla...

• Word Count: 1899
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Then began the Reconstruction and the processes of restoring national unity and guaranteeing civil rights to the freed slaves. ... Southern whites believed that the emancipation of slaves would destroy the South's economy because of the alleged laziness of blacks under free labor. ... In Kansas Territory, years of pro and anti-slavery violence and political conflict erupted; the Congressional House of Representatives voted to admit Kansas as a free state in early 1860, but its admission in the Senate was delayed until January 1861, after the 1860 elections when Southern senators began to...

• Word Count: 7511
• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: High School

Prior to the Civil War most women stayed at home tending to their families and homes because they thought that they were fragile delicate little creatures. They were not considered strong enough to fight in the Civil War. Two ways for women to participate were through aide and relief societies an...

• Word Count: 1973
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Harrad wrote, "free to return home once more as a citizen of this our America country" " (Noe and Wilson 19). ... Despite all the condescending, outside publications wrote about Appalachia, some people found books such as, The Spirit of the Mountains. ...

• Word Count: 2912
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School