Appleby shows how the Americans changed and developed over the years by using real autobiographies of some of the people who lived in this time. ... There were also new printers and publishers because of the newspapers and books being sold (92/94). ... John Ball studied law and made books of his travels (60). ... Her information is only from a white persons point of view and does not show what black people were going through during this time. ... In Inheriting the Revolution, Appleby gives a good introduction to the American life after the Revolution and the changes in society....

• Word Count: 1352
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although these contributions were recorded, his name was not mentioned in the American History Books until later in life. ... He had an eighth grade education by the time he turned 15 and took over the operations of the family farm. ... First of all, let's look at the periods of his life, (November 9, 1731 – October 9, 1806). ... This was a monumental discovery that was never attributed to Banneker at the time. ... There are so many things that have happened in the past that never found their way into the American history books. ...

• Word Count: 1655
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

If one's master called him or her at the same time that a parent called, children were expected to come to the parent rather than the master . ... This essentially meant that although slaves were bound to their plantations, they still developed their own sense of individuality, their own way of life. ... Some slaves, such as Frederick Douglass, learned to read with the help of old newspapers and books that he would carry with him each day. In his free time, Douglass and his friends would learn to write with the use of a Webster's Spelling Book . ... Through becoming friendly with sev...

• Word Count: 2340
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through the study of nearly 500 manuscript collections that housed the contents of family letters, household inventories, the papers of female academies, commonplace books and physicians" records Clinton attempts to shed light upon the hidden lives of southern plantation mistresses, who she states, have been prisoners of myth, legend, and folklore. ... Clinton reveals the life of a plantation mistress and her role as wife, mother, and household manager in the antebellum South. Additional areas of discussion include kinship, courtship, marriage, and divorce; moral standards; health and childb...

• Word Count: 582
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Yet controversy arises when people read the words " all men are created equal;- and remember that it was written in a time when all men were not treated the same (Wilkins 2). ... Until later in their life, they did not know any better than to go along with society and treat African Americans and Natives as inferior races. ... But as time went on in the colonies, the cultures shifted slowly to a more individualistic culture which it is today. ... At that point in time, owning slaves was a status symbol. ... Would they had lost their powerful status and eventually been forgotten in the hi...

• Word Count: 1212
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Since the Founders could not free themselves and free their slaves at the same time. ... Slavery was wrong and had to be done away with, but it had to take time so there would not be a race war. ... But during Genesis, Adam in Eden did not need to labor in paradise, thus did not need any particular knowledge on how to use "mine" to improve his life. ... Discoveries and Inventions made labor improvements possible, such as transportation, which allowed people to increase the amount they could carry and do it to lessen the labor time. Also productivity increased and more leisure time be...

• Word Count: 2032
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Her autobiography was first published at a time when anti-slavery agitation was growing which further influenced individuals about the harsh reality of being a slave. ... On the other hand, historians have often viewed Prince's autobiography as propaganda as it was released during the time when abolitionists began to partition for the abolition of slavery. This means that they felt that Prince's book played a crucial role in the elimination of slavery as it was published at the right time and place. ... Therefore, regardless of her autobiography being depicted as propaganda, her boo...

• Word Count: 1917
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate