In upstate New York, a man made river is cutting through the wilderness. ... There were four million men, women, and children in slavery. ... But, in the state of Louisiana it was against the law to separate children under the age of 11 years old from their parents. ... It was against the law for slaves to read, write and name their children after themselves. ... If you are a free slave they still can sell you to who ever want to buy you weather they lived up or down the river. ...

• Word Count: 1311
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Much of the North's strategy depended on geography and they wanted to control over Mississippi River because it would enable the North to penetrate deep into the South and keep the Confederacy from resupplying its western forces. ... He crossed the Rappahannock River to attack General Lee's forces. ... Hooker then withdrew across the Rappahannock River for escape, giving the South a victory, but it was the Confederates' most costly victory in terms of casualties. ...

• Word Count: 1641
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Poems included, in addition to "Thanatopsis,", "Inscription for the Entrance to a Wood," "Green River," and "To a Waterfowl." ... His first volumes of poetry, The Torrent and the Night Before (1896) and The Children of the Night (1897), contain psychological portraits of the townspeople of Tilbury, whose inner depths of character are presented with acute understanding and irony. ... He published his first poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," in Crisis magazine in 1921 and studied at Columbia University from 1921 to 1922. ...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Her owner trusted her to watch over and raise the children of the slaves until they were old enough to begin their labor. She was allowed to keep her own cabin, and to farm food for the children and herself. ... She was a master fisher, and spent most of her days in the river or in the field farming. ... In slavery it was very common, before puberty, for a slave child to play with the master's children. ...

• Word Count: 1368
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Kentucky shipped their products to both the European market via northern railways to access northern seaports and to the South via the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. ... Many Kentuckians had families; brothers, fathers, children who had settled in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, or they themselves had migrated from areas such as Tennessee and Virginia. ... Access from the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers helped to determine the geographical divide for the South, as the Ohio River helped to determine the boundary for the north. ...

• Word Count: 2359
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography

The whole thing really speaks volumes for how Thomas loves his children, that's what I think. ... But, like many children ages nine and twelve, things soon got out of control. ... Sarah and Abraham did exactly what children would do today, if their parents left them to manage the home. ... It was the state of the house and the children that led Thomas to seek out a second wife. ... In my opinion, it took a trip, at the age of nineteen, down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans to solidify Lincoln's decision to get out on his own (Ketcham 2003). ...

• Word Count: 1596
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

At this time he was living on Knob Creek, three miles south of Atherton's Ferry on the Rolling Fork River. ... Sally Johnston was a widow who had three children. ... Thomas and Sally had no children during this second marriage (The History Place). ... They settled there along the north side of the Sangamon River. ...

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

At the time the Lincoln family did not have money for the children to go to school. ... On February 6, General Grant attacked Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River and on February 16, the fort surrendered and General Grant took in prisoners. ...

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