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
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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, writt...

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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

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 ...

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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