He was assisted in his final attempt by Anna Murray, a free black woman in Baltimore with whom Douglass had fallen in love. ... Eventually after all the escaping he settled down and started writing books. ... So Douglass had plenty of free time outside his regular tasks. Since he has so much free time he would usually hangout with Colonels grandson named Daniel as a servant on hunting expeditions. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Sharp could not allow this injustice and so took the case to court and the Lord Mayor of London ruled that Strong should be freed. ... Adam smith wrote a series of books about Politics and economics and he said, ""The experience of all ages and nations, I believe, demonstrates that the work done by slaves, though it appears to cost only their maintenance, is in the end the dearest of any. ... The Duke of Montagu, who lived in nearby Blackheath tried to buy him books and teach him but his owners refused. ... His letters were published after his death and it was an immediate bestseller that may ...

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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...

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• Approx Pages: 22
• 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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Victors and Vanquished, The Interesting Narrative, and The Social Contract gave their readers a glimpse into what the world was like before it became modern. New resources and different cultures were being discovered by explorers that the Old World had never been aware of before. Slaves were a large part of expanding the global economy. There was no government that was representative of the people established until the Age of Revolution. People demanded that they have a say in who governs them. ...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School