Cotton is native to tropical regions, making the southern states of the U.S a perfect breeding ground. ... Brown had his five sons fighting by his side. ... He hoped that the local slaves would help him but none for the slaves showed up to help him and his sons. Brown and his sons with the help of local townsmen's faced the U.S. ... In the fight Browns sons were killed and he was sentenced to death. ...
The following year I went to my native country to visit my parents, and managed to speak to my father, who was waiting for me since I left home almost ten years ago. ... How exciting was when I gave him the news that his prodigal son now was part of the world's largest naval force. ... His son, the one who long time ago left home to do something different, had managed to fulfil his longed dream. ...
Forced to labor long and hard on the plantations against their will, African slaves would sing and chant in their native tongues as they worked. ... "Pioneers such as Charley Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, and Mississippi Fred McDowell helped to create a unique and powerful sound that is still popular today." ...
The edict forbade private citizens and colonial governments to buy land or make agreements with natives compelling the empire to conduct all official relations. ... All this frustration and rebellion led to the formation of a club known as the Sons of Liberty who was a "well organised Patriot paramilitary political organisation shrouded in secrecy". 5 These members broke into the homes of tax collectors, beating them up and burning tax documents. ... About 50 colonists belonging to the Sons of Liberty boarded a tea ship in Boston Harbor. ...
Throughout the 1800s and early 1900s the amount of Irish people immigrating to America increased greatly. The peak of the immigration occurred between 1845 and 1855 due to the spread of famine in Ireland which took the life of near a million people. The Famine was caused from a virus that infected t...
Dark and dismal is the cloud that hangs over thee; for thy cruel wrongs and injuries to the fallen sons of Africa. ... Levine's study, Black Culture and Black Consciousness, suggests there was a "widespread conversion of slaves to Christianity by the time of the Civil War".15 More recent opinions however state that the slaves, though influenced by Christianity, put up substantial resistance to the conversion process, and even when "converted" still held tight to the traditions and rituals of their native Africa. ...
