"The £1,000,000 Bank Note" is a prime example of how his humor reflects in what he writes. ... When henry walked out, he opened the envelope the guys had given him and found a £1,000,000 bank note inside. ... Their campsite was really close to the river, and one night, the river started rising. ... One night while floating, it was really foggy and they missed the destination they were headed to. ...

• Word Count: 1889
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Green recounts the night that the Klan killed his father and mother, then re-emerges later in the story as the reader begins to realize that Captain McBane had taken part in Klan activities that degraded and might have even killed many innocent Blacks. ... While on a much lighter note, the third and final demonstration of discrimination and hatred towards the black community of Wilmington (Wellington), the separate car rule, allows us to see the concept of de jure segregation in action. ...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although propaganda usually is not an interest issue, I find interest the fact that highlight Field's work: "they emphasized a theme that resonated as well with the world of non-slaveholders as with that of planters, even though the two worlds differed as night from day. ... As we can see in the Cultural Studies of the United States of America's notes, Lincoln allowed slaves to take part in the war: "la Unión había reclutado a dos millones de hombres, entre los que se encontraban unos 186.000 negros" (González de la Aleja 76). ...

• Word Count: 1255
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

Gods and Generals is a movie based on Jeffrey Shaara's book "Gods and Generals," and is the prequel to the movie "Gettysburg." This film chronicles three major battles that took place during the Civil War, but more importantly, it portrayed Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's life and his endeavors through...

• Word Count: 1373
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As he is only able to see her less than half a dozen times in his life, and even then only when she comes at night, when she dies, he "received the tidings of her death with much the same emotions I should have probably felt at the death of a stranger." ... The role of song within the slave community was an important one to note when discussing slavery in America. ...

• Word Count: 1751
• Approx Pages: 7

Back in the mid 1800's, slavery was in full effect in the areas of the South. Slavery consisted of individuals that worked for so called slave masters who treated them not as human beings but as their personal property. Some say that the slaves basically were treated like animals. The slaves would...

• Word Count: 1984
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate