This was the beginning of a life-long battle for Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet. ... Scott and his wife filed petitions of false imprisonment and brought up charges of assault on Mrs. ... Scott and his wife filed seperate petitions, but the text of each reads similarly, "[Mr. and Mrs. ... Emerson, he and his wife were considered by the St. ... Under any other role, all our Territories are henceforth Slave Territories, on the way to be ripened into Slave States." [7] The Democratic South also had its own rebuttal of the decision, "Never perhaps, in the history of the country, has there ex...

• Word Count: 1770
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School

Abe Lincoln showed great leadership and he brought our country to a whole. If not for him, our country might still be divided today. ... Abe was quoted as saying, " My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I fell in love with her; what is more, I have never fallen out." ... His reason was that General Taylor had been sent into to a part of the country that did not belong to the United States. ...

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

These slaves tend to receive more beatings from the slave owner's wife, since she was the person who was cheated on. ... Auld found out and forbid his wife to teach him anything. ... The country was being split apart on the issue of slavery, and it would eventually lead to the Civil War. ...

• Word Count: 1899
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

"What could I do but go with them (Civil War soldiers), or work for them and my country? ... Our nation is shocked by this news Lincoln was seated in a private box above the stage with his wife Mary, an officer named Henry Rathbone and Rathbone's fiancée, Clara Harris, the daughter of New York Senator Ira Harris. ... The whole country feels the same. ...

• Word Count: 1807
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School