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Conference House or Billop House on Staten Island

as well as to figure out the taxes. What they did exactly was to appraise cargo and levy taxes (2001). In 1680, when it was first...

Is Agent Orange Responsible for Johnston Island Poisoning?

In fourteen pages the Pacific Ocean atoll that has served as a dumping ground for Agent Orange and other chemicals considers the a...

Susie Taylor Experiences on Simons Island

In a paper of three pages, the author writes about the wartime experiences of Susie King Taylor. The author of this paper summariz...

Motivation and Turks and Caicos Islands Keynote Graduation Speech

In eight pages this paper represents and example of how to motivate graduating students with an inspirational keynote address....

Ethics and Characterization in Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

In five pages the ways in which characterization develops the author's ethical position are discussed. There are no other sources...

Island Leadership in Lord of the Flies by William Golding

natural leadership abilities. Ralph is intelligent. He appears to be well adjusted. He is athletic. It is Ralph that leads the...

Consideration of the Quote 'No Man is an Island'

In five pages this quote is considered within the context of injustice in a discussion of such works as Chief Joseph's I Will Figh...

The Island of Doctor Moreau and The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

and destiny (Aubrey). While Darwin pictures humanity as consistently evolving toward more intelligence and reason, Huxleys take on...

Island by Aldous Huxley

face. The descendants of the Raja and Dr. McPhail worked collectively to make the island the best of all possible worlds, by combi...

Nancy Foner's From Ellis Island to JFK and Thirteen Immigration Questions

there are no two dominant groups among new immigrants to NYC as there was at the beginning of the twentieth century. On the other...

Carey McWilliams' Southern California, An Island on the Land

many ways his purpose seems to be that of informing the reader just how diverse and often confusing and contradictory California, ...

Coney Island and Heart Disease Community Proposal

in the general area, but that the population immediately surrounding the church is rather homogeneous. Nearly 29 percent of Coney...

From Ellis Island to JFK by Nancy Foner, Asians, and Hispanics

from South America and Mexico are not the same. They possess different traditions, religions, social practices and are in essence,...

17th and 18th Century America and White Slaves

German child sold as a mulatto" (Talty, 2000). There was even a case...

Secession and Issues of Slavery

into the White House (Brooks, 2003). The Brown raid took place in South Carolina, a state where the slave population was higher th...

19th Century America's Economic Developments

majorities in terms of the Senate and the intermittent control of the White House, change was not significant (2000). The desire t...

Reasons for the American Civil War by Bruce Levin

saw slavery as absolutely essential to their economy, Levine argues that American workers viewed the institution of slavery as con...

Autobiography of Oladauh Equiano

own people: he points out that the rape of girls "not ten years old" resulted in the perpetrators being disciplined, but it is cle...

Racism and Puddn'head Wilson by Mark Twain

skinned and easily passes for white. This simple premise presents us with the curious question of whether or not this boy will e...

Free States and Slave Development Between the American Revolution and the Civil War

North was not quite as conducive to farming. Although it is true that perhaps the South might have become more prone to industrial...

Character Adjustment to Slavery in Octavia Butler's Kindred

person or another, manipulate this situation or another, all in an attempt to ensure her birth. Through all of these mysterious ti...

Arguing for U.S. Black Reparations

reparations for these wrongs contends, in fact, that almost all of the historical problems that have been faced by blacks can be t...

Kansas and Slavery

because Congress couldnt really make up its mind, but rather, decided to leave it up to the people of Kansas. The "free-staters," ...

Slavery and Its Origins

the tables and resulted in the institution known as slavery (49). That is a rather important claim. It just might be the case th...

19th Century Developments and the Relevance of Social Darwinism

Darwinism. Old ways were questioned but there was a caveat. Suddenly the mainstream had an excuse for their past and present bruta...

Slavery During the European Renaissance

can be termed neither solely positive or solely negative in regard to its influence on culture and people. There would be tremend...

Latin America and Slavery

the early years slaves actually performed the elite work and were servants within the household (1998). They would do the cooking ...

Slavery and Thomas Jefferson

a slave owner. Regardless of his commitment to democracy, such commitment did not extend to include slaves in that process. Vali...

Exploring the Civil War's Causes

determining the direction that this country would ultimately take (McPherson, 1988). There were many individuals in the yea...

Louisiana Slavery

the industry of holding an indentured servant as opposed to a slave. The other possibility is that Louisiana was a port state. T...