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Minty(soon to be Harriet Tubman)was a slave on a Southern plantation. She was special because she would have “visions” what she claimed to be from god. She and her husband, John, who is free hires a lawyer to prove that Harriet’s mother was supposed to be freed and that therefore her children are free as…

King Alfred the Great Alfred the Great (849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by his death had become the dominant ruler in England. He is the only English monarch to be accorded the epithet “the Great”….

“As for Roger O’Farrel … He took me off a sinking ship when I was a baby and raised me like his own daughter. And if I took to the life of a rover, it is not his fault, who would have established me like a fine lady ashore had I wished. ” – Robert…

The Villains of All Nations is book written by Marcus Rediker that follows the origins of the pirate boom before and after the War of Spanish Succession. The book covers infamous pirates like Bartholomew Roberts, William Fly, and Edward Teach also known as Blackbeard. It discusses the grim environment of working the seas for the…

IntroductionThe 72 years long rein of Louis the Great (Louis XIV), King of France is unanimously regarded as golden age of France that established it the cultural, military and political summit of Europe. Regarded among many historians as the best Emperor ever seen by Europe and the finest emblem of royalty, Louis XIV occupied the…

Before reading the biography I knew very little about his life. I knew he was an African freedom fighter and that he was the president of South Africa. I knew he led anti-apartheid strikes. I also had the vague idea that he was involved in the communist party and he had gone to jail, but…

By the start of the 20th century, a great change known as the Progressive Era occurred in the United States. In view of that, people who supported progressivism, known as progressives, worked to eliminate the numerous problems affecting the country. The progressives sought to suppress child labor practices, regulate alcohol distribution, extended women and minority…

William Shakespeare’s tragic play, Julius Caesar, tells the true story of Julius Caesar’s assassination. After Caesar conquered Pompey, many of Caesar’s closest friends plot against him, because they believe his ambition and behavior is going to bring the fall of Rome. His traits of arrogance, weakness, and lovingness ultimately lead him to his defeat. The…

Abstract Hughes has been an icon in African-American tradition through his works of both poetry and literature. His works have brought about more ease in the analysis and interpretation of African-American tradition literature. The rationale of Hughes is based on history and the gradual transformations undergone by this society to current state. The history of…

The dissolution of Yugoslavia in the early 1900s resulted from a succession of political turmoil and conflict. These conflicts can be primarily attributed to nationalistic sentiments in Serbia, the absence of a desire to reach political compromises, and a profound economic and political crisis. The initial Yugoslavia, established in 1918, aimed to be a unified…