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Booker T. Washington
... middle passage of the slave ship
while being conveyed from Africa to America.
Washington and his family lived in a typical log cabin,
which was fourteen by sixteen feet square. The log cabin was not
only their living space, but also used as the kitchen for the
plantation. His life went fast and devoted all of his time into some
kind of labor each and everyday and no time for sports. After the
civil war was over, all blacks were free and they felt that they
should change their names and leave their plantations either for a
couple of days or weeks in order to really feel free.
As Washington grew o ...
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The Nomination OfAndrew Jackson To The "Presidents Hall Of Fame"
... these controversies brought forth strong rivalry over his years of
president. He was known for his iron will and fiery personality, and strong use
of the powers of his office that made his years of presidency to be known as the
"Age of Jackson."
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in a settlement on the border
of North and South Carolina. He was orphaned at age 14. After studying law and
becoming a member of the Bar in North Carolina later he moved to Nashville
Tennessee. Their he became a member of a powerful political faction led by
William Blount. He was married in 1791 to Rachel Donelson Robards, ...
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Henry Ford
... When he was a young man, he figured out how to use simple inventions, such as the light bulb. He then taught himself the design of a steamboat engine. His goal was to build a horse-less carriage. He had come up with several designs and in 1896, he produced his first car, the Model A. When Ford’s first car came out, he had been interviewed by a reporter and when asked about the history of the car, he had said "History is more or less bunk." Ford worked in Thomas Edison’s factory for years and the left to become an apprentice for a car-producer in Detroit. While working there, he established how he wa ...
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Domitian
... brother Titus, now in his mid-twenties, found a suitable wife in Arrecina Tertulla and it seems that ’s first cousin Sabinus the third had also married into the same family, selecting one of Arrecina’s sisters. Unfortunately, Arrecina soon died and Titus sought a second wife. Marcia Furnilla, daughter or niece of Vespasian’s amicus Barea Soranus, was an excellent choice, with consular senators in her father’s and mother’s family.” (Jones, 1992)
was an educated person, although it is unknown where he got his education. He loved to write and wrote poetry. His poems w ...
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SAMUEL SEABURY
... preaching position. Samuel filled the position and preached in an uneventful ministry. He also ran a school in Westchester.
As the tensions between Britain and the colonies grew stronger, Samuel stayed loyal to the crown. He viewed the American government as very primitive and dependent on the British government. When talk of the First Continental Congress arose, he began to voice his opinion. He tried to stop the election of the delegates by writing various pamphlets. His attempt proved futile and the delegates were elected and met together on that fateful day in Philadelphia when a new nation was envisioned. No ...
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Stephen King
... were to old to take care of themselves. Stephen’s school days were spent in the Durham Grammar School. He then attended Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. He went to college at the University of Maine at Orono, at which, during his spophomore year, he worte a weekly column for THE MAINE CAMPUS. During his years at college he was opposed to the war in Vietnam, declaring it unconstitutional. After his graduation in 1970 Stephen had aquired a Bachelor of Science in English and immediately was qualified to teach at the high school level. As a student Stephen worked at the Folger Library, which was on the ...
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Alexander Hamilton
... James Hamilton. Heavy burdens fell upon Hamilton's shoulders during childhood. Business failures caused Hamilton's father to become bankrupt. Soon thereafter, his mother died in 1768. At twelve, Alexander entered the counting house of Nicholas Cruger and David Beekman. There, young Alexander served as a clerk and apprentice. At the age of fifteen, Mr. Cruger left Alexander in charge of the business. Early on, Hamilton wished to increase his opportunities in life. This is evidenced by a letter written to his friend Edward Stevens at the age of fourteen on Nov. 11, 1769 where he stated, "[m]y ambition is prevalent, so ...
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Benito Mussolini
... the origin of the Fascist Movement. In 1916 Mussolini
enlisted in the military. After his promotion to sergeant he was
wounded and in 1917 he returned to his paper.
During the Chaos that Gripped Italy after the war Mussolini’s
influence grew swiftly. Mussolini and other war veterans founded
Fasci di Combattimento in March of 1919. This Nationalistic
antisocialist movement attracted much of the lower middle class and
took its name from the Fasces, an ancient symbol of Roman
discipline. The Fascist movement grew rapidly in the 1920’s,
spreading through the countrys ...
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Kelly Flinn Biography
... a court martial.
Growing up wasn’t always easy for Kelly. She was the baby of the family, with four older brothers and sisters. Sitting in Catholic school, she tried to be the cute little girl she was supposed to be but on the playground, she was a terror. At the age of 5, she joined her first soccer league, which happened to be a boys’ team. Things stayed the same way until she got to high school. She began to notice boys and began to date. No one in her family had ever talked to her about the “birds and the bees,” or even about dating. Instead, independence, self-reliance, and strength were the most ...
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Joesph Mengele
... and pictures of Auschwitz tell a gruesome tale of death and torture. Josef Mengele performed horrific experiments on twins, justified by official Nazis party policies to try and create the "perfect human being". To this day, he serves as a warning signal of the evil, man is capable of doing by trying to do good for one's own race with the exclusion of others.
Josef Mengele was born March 16, 1911 in Gunzburg, Germany and his parents were Karl (1881-1959) and Walburga (?-1946) Mengele. He had two younger brothers; Karl (1912-1949 and Alois (1914-1974). He had several nicknames, one of them being Beppo. He was ...
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