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Late Eighteenth Century Slave Trade
2,973 wordsFrom the 1520 s to the 1860 s an estimated 11 to 12 million African men, women, and children were forcibly embarked on European vessels for a life of slavery in the Western Hemisphere. Many more Africans were captured or purchased in the interior of the continent but a large number died before reaching the coast. About 9 to 10 million Africans survived the Atlantic crossing to be purchased by planters and traders in the New World, where they worked principally as slave laborers in plantation eco...
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Women And Children Third Class
2,604 words... She made immediate plans to return to America after receiving the bad news. She booked passage on the first ship to America, which happened to be the Titanic (web). She boarded in Cherbourg, France and considered herself lucky and was put in a stateroom on B deck for $ 130. By Thursday evening Brown was well aquatinted with Colonel Archibald Gracie, who would later throw her into a lifeboat unwittingly. On the night of the collision, Brown had stayed up to finish reading a book as she was an...
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Point Of View Rights Of Man
1,119 wordsSetting: The story begins on the merchant ship rights-of-man. Billy is impressed by the British navy ship the H. M. S. Bellipotent, he goes without confrontation. The story takes place in 1797 around July of that year. The ship is the main setting bu many over look the great importance of the sea in the story. The ship is torn between mutiny and is in the middle of a war between the French and British. The ship is on route to meet up with other members of there fleet in the Mediterranean. As the...
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World War Ii Atomic Bomb
2,126 words... on the butt so that anyone coming would know I was there and alive. About two hours later, the Medics showed up. Before putting me into their truck, they tried shipping my rings and bracelet off me, along with anything else of value. Luckily, I was conscious enough to prevent that, but it sure gave me an idea of how people can act at times like that. I dont blame those guys, really. It was just part of surviving in a pretty bad situation. Jimmy: The worst action I ever saw was when we had tw...
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Frank Lloyd Wright One With Nature
1,462 wordsIt was a cool spring day with a light soothing breeze, flowers were blooming, the grass as green as it could be. The light glistened off the mesmerizing surroundings, and the babbling brook whispers in the distance. This is what Frank Lloyd Wright would think about every time he was faced with a new project. His love for nature is so profound and strong he says, I believe in god, only I spell it nature (quotations 1). Wright works with his bond with nature and gives it back in what is called lan...
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Bass Snare Bass Snare Snare Bass Snare Record
2,037 words... e a little problem as it basically means scratching hamster but on the upfader's). You begin by cutting the sample in and with the updater at full volume, cut the updater out completely at the end of the sample and quickly bring it back to the beginning of the sample. Next bring the updater to slightly below full volume and at the same time let the sample play (rather like a forward). repeat this a few times, gradually placing the updater at a quieter and quieter position so that it fades ou...
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Finally Yelled Day Colby One
1,348 words# 8220; Back to the Titanic" I remember my childhood years quite well. I had lived with my big brother, Colby Winston, ever since I was five, I don't remember much before that though. We traveled all around Europe; Colby was a big gambler and loved to make bets. He lied, he cheated, everything was always changing. Colby promised me one thing though, "Reagan, " he would say, "one days it gunna be you and me, in the United States. " I really wanted to believe him, but I never saw it coming true. B...
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Food And Water American Revolution
1,184 wordsThe word "privateer" conjures a romantic image in the minds of most Americans. Tales of battle and bounty pervade the folklore of privateering, which has become a cherished, if often overlooked part of our shared heritage. Legends were forged during the battle for American independence, and these men were understandably glorified as part of the formation of our national identity. The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of these men were common opportunists, if noteworthy naval warriors....
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H M S Billy Budd
1,532 wordsMain Characters Billy Budd- He is a bright-eyed, twenty-one year old forewoman of the British Fleet. An orphan, he is tall, athletic, friendly, innocent, and helpful. He is a loyal friend, and a fierce fighter. All the officers like him except for Claggart. Claggart- The Master-at-Arms that is envious and jealous of Billy Budd. He is out to make Billy's life miserable and is the cause of Billy Budd's execution. Captain Vere- The Honorable Edward Fairfax Vere is a bachelor of about forty. He has ...
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Cup Of Tea Top Deck People
553 wordsHello, my name is Richard Peterson, I am travelling first class, on the Titanic from Ireland, I am moving to New York because I want to make something out of my deep interest in motorcars. I am travelling with my Wife - Mary, Mum - Jean, and brother John. On the evening of 11 th April 1912 at about 11 Oclock I was having a cup of tea with my wife in our cabin when we felt a rather large shudder. We didnt think much of it at the time as we thought that is could have been anything. Room service kn...
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Front Side Flip Place Your Feet Board
914 wordsHOW TO KICKFLIP - There is a lot of hype surrounding the kick flip and it is probably the most popular trick in skating today. The kick flip is a lot easier than many think. A KICKFLIP IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO AN OLLIE. Stand on the board as you would for an ollie, but have your front foot slightly more on the edge of the board. Start the kick flip just as you would an ollie and drag the front foot straight up the board from it's starting position. (Just by doing this the board should flip in th...
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Spanish Civil War Abraham Lincoln
3,698 wordsThousands of volunteers from North and South America were among those who volunteered to help defend the democratically elected Spanish government from a revolt of fascist army officers supplied by Hitler and Mussolini. Some of these volunteers died when the ship they were traveling onthe City of Barcelona was torpedoed off the Spanish coast. We present here a dossier that runs from the wartime accounts by Jack Freeman and Edwin Rolfe to a 1998 poem by Mart? n Espada. 1937 Letter from an America...
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Attention To Detail Homer
1,270 wordsThe 1873 masterpiece Breezing Up, by Winslow Homer located in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC is an oil on canvas painting that measures 23 3 / 13 X 38 1 / 6 in... The primary subject of this painting is a man with three boys in a small wooden sail boat that is moving along with what appears to be a fairly choppy sea. At the center of this painting is the stern of the sail boat. The oldest of the boys is sitting on the high end of the stern with his knees up and his bare feet plante...
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Broken My Ankle Water Egg Deck
498 wordsLook Before You Leap One bright Easter day about four years ago, my family had gone to my grandparents house to celebrate Easter like we usually do each year. We talked, ate, and had fun. Little did we know when we drove up to the house that, by the end of the day, we would be in a hospital emergency room. It all started when my cousin suggested that we have a water fight. We had water guns and water Easter eggs. These were plastic eggs filled with water that would come open when you hit someone...
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Ahab Quenchless Feud Anacharsis Clootz Deputation Ishmael
10,308 wordsIt is easy to see why Melville, himself a prey to the deepest forebodings about the optimism of his day, recognized at once his kinship of spirit with Hawthorne. There is a certain tragic phase of humanity which, in our opinion (he wrote), was never more powerfully embodied than by Hawthorne. A year after Hawthorne published The Scarlet Letter, Melville dedicated his own most powerful embodiment of this tragic phase, Moby Dick, to Hawthorne, his acknowledged master. Together the two books are wi...
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Fortune Telling Didn T
1,607 wordsDial 1 - 800 - 99 -Tarot, look familiar? From Kenny Kingston and his group of psychics to Dionne Warwick's psychic friends, we have all seen or heard of the infamous psychic hotlines. Palm readers, to Psychic Advisors, to Tarot readers, they are taking the country by storm. At this point in time, the majority of the urban population have either consulted a psychic advisor, or know of someone who has. The question is, why? . Why has this section of astrology reached this level of popularity in th...
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Wyatt Earp Doc Holliday
1,383 wordsFew gunmen in history have been as notorious as the late John Doc Holliday. Part of the reason Doc has enjoyed such a famed history is because of the overall descent man he was, that is when hewn t gambling, drinking, and gun slinging. When Doc died he might have had a handkerchief, a pocket knife, a deck of poker cards, a flask half full of whiskey, and a small essay entitled My Friend Doc Holliday by Wyatt Earp. The most important item Doc would have had on him when he died was a handkerchief....
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Ten Thousand Captain Smith
1,835 wordsLeaping over the side of the boat, passengers splash into the icy waters below. With one lifeboat left, people are fighting to get on. All of a sudden, a thunderous crack is heard, and a crewman screams out, The boat has cracked in two! Now the frightened travelers are moving frantically toward the stern. (This might have been the scene 86 years ago. ) The unsinkable Titanic went down catastrophically and the safety on the liner as well as the prevention of the incident became issues after the s...
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Food And Water End The War
2,370 wordsThe word privateer conjures a romantic image in the minds of most Americans. Tales of battle and bounty pervade the folklore of privateering, which has become a cherished, if often overlooked part of our shared heritage. Legends were forged during the battle for American independence, and these men were understandably glorified as part of the formation of our national identity. The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of these men were common opportunists, if noteworthy naval warriors. T...
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