.... cursing of Ham, which slaveholders used as Scriptural proof that American slavery was right. Even the foundation principles of the slaveholders Christianity were built on a false premise- the misinterpretation of an obscure passage of the Bible. Douglass continues to support the claim when he describes his experience with the Aulds concerning learning to read. Those "who proclaim it a religious duty to read the Bible" denied him "the right of learning to read the name of the God who made" him. Mr. Auld stopped his wife from teaching Douglass to read because it would "spoil" .....

.... would be studying his work. He wrote his play for entertainment and would be amazed at how much we learned from his work. Shakespeare also had a major impact on the English drama. He changed it from the stiff formalism of the Greco-Roman tradition to something more realistic. His plays are more dynamic than the medieval morality plays that he use to watch as a child. However, they are more sophisticated than the plays written by his contemporaries. His most popular plays were his first four history pieces, Henry VI parts 1,2,3, and Richard III. Shakespeare is part of Ren .....

.... first and a nation second. Lee would fight to the end to preserve southernaristocracy because he was defending everything that gave his own life its deepest meaning. Ulysses S Grant was the son of a western frontiersman. He represented a body of people who owed reverance and obeisance to no one, who were self reliant, and who didn't care for anything in the past. The people he represented stood for democarcy and a society that might have privileges, but privileges each man had won for himself. Along with these feelings, Grant had a deep sense os belonging to a antional .....

.... interested in nautical things. Peter soon left Russia and plundered Europe for knowledge, inventions, and great minds to bring back to Russia. His voyage ended in the rich and luxurious city of Amsterdam. Peter began to study Holland’s ships and navy, and hired ship builders to go home with him, and help him prepare a sea power. Peter, wanting to really learn how to build a ship, signed on as a carpenter to hide his true identity, because he wanted to work without that being a distraction. After 4 months, Peter had built a ship of his own, called the “Peter and Mar .....

.... own reputation in the European community. During his reign, Russia emerged as one of Europe's great powers, which was mainly because of his introduction of many Western European scientific, cultural and political practices. was born on June 9, 1672, the son of Tzar Alexis I Makhailovich. 2 He succeeded the throne at the age of ten, when Tsar Theodore, Peter's half-brother, died. Even at such a young age, Peter had a great understanding of the upheavals occurring in Russia. It was this understanding that ultimately shaped his rule as Tzar of Russia. He was educated by pri .....

.... in Jamestown, and visited him frequently. She carried messages from her father, and other Indians carried food, fur, and then traded hatchets and trinkets. After a while, Smith’s relationship with the Powhatas worsened. ’s visits started to lessen, and in 1806, Smith was injured, and had to go back to England. went on with her life though, she married an Indian "Pryvate Captyne" named Kocoum in 1610. Although in 1614, she fell in love with an Englishman, John Rolfe. They married and she got baptized. They went to London with a man named Sir Thomas Dale, and a d .....

.... At age seventeen, Albert moved in with his uncle by marriage, Gustave Acault, who provided Albert with a better environment as well as an actual father figure. After enduring the hardships of his childhood, Camus began writing at age seventeen. Camus wrote many influential works and gained much success, starting at age seventeen, when he decided to strive to become a writer. Albert's first "literary experience" was gained as a member of the "North African Literary Group." By 1932, he was writing articles for the magazine entitled Sud. Albert entered the University of Algi .....

.... which assumes its members are honest, tends to be more human and comfortable for the people who live in it. As we drive down the streets of our respected cities we have to worry about certain things like; Is my seatbelt on? Does my license plate show 100%? Am I driving within the five mile per hour cushion of the speed limit? Etc. And as we wonder about all these things we pass cops left and right who are just waiting for someone to mess up or be suspected of DWI or car theft or something even worse. Is it just me or is it annoying to see a selected few criminals who do brea .....