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    Marvelous History Makings for Women from 1865 Suzann Sumner HIS204: American History since 1865 Instructor Jacquelyne Howard June 17‚ 2013 Women have sought out equality and its benefits for the longest of time. Their desire to own themselves and control the world’s perspective of women has been motivation throughout decades. Looking back as far as 1865‚ Women have always worked hard to care for the family even while they stood behind the man. Women used their skills to manage the home by

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    Racism in the South

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    the South‚ many people owned slaves. In the south‚ plantations were "the most basic unit and the most vital element of the Southern antebellum economy."2 But at the heart of these plantations were the slaves. So vicariously‚ the slaves of the South were the most vital part of the Southern economy. Slaves‚ although taken from Africa‚ were still able to hold onto their religious traditions and beliefs. They would incorporate their traditions into the Christian belief structure that the south had

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    If there were few people to talk seriously about the 1857 mutinous Sepoys as victims and British forces as being unnecessarily ruthless in their repression‚ the main protagonists of the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion greatly divided opinions in Britain. The logic according to which people disagree with what they opponents agree with meant that someone’s hero was someone else’s villain. Paul Bogle‚ a Black Jamaican‚ was depicted by supporters of philanthropy as a pious preacher spreading Christianity and

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    Towards a National Child Labour Action Programme for South Africa Discussion Document October 2002 Discussion document Prepared for the Department of Labour by Dawie Bosch & Associates Funded by the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) for use in the consultative process towards a national child labour programme for South Africa. Core team members Dawie Bosch‚ Debbie Budlender‚ Sam Tshabalala

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    South Park

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    to be identified as the author of the thesis‚ and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate. You will obtain the author’s permission before publishing any material from the thesis. Towards a Theory of Postmodern Humour: South Park as carnivalesque postmodern narrative impulse A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Screen and Media Studies at The University of Waikato By BLAIR SCOTT FRANKLYN The University

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    The South Secedes

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    Joseph Pantoja History 11 May 1‚ 2014 South Secedes Even though things were already coming to a head‚ when Lincoln was elected in 1860‚ South Carolina issued its “Declaration of the Causes of Secession.” They believed that Lincoln was anti-slavery and in favor of Northern interests. Before Lincoln was even president‚ seven states had seceded from the Union: South Carolina‚ Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ and Texas. By this time‚ South Carolina’s two United States Senators had

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    North and South

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    different social‚ economic and political stances of the North and South cultures. Both Southern and Northern states depicted two different stand points on how things should be as far as political‚ social and economic views of American in that time. The North and South’s view on political‚ economic and social status varied greatly‚ making it difficult to come to any terms‚ leading to much greater conflict. Society varied for the North and South states‚ depending on their status‚ Americans were either educated

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    The history of South Africa encompasses over three million years. Ape-like hominids who migrated to South Africa around three million years ago became the first human-like inhabitants of the area now known as South Africa. Representatives of homo erectus gradually replaced them around a million years ago when they also spread across Africa and into Europe and Asia. Homo erectus gave way to homo sapiens around 100‚000 years ago. The first homo sapiens formed the Bushman culture of skilled hunter-gatherers

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    South Africa‚ alone of all the British colonies did not follow the political course of embracing democracy and freedom. Even though the geographic area called South Africa had a large British presence‚ the country was required to follow legislation given in the agreement of the surrender in 1806 from the Dutch. Those terms meant that the country was allowed to diverge from English law and replace it with South African law. The country at that time was not plagued with inequality‚ layers of a class

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    South Africa In 1652‚ Dutch traders founded the city of Cape Town‚ establishing a stopover point on the spice route at the southern tip of what is now South Africa. The British seized the Cape of Good Hope in 1806. In 1867‚ diamonds were discovered in South Africa‚ and in 1886‚ gold initiated immigration and wealth‚ further subduing the native inhabitants. The Boers unsuccessfully attempted to resist British control with the Boer War. Under the Union of South Africa beginning

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