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    After VA-Tech and our marriage‚ over the past forty-two-plus years‚ in spite of what has happened‚ and in defiance of the difficult health problems‚ I have prevailed. My deep faith in God has allowed me to overcome the loss of three children‚ all those surgeries‚ chemical treatments‚ and death. I have always thought it was my job to get through life as gracefully as possible‚ and I have done my best to struggle‚ not always in silence‚ but always with determination. As you know‚ I have been blessed

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    world were long and difficult for both captain John Smith and his men‚ and for William Bradford and his people. Neither of them knew what was lying ahead and what they would have to face and overcome. Both ships traveled to the New World looking for new opportunities. They settled naming their cities Jamestown‚ from John Smith‚ and Plymouth Plantation from William Bradford. The two had many differences‚ but also some similarities. Captain John Smith wasn’t actually a very nice person. He was very

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    My first day on the plantations‚ was nothing what I expected it to be. It was one of the most horrific‚ gruesome sites which immediately dismissed all my assumptions of what I thought I would have faced. The labour was crucial and the work was hard and extremely strenuous. The plantation slave drivers devised theories that “Negroes were lazy”‚ therefore they were whipped branded‚ tarred and burned‚ just to ensure that they were being obedient to their masters. This corporal punishment would leave

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    countries established settlements in the wilderness of the New World. During the 1600’s‚ English settlers founded Plymouth and Jamestown along the Eastern Coast of North America. Puritans established Plymouth to escape the Catholic Church of England. Aristocrats established Jamestown in search of profits. Both settlements dealt with unavoidable contact with the natives. Although both Plymouth and Jamestown’s interactions with Native Americans included early encounters‚ diplomatic intermediaries‚ and peace

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    An 18th century Plantation Society What is a Plantation Society? The plantation society was one which was highly stratified socially and economically. This meant that based on one’s race they were being seen differently on the plantation. That is‚ the whites were the superiors and the blacks were the inferiors Monoculture: One Crop Economy Dependence was centered on a mono crop. Meaning that life on the plantation was centered around the cultivation of sugar cane. Social Structure (stratification)

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    While writing A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony‚ John Demos dealt with an unbelievably difficult task. Even though Plymouth Colony existed more than 300 years ago‚ he had to make his book relevant and appealing to those of his time during the 1960’s. In the past‚ many historians that have researched Plymouth and its inhabitants have fallen short when it came to appealing to a much newer audience. This was so because a lot of them were using the same bland sources; the ones

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    How were plantations organised to maximise self sufficience On a typical 18th century sugar plantation‚ self- sufficiency was promoted by the workers‚ fuel‚ water source‚ sugar works yard and sugar being on the plantation. The plantation was divided into three. One division was Cane Field and Cash Crops. Another was for WoodLands to provide timber for fuel to heat the boilers and for contsruction. The third was for farming to produces as much as possible for all who lived on the plantation

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    Total War: Syrian Civil War and World War I What does World War I and the current ongoing‚ Syrian Civil War have in common? They are both considered to be total wars. What exactly is a total war? A total war is a war where every resource including all civilian and military personnel and a nation’s entire financial resource are used to get victory. Not only are the individuals in the army taking action‚ but so are the many innocent civilians as well. Both World War I and the Syrian Civil War have

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    Tea plantation is one of the major industries of the world that requires a large number of workers. Tea plantations had been carried out in various places of Assam‚ India during the colonial rule. Assam produces more than 54 per cent of the annual tea produce. The British managed workers from various places of India for the Assam tea gardens. The workers were mostly tribal and backward Hindu by caste. They came to distant Assam tea gardens to work here to improve their conditions of life. But reverse

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    In the book “Life on the plantation” by Richard Worth it Proclaims “ The harsh conditions on the slave ships and the lack of food undermined the health of female slaves. This meant they could often bear few children when they reached North America” ( Worth 30 ). The females aboard

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