The Underground Railroad existed for nearly forty years and was at its peak during 1810 to 1850. It was “a secret network of people working together who dared to put themselves at risk for what they knew was right. It had no one leader‚ no official existence‚ and no formal organization. It had no engines‚ and no trains; it had stations‚ but no tracks. Its passengers traveled without tickets and its conductors blew no whistles”.[1] The Underground Railroad got its name when one slave by the
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ijcrb.webs.com INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS THE CHALLENGES OF INSECURITY IN NIGERIA: A THEMATIC EXPOSITION EME‚ OKECHUKWU INNOCENT ANTHONY ONYISHI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA‚ NSUKKA Abstract VOL 3‚ NO 8 DECEMBER 2011 Matters of safety and security are topical issues in today’s Nigeria. Life has always been precarious in our country. It is subject to all manners of dangers. In the first place it is often
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The Underground Railroad A lot of people in today’s modern world don’t know that the Underground Railroad wasn’t actually a railroad. It was actually a series of houses‚ shops‚ and hotels/motels that would provide blacks a way to escape slavery in the south by going north. These buildings were known as stations and the slaves were known as cargo. Between 1815 and 1860‚ it is estimated that 130‚000 refugees escaped the south via the Underground Railroad. The railroad had as many as 3‚200 active workers
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The Federal Republic of Nigeria‚ is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory‚ Abuja. The country is located in West Africa. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. Nigeria is roughly split half and half between Muslims in the North and Christians in the South; a very small minority practice traditional religion. The people of Nigeria have an extensive history. Archaeological evidence shows that human habitation
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in order to survive. There for the Belgian underground was created. This underground was to help Jews hide in plain sight or for them to be involved in resistance movements.Several of these ideas ended up helping the Jews survive and some of these ideas killed millions of Jews. The Belgian underground was a group of people who tried to find several ways in how the Belgian Jews could survive or fight back. This group was named the Belgian “Underground” because there were several Belgian Jews who
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2012 Kidnapping in Nigeria is a very bad business as they celled it to be a business in which people go into Date:May 07‚ 2012 nigeria should not clam to be ignorant of the problem Date:May 07‚ 2012 it is dishearthing n so depressing......... Date:Dec 06‚ 2010 Date:Nov 21‚ 2010 LET THE POLITICIANS THAT BROUGTH THEM TO STOP OTHER POLITICIANS FROM CONTESTING TELL THEM TO DROP THIER ARMS FOR THE INTEREST OF OTHER PATRIOTIC CITIZENS AND INVESTORS TO INVEST IN NIGERIAN ECONOMY Date:Nov 12‚ 2010 Date:Sep
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Underground Railroad Through the development of the Underground Railroad slave escape in the mid 1800s‚ there was much leading into this great historical occurrence. Two key things that factored into this were the many dangers involved in the travel and journey and also the abolitionists that helped the slaves through their rigorous escape. In analysis of the excursion with the dangers faced and the perseverant abolitionists‚ through the many struggles their rough journey ended in success for
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THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Underground lending company is common not only in the Philippines but all over the world. Underground lending company is not officially registered in government‚ they have no DTI registration. It is a basis of person to person without documentation and it has no formal corporate names. Many entrepreneurs prefer to borrow from underground lending company in spite of the fact that underground lending company charge high interest on loans. According to Ito
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POVERTY AND INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA: THE BOKO HARAM CHALLENGE. ABSTRACT: This paper aims to study the insecurity in Nigeria which is widely caused by Islamic sects known as Boko Haram in Nigeria and its effects on security. This paper will also find if there is a connection between poverty and Insurgency that has led to a great unrest in Nigeria‚ the aim of writing is
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the demographic profile of your country based on the latest census data including: size of population‚ sex composition‚ age structure‚ racial composition‚ educational achievement composition‚ employment status BRIEF INTRODUCTION: Nigeria‚ located in West Africa‚ Nigeria is the population giant of Africa‚ with more than 140 million people. The terrain changes from the oil-rich Niger Delta in the south to a belt of rain forests inland and to high savannah-covered plateaus in the north. With her Federal
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