new name is Platt. While at the slave pen‚ Platt got a very bad case of small pox. He also got an opportunity to show his talent of violin playing. He gets bought by William Ford and is taken to the Great Pine Woods. Ford is a very kind man and Platt works very hard to try to please his new master. He came up with an idea to use rafts to transport lumber‚ which earned him the title the "smartest nigger in the Pine Woods." Then a man by the name of Tibeats came to the plantation and Platt was assigned
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Officer Platt was following his normal patrol routes stopping occasional vehicles for traffic and vehicle infractions. On this same night Richard Hansen‚ a local business owner‚ was making his way home from work at around 1 am. Richard Hansen is also a very well known individual in this community. He supports multiple programs including Pee Wee Football and Little League baseball teams. Many people admire Richard Hansen and consider him a model citizen. At around 1:10 AM Officer Platt noticed a
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Protestant set the steps towards the public education system. The Protestant Church acted as an arm of the state; rather than control everything like the Catholic Church (Matthews‚ Platt‚ and Nobel 369). It establishes that schools should be paid through taxes and make teachers as government employees (Matthews‚ Platt‚ and Nobel 369). They emphasize that everyone needs to learn how to read and write. In doing so‚ one will learn the Bible and be able to teach it to others. This is particularly important
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(now named “Platt”) is a slave under plantation owner William Ford. Platt had proved himself to Ford as a good worker‚ and built somewhat of a relation with him. Platt considers Ford one of the “better” slave owners‚ as he was a noble‚ Christian man. But Ford gets into a bit of financial trouble and ends up selling Platt to John M. Tibeats‚ Ford’s carpenter. Under Tibeats‚ Platt works relentlessly to many unreasonable demands. Tibeats is also a very abusive master‚ as he tries to kill Platt more than
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again. Solomon is then put with the rest of the slaves‚ "Burch’s gang"‚ then he realizes how hopeless his situation is. He is then transported to New Orleans. This is where one of Burchs’s associates‚ Theophilus Freeman‚ changes Solomon’s name to Platt. His name is changed with the aim of erasing his past and giving him a new identity. Solomon falls ill with smallpox and cannot be sold‚ but recovers later and is sold with a "nigger girl" named Eliza‚ to a slaver named William
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Film Analysis Essay: 12 Years a Slave In 12 Years a Slave‚ audiences across the nation witnessed Steve McQueen’s depiction of the hardships of the African American Solomon Northup. Steve McQueen’s inspiration was Solomon Northup’s 19th century memoir‚ 12 Years a Slave. This novel told the heart wrenching story of an educated and free African American who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the south in 1841. Throughout the film‚ Steve McQueen successfully portrays the tribulations of Solomon
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originally a happy girl‚ received brunt of Epps’ abuse being repeatedly raped and whipped at his enjoyment. Mistress Epps became jealous of Patsey and ordered her abuse. At one point‚ Platt was forced to whip Patsey naked‚ as the Epps’ observed the brutality. Slowly losing all hope of being reunited with his family‚ Platt meets a carpenter employed by Epps named Bass‚ who is an abolitionist himself. Bass orchestrates Northup’s freedom by sending letters to his friends in the North‚ who come down and
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climbed 2% to $1‚350 per metric ton (/mt) in December‚ according to the just-released monthly average of the Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI)‚ a benchmark basket of seven widely used petrochemicals. This follows a drop of 2% in November. But on a year-over-year basis‚ petrochemical prices were up 16% from the December 2011 average price of $1‚161/mt‚ according to data published by Platts‚ a leading global energy‚ petrochemicals and metals information provider and a top source of benchmark price
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U.S. annexed Hawaii Sanford Dole Ch 18 Sec 2 Jose Marti U.S.S. Maine Yellow Journalism Rough Riders Treaty of Paris Ch 18 Sec 3 U.S. & Philippines after S-A War Emilio Aguinaldo Open Door Policy Boxer Rebellion Ch 18 Sec 4 The Platt Amendment Panama Canal Roosevelt Corollary “dollar diplomacy” Ch 19 Sec 1 Causes of WWI The Triple Entente (Allies) The Triple Alliance (Central Powers) Why Wilson thought U.S. should remain neutral Lusitania Zimmer Note Trench Warfare
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The Mallows‚ also known as Alida Chanler Emmet and Christopher Temple Emmet Estate‚ is a historic home located at Head of the Harbor in Suffolk County‚ New York. It is a Colonial Revival estate home designed in 1906 by noted architect Charles A. Platt (1861–1933). It is an imposing structure‚ finished in stucco with powerful wooden detailing at the principal doorways‚ roof cornice and porch. It is a large rectangular mass‚ two full stories in height‚ seven bays long‚ with projecting wings. It features
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