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    and then replacing them‚ in order to maximize his profit output‚ his primary goal. Shelby’s decision to sell Tom and Eliza’s son‚ Harry while Tom was educating Shelby’s son in Christianity showed Shelby’s true intentions and morals. Shelby calmly enjoyed a cigar with Mr. Haley while signing away the lives of two individuals. Shelby’s wife‚ Emily‚ however‚ greatly detested slavery and was incredibly distraught at the news‚ trying everything in her power to alter the decision. Upon

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    During the American Civil War‚ both the Northern Union and the Southern Confederacy’s navies were very important for the war. Without the navies‚ the war might have ended up very different. The two navies completely changed the way that the United States thought about naval warfare. The Union Navy’s First step in the war was to set up a blockade of every single Confederate Port (Veit). At first‚ the North’s navy only consisted of about thirty steam ships (Davidson and Stoff The American Nation

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    Essays by American Minorities 1. The Age of White Guilt by: Shelby Steele In this essay written by African American Shelby Steele‚ he tells of the hard times of his people. He leads the reader through his experiences in the civil rights movement and compares the life of an African American in the 1960’s and one in the present day. He writes that African Americans today would have to use ever ounce of their intelligence and imagination to find reasons for them not to succeed in today’s society

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    Regular Council Meeting April 1‚ 2010 Mayor Thomas L. Hardesty called the regular council meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. with the following council members present: Alan Matthews‚ Mike Zoeller‚ Donna Eaton‚ and George Best. Absent: Shane Suttor and Jon Swindler. City Employees Present: Jennifer Herrell‚ Judy Smith‚ Kevin Calvert‚ Tom Doyle‚ Inez Harris‚ and Jeff Tennill. City Attorney: Frank Chuppe. Councilmember Best gave the invocation. All present pledged allegiance to the flag

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    com/the-cra-debate-a-users-guide-2009-6 Carney‚ J. (2009b). Sorry‚ folks‚ the CRA really did require crap lending standards‚ June 23‚ 2009. Retrieved 15 January‚ 2010 from http://www.businessinsider.com/sorry-folks-the-cra-really-did-require-crap-lending-standards-2009-6 Foote‚ C.‚ Gerardi‚ K.‚ Goette‚ L. & Willen‚ P.‚ (2008). Journal of Housing Economics‚ 17: 291-305

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    civil war (1). The book was published in the year 1852.It’s an anti-slavery book which tells us about the historical problems such as slavery‚ racism‚ color discrimination and many more. The book begins in Kentucky‚ at Shelby’s plantation where Mr. Shelby sells Uncle Tom and Harry to Mr. Haley. Throughout the novel innocent people are sold and bought. The main thing that the book is about is slavery. The main themes behind this story are slavery‚

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    fears‚ hate and disgust. Even though this book involves the terrible practice of slavery‚ you will still meet some ethically moral slave owners who did not beat or harm their slaves. This‚ though‚ was a rarity. Several such examples were that of Mr. Shelby‚ the man who owned our protagonist‚ Uncle Tom‚

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    Rassmessen says “ we build each other up‚ work together very well‚ we are all good friends‚ and even before a game we keep each other pumped up.” The Fastpitch team has created an amazing bond with one another. They have two enthusastic co captains‚ Shelby Starkovich‚ and Emily

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    even inspired characters of the novel to do so after his death. For example‚ George Shelby expresses the need for a change in the system of slavery with this quote. “Witness‚ eternal God! Oh‚ witness that‚ from this hour‚ I will do what one man can to drive out this curse of slavery from my land!” ¬¬¬(Stowe‚ 1852). After Tom’s death‚ he inspired other to not only live a he did but as Christ did as well. George Shelby wishes to abolish slavery after the death of Tom. Although he and other characters

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    The ideology of parentalism is that the slave owner extends is “fatherly grace” by clothing‚ feeding‚ housing his slaves and treating them as basic human beings. Mr. Shelby is one of the rare few who fall into this category. Compared to George Harris‚ Mr. Shelby treats his slaves as almost an extended part of his family. Mrs. Shelby teaches the slaves how to write and read‚ a luxury few slaves are allowed‚ and

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