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    gold buried on the Small’s land. They feel that it should belong to them and pull many risky stunts to try and find it. Mrs. Darrow is Pestys mother and the key to many secrets of the house and the tunnels that were once apart of the Underground Railroad. Due to her mental illness‚ she cannot speak and remember things clearly. Thomas’s father has known the location of the gold‚ and being the good man that he is‚ arranges for the Darrows to find it. He did this so they could live next to each other

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    experience of rail travel‚ yet he never seriously addresses‚ or indeed more than tangentially mentions‚ the other major technology that mediated perception through an apparatus: photography and ultimately film. He is concerned only with the effects of the railroad on perception‚ and thus misses‚ or refuses to see‚ the other train (i.e.‚ filmic/ photographic perception) running on tracks parallel to his own story‚ which is especially unfortunate because it is moving in the same direction (modernity)‚ and at

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    Harriet Tubman is a remarkable woman‚ who suffered many hardships that developed her character. She was an extraordinary heroine‚ For example‚ Harriet Tubman began her adventurous life as a slave on a plantation. Additionally‚ with unbreakable determination Harriet Tubman used her strength to escape her plantation. Finally‚ Harriet Tubman spent years of her incredible life freeing slaves. Throughout Harriet Tubman’s life she accomplished enough honorable goals that would take most people a numerous

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    “The Color Purple” research project End of slavery is the USA – The Underground Railroad Even from the beginning of the USA slavery was the norm. White people owned the black people and made them work for them‚ long days‚ hard work and in terrible conditions. However some people realised that this was wrong. The earliest recorded rescue of slaves was in 1787 when Isaac Hopper began helping slaves escape from their owners and live free lives as they deserved. By the 1820’s this operation was in

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    the civil war era. Not only was she a conductor of the underground railroad‚ but she was a Union spymaster. What is a union spymaster you may ask ? Well a Union spymaster is the leading spy‚ or one of the leading spies of the Union. She demonstrated intelligence that could be considered advanced for the era‚ although espionage could have existed long before the civil war. Along with helping slaves through the underground railroad‚ she served as a spy for the union army. Harriet did not initially

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    hoping that she could change her husband?s mind about moving to the North. But by that time he remarried. Harriet joined the abolitionist cause‚ there are working on the end of slavery. She became the conductor on the Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania. The Underground Railroad is a system where antislavery activists help the slaves from the south to the

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    A Hidden Hero

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    of integrity‚ charity‚ endurance‚ perseverance‚ and courage‚ she beats them all! Harriet Tubman‚ also known as Moses‚ risked her own life repeatedly for the lives of others. Harriet Tubman is the most well-known for her use of the ‘underground railroad’. On this dangerous mission she took upon herself‚ Harriet rescued three hundred slaves. She traveled repeatedly over swamps‚ where the weight of the water would suck you deep into its depths‚ thick wooded forest‚ where‚ at night‚ you couldn’t see

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    But I wanted out‚ I couldnt bare to take the pain any more. So I came up with a plan. Two former slaves and I decided to escape on our 10 minute lunch time. Instead of going to lunch‚ we were going to meet up with other slaves at the underground railroad and make our escape. Lunch started and this was our time‚ we walked all the way to the last road near the underground rail road. I felt soo satisfied‚ thinking i completed my mission. Until i heard a person

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    Many cities across the United States have interesting nicknames given to them by their inhabitants‚ based on what makes those specific cities special. New Castle‚ Pennsylvania‚ the county seat‚ is known as “The Fireworks Capital of America.” This is because Lawrence County was once the largest producer of fireworks in the world‚ thanks to two large fireworks companies that began here. In 1893‚ Antonio Zambelli travelled from Italy to Western Pennsylvania to start his business. He quickly became successful

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    Railroads have been around for almost two hundred years. During the Industrial Revolution‚ Railroads were one of the important factors. Railroads brought out only benefits to America‚ they brought political‚ economic and social change in only 50 years since they were brought to America. Trains and railroads were also an important factor during the civil war. Trains helped by carrying military supplies from one military camp to another. Over the next 50 years‚ America would come to build spectacular

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