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    Two years ago in 1852‚ a novel written by female abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ was published and quickly became a bestseller worldwide that has been translated in up to 60 languages. The book has been rumoured to be the cause of the Civil War due to the effect it had on nation’s view of slavery and the awakening of the ignorant-minded. The author‚ Stowe‚ resided in the city of Cincinnati with her single mother and six other siblings. Their home happened to be near the

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    The book that I chose to write my report on is Uncle Tom’s Cabin; this book is written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was written in 1851‚ published in 1852‚ which was a time in American history where slavery was a hotly contested subject. Stowe was an abolitionist‚ helping to free salves from the South. Her book helped spark the Civil War due to its very controversial view of white slave owners and the portrayal of the salve and all of the atrocities done against them. Also during this time the Compromise

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    In David Reynolds’s “Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America”‚ a detailed monograph supports the ethical background of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s controversial novel‚ “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” while analyzing its importance in American History. The notorious Bancroft Prize-winning author depicts Stowe’s literature influence on the abolitionist movement‚ the American Civil War‚ and inspiration projected onto racial discussion still to this day. His intent was more to honor Stowe

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    Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ once said:“ I feel now that the time is come when even a women or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak…I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.” Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ abolitionist and author‚ wrote about the cruel lives African Americans endured. Stowe was anti slavery and believed that anyone who had a voice was required to speak up for the cruelties of mankind. The central idea of freedom is

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    The Railroad Boom

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    The Railroad Boom The main reason for the transcontinental railroads to be built was to bring the east and west together. The building of these railroads caused huge economic growth throughout the United States. The railroad created opportunities for everyone across the US. “Railroads were the first big business‚ the first magnet for the great financial markets‚ and the first industry to develop a large-scale management bureaucracy. The railroads opened the western half of the nation to economic

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    Notes From The Underground

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    Notes From The Underground In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel‚ Notes from the Underground‚ the Underground Man is in a constant struggle between himself. Not only is he in a constant struggle with his overall self‚ but he is also at war with others around him in general. Throughout the novel‚ the Underground Man attempts to establish connections with others‚ ranging from the officer‚ his old school friends‚ and to Liza‚ the prostitute. It’s unfortunate to say that the Underground Man has proven to be

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    Underground Bands & Musicians of Bangladesh Submitted to Shenin Ziauddin Lecturer Department of Banking University of Dhaka Date of Submission 21 April‚ 2010. Underground Bands & Musicians of Bangladesh Submitted By Group 3 Mohammad Tanvir Shahariar ID:16024 Firoz Hasan Siddiquee ID:16008 Tashmeem Farhana Iftekhar ID:16061 Inur Nahar ID:16019 Amit Kumar Shaha ID:16026 Shahariar Kabir ID:16015 April 21‚ 2010.

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    Harriet Tubman

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    Freedom Harriet Tubman was a brave woman‚ she managed to take eleven slaves to Canada‚ with no one noticing anything. She also did something that was surprising‚ she took the gun that she had with her to make a slave stay or to die‚ "We got to go free or die." She didn’t allowed a slave to go back while they were traveling because someone might figured that he/she were returning from the running slaves and might have to answer questions. She traveled to differents places to stay like Thomas Garret’s

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    their place in society. Yet there were always the rebel slaves that ran away from their owners to seek freedom in the North. This eventually paved The Underground Railroad. Runaway slaves were a constant problem in southern

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    Often called "The Father of the Underground Railroad"‚ William Still helped as many as 800 slaves escape to freedom. He interviewed each person and kept careful records‚ including a brief biography and the destination for each‚ along with any alias adopted. He kept his records hidden but knew the accounts would be important in aiding the future reunion of family members who became separated under slavery‚ which he had learned when he aided his own brother Peter‚ whom he had previously never met before

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