… a boy was born into the world. This boy was to face many feats and conquer them like no other. Unknown at the time, this child born to Jamaican immigrants was to change the nation, and although unexpected, a young black boy, was to grow up to…

… Boston, January 19, 1809. He died on October 7, 1849. He was a writer known for his poems and short stories. He was the son of David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins. Both of Poe's parents were members of the Boston Theatre. His father had served…

… man. He was born in 1736 in Hanover Virginia on May 29th. He died on June 6th 1799. He was buried at Redhill in Charlotte County. He will always be remembered in Usa ,and for his great speech “Give me liberator or give me death” When Patrick Henry…

… stock options. At the core this strategy deals with rewarding stock options and cash to its executives. A typical example of how it works: A CEO receives a contingent grant of up to 5,000 performance shares at the beginning of the year. The total…

… an American Slave,” Douglass discusses the effects of slavery on slaves themselves, but also on slave owners. Specifically, he focuses on how slavery affected Mrs. Auld, his master’s wife. Mrs. Auld was from the North, and had never owned…

… December 14, 1799. He was born in Wakefield Plantation, Virginia in 1732 and was the eldest of six children from his father's second marriage. He lost his father when he was 11 and started to look up to his half brother who served in the Royal…

… novelist, journalist, writer of short stories, and winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize for literature. He created a distinguished body for prose fiction; much of which was based on his adventurous life. Hemingway was the second of six children of Clarence…

… was one of the truly great men of all time. He led the United States during the American Civil War (1861-1865), which was the greatest crisis in U.S. history. Lincoln helped end slavery in the nation and helped keep the American Union from splitting…

… saw a homeless man or woman in the street? Did you ever wonder what events had to have happened to make that person want to or have to live in the streets with no place to go to? There are many things that could have happened to them which might have…

… Douglass Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs wield control over their audience because of the nature of the autobiography. Autobiographical works are biased in that only one point of view is presented, and that is the point of view of…