Frederick Douglass, and many other activists, argued that slavery is the core of American life; this is an accurate statement to say the least. Nothing else in the history of the United States had a larger impact on institutions, lifestyles, and ideals than slavery did. Slavery had an extensive role in political structures since its implementation because of its economic purposes, despite the terrible living conditions and cruel treatment slaves faced. Political upheaval in the forms of the Abolitionist
People of the Civil War 1. John Wilkes Booth Primarily “known as the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln”, John Wilkes Booth, also a renowned actor on stage, conspired to capture Abraham Lincoln with his associates (History.com). Instead of going as he had planned, John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln point-blank in the head on April 14, 1865 instead. This homicidal event took place during Lincoln’s attendance to Ford’s Theatre to watch a play with his wife. As an event that caused mass uproar
In the play Antigone, Sophocles introduces a major theme of rebellion in the play’s protagonist, Antigone. The plot develops following the death of Antigone’s brothers. Both of her brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, died in battle, but the strange part is that they were fighting against each other for their father’s throne. Succeeding their deaths, the King, Creon, orders that Eteocles is the only brother to get a proper burial and funeral. Polyneices, as a result, is to be left untouched and without
escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. And, as she once proudly pointed out to Frederick Douglass, in all of her journeys she "never lost a single passenger." Her drive was developed at a young age. Growing up as a slave and exposed to that harsh treatment, Harriett determined to gain her freedom and that of her family. This intense desire gave birth to the idea of the Underground Railroad. (Africans in America,