Enslaved Africans and indentured servants did not have the inalienable right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” that British colonists asserted to justify their Declaration of Independence. Nor were they included among the “People of the United States” who established the ...
people, and the necessity for a well-ordered society. Southern separatism in defense of slavery culminated in 1860–61, when 11 Southern states (South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee)secededfrom the Union and ...
The very first true description of neural cells belongs to Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) who described (in the 1740s) that the “globules” or “cerebellulas” (small brains) were independent functional entities that were interconnected with fibres; these globules and their projected fibres were...
The fate of enslaved people in the United States divided the nation during theCivil War. And after the war, the racist legacy of slavery persisted, spurring movements of resistance, including theUnderground Railroad, theMontgomery Bus Boycott, theSelma to Montgomery March, and, later, theBlack Li...
Aroused by continued seizures of their food supplies, other exactions, and abuse of their women, the formerly peaceful Indians rebelled- -only to be crushed decisively in 1495. Columbus, who ruled the colony as royal governor until 1499, attempted to put an end to the more serious abuses...
and these, addedto the customs of the people, created *a new social order. Some states of LatinAmerica obviously began in this way. When the masters organized the work oftheir subjects to take advantage of some ph...
John the Baptist and St. Charles Parishes, Louisiana. While the slave insurgency was the largest in US history, the rebels killed only two white men. Confrontations with militia and executions after trial killed 95 black people. White men led by officials of the territory formed militia ...
But after the end of theAmerican Revolutionary War, slavery was maintained in the new states. The new U.S.Constitutiontacitly acknowledged the institution of slavery, when it determined thatthree out of every fiveenslaved people were counted when determining a state's total population for the purp...
The ambassador from the People's Republic of China is summoned by Japan's government after a flotilla of Chinese ships sail near the disputed Senkaku Islands Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., publishes a letter to Chinese customers, addressing issues regarding the company's warranty policies in Chin...
In June 1917, he reached the apex of his military career when he took command of the Second Army (Italy) and captured the Bainsizza Plateau (Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo). Later, he was removed from command after the Italian defeat at the Battle of Caporetto (reference to the Frommer...