Pennington's Story: My Truth

According to the Quaker belief, each person has a “light of Christ” inside of them. As a part of being a Quaker, a believer is to follow out the light inside of them in whatever way they see fit. This is a major stepping stone that created the freedom of religion in Pennsylvania. When forming the government and laws, Penn abided by his beliefs and created a law that called for religious tolerance, and invited persecuted groups from Europe over to the colony. However only those who believe in God (mainly Christians) could vote and hold official positions. None the less, a countless number of people came over to participate in the social and economic affairs in PA. Even in a book written by Penn, Liberty of Conscience, he

This effective depiction of the merciless treatment creates sympathy. Frederick Douglass, who grew up as a slave, was promised an education by his “kind and tenderhearted” mistress, but was not given a complete one because of her belief that “that education and slavery are incompatible.” Douglass would then take any measure to improve his literacy, even going to the shipyard to watch workers carve letters into lumber. It is ironic that she becomes apprehensive about Douglass’ new knowledge, and was even “narrowly watched,” because the mistress was the one that taught him all he knew. The tense diction creates the sense that Douglass has now become a threat, now that he has some education.

After establishing the last English colony during the seventeenth century, William Penn sought ways to create a safe haven for those who suffer from religious persecution in Europe. Additionally, William Penn also pictured a place of equality in which colonists and Indians can live in harmony while enjoying their religious freedom. William Penn might have considered his colony in Pennsylvania as his “holy experiment” because he wanted to try something different and test out new things within his colony such as establishing a place where there is religious freedom and equality. Furthermore, William Penn was an active member of the Society of Friends, Quakers, and his participation with the group helped him develop the concept of his “holy experiment” along with helping those who faced religious persecution.

Within a Year of Young William Penn's release, William Penn Sr. had passed away. William Penn after departing for a sidetrip to see "Guli" his future wife, stayed an extra 4 days because of Guli and this marked the start of their soon to be marriage. Although this was postponed 3 years because of William Penn's work that needed to be finished for his father in Ireland. Penn worked hard to obtain the release of captive Quakers in prison during his visit to Ireland. His father's affairs came after his Quaker faith during his arrival in Ireland. He persistantly attempted to gain release while having knowlege of The Court's ways to help his cause. Penn's hard work payed off and his friends were released from prisons via Penn's invaluable skills of politics, persausion, and influence on the Stuart Court and Brokers of the Court. After his Quaker escapedes, William Penn Jr. immediately atteneded to his fathers errands which majorily were good and serving a good job for William Penn Sr. But his father's health was failing and William Penn Jr. soon rushed home to england upon recieveing a scary letter from his mother. He left his advisor in charge of the Irish

Through his diction, specifically the use of “wicked desires,” “own lusts,” and “cunning arrangement,” Douglass clearly identifies the evil within the master’s acts. Douglass logically explains why “my master was my father,” by presenting the details of what happens to the children of slave women. Within this logos-driven passage, however, is a strong emotional appeal. The factual representation of what happened in these cases is corrupt within itself, and through his wording, Douglass attacks slavery and the acts of his master. Laws themselves made slaveholders the slave’s fathers, and Douglass exposes the inhumane concept of being born into slavery.

(3) When first reading these narratives one would often assume, by what history tells us, that slave owners were cruel, hated men who often beat slaves severely if they committed even the slightest infraction. While this depiction does stand true for some slave owners, I was surprised to find that most of the former slaves interviewed in the “Slave Narratives” often held their masters in high regards, referring to them as kind and good. Former slave Harriett Gresham even goes as far to say that her master, Mr. Bellinger was “exceptionally kind”. Many slaves in the narratives described their masters as good to his slaves and never whipping them unless it was absolutely necessary. However, when the former slaves spoke of the “paterollers”, white men who roamed the roads in search of runaway slaves often beating them and returning them to their owners, they were described as being very cruel to slaves showing no sympathy to any slave found running away from a

Authors often exaggerate or revise small details of their own books in order to produce an emotion in the reader instead of a factual representation. However, this does not make authors to be liers, only fabricators. In times or social unjust it is necessary for the oppressed to voice their opinions for the purpose of gaining equality. As it may seem immoral to twist truths, if done correctly it will strengthen the author's message, without compromising the authenticity of the plot. One can see this in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, along with his, My Bondage and My Freedom. Both novels are accounts of Douglass’ troublesome journey from a slave to a freeman. These heroic accounts served as prominent and respected

In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, the dehumanization of slaves often occurs, as white plantation owners view slaves as objects undeserving of humane treatment in order to uphold power and warrant their unjust practices. Limiting knowledge and prohibiting education for African Americans was one strategy common among slave owners, as “it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant” (17). Due to their lack of intellect, slaves could not recognize the injustices of the slavery system and had little chances of escaping. When Mrs. Auld attempts to teach Frederick Douglass how to read and write, Mr. Auld claims, “A n***** should know nothing but to obey

Douglass’s life as slave was subjected to more cruel punishments than an indentured servant would have recieved.When Douglass described the severe punishment of his aunt Hester given by Colonel Lloyd as

Patrick Henry once said, “give me liberty, or give me death.” In the eyes of Frederick Douglass and countless others enslaved, this took on a much deeper meaning to them. “It was doubtful liberty at most, and almost certain death is we failed.” [51] Frederick Douglass was one of the most commonly known slaves to have existed. Slavery has been around since the 1700s, but the subject of slavery is controversial because it not only includes information written from former slaves, but information acquired from historians. The question that has with stood the test of time is, “are these encounters that have been written out, exaggerated or the whole truth and nothing but the truth?” In the early 1800’s Frederick Douglass was born in Tuckahoe, Maryland, and grew up on Colonial Edward Lloyd’s plantation. Children would be separated from their mothers before they were twelve months in age-Frederick too was separated from his mother. As a result of entering slave-hood at an early age, he did not know his birthdate (like most slaves). Frederick Douglass’s account on slavery could be seen as biased as a result of first hand experiences with being held as a slave. Although, Douglass is able to be direct our thoughts to these experiences in such a light, you feel as if you are witnessing it happen right before you. Because of Douglass’s quest for freedom, his daring attitude, and determination to learn, he shows us the way through American Slavery in his eyes. Douglass provides

Penn was interested in religion from the time he was a child. When he was twelve years old he had the opportunity to hear testimony from a traveling Quaker minister, Thomas Loe. Penn was touched by Loe’s message, and sought the ‘authentic Christian message’ rather then focusing on ‘institutional’ religion. At the

The Original Zoo of Natural Environments (OZONE) is under design to be built in Colchester, Connecticut. The zoo’s plan is to design statues that would be displayed in front of each animal exhibit, however they want to use the best building material that won’t get damaged by the effects of acid rain. The town council has chosen the students of Bacon Academy to figure out what material would be the best. An experiment was conducted using limestone, granite and red sandstone as the building materials.

Wilbur Wright was born near Millville Indiana on August 19 1867.Orville Wright was born in Dayton, Ohio on April 16 1871. The Wright Brothers are known for inventing building and flying the world's first successful airplane. Between 1899 and 1905 the Wright Brothers made the first motorized plane that worked. In 1899 and 1901 they were mainly focused on a glider but then put a motor in it. Also in 1889 they had a printing and newspaper business. In 1893 the opened the wright bike shop and did that until 1895. The wright brothers were buried in woodland cemetery and arboretum orville died in January 30, 1948 and wilbert died in May 30, 1912.The wright brothers were two of seven children. The two brothers brought home a toy helicopter and played

Impressionism takes the moment at hand and depicts it with light and color. George Seurat was influenced by Impressionism using modern subjects and urban leisure scenes. He used color characterizing of Impressionism but also made arrangements based on color theory. Seurat wanted to capture all the colors that interacted to make their own appearance which differed in thought to Impressionism of putting colors next to each other to create colors that blended optically. Seurat helped move Impressionism into Post-Impressionism by developing a systematic structured way of painting.

The effect of this passage, in addition to introducing the idea that slaves were considered to be no more civilized than animals, is an emphasis on Douglass’s lack of a human identity. As a slave, his role was that of an animal whose purpose was to work for his “master.” This internalization of the animal/slave role is accentuated further when Douglass discusses the slave’s notion of time as “planting-time, harvest-time, cherry-time, spring-time, or fall-time” (Douglass 255). The institution of slavery, which forced the comparison of slave to animal, required the slave to consider time in terms of his master—time to work, time to plant, time to harvest. Thus, slaves were unable to utilize a concept of time of their own making to identify themselves because their concepts of time reflected what was important to their “masters” and not to themselves. By representing the slaves as relying on their “masters’” wishes to identify themselves, Douglass emphasizes the comparison between slave and animals.