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Greetings fellow abolitionist! I have the most exciting news! I have just finished reading a copy of Solomon Northup’s memoir entitled 12 Years a Slave. Although it was difficult to read, this book helps our cause to abolish slavery immensely. Northup describes in detail the gruesome treatment that he and the other slaves received. From…

Civil disobedience is the refusal to comply with certain laws as a peaceful form protest, which the main character Antigone displayed by going against Creon’s wishes by burring her brother poloneicies. Antigone uses metaphors and her tone to show that civil disobedience is not always wrong if it was done for the right cause Antigone…

While not many know where you can find this place, but it’s clear that a big case like Philando Castile is well recognized state wide. In a small city in the state of Minnesota, called Falcon heights, is where one of the first serious police misconduct cases occurred within the year of 2016. As misconduct…

For years prejudice and racial bias have favored white people, affirmative action is a way to give to those people that has been oppressed and prejudiced against, however it can also be used as a system to keep benefiting white people, in this essay will be discussing affirmative action is policy that helps and gives…

Throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter. written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne presents the seventeenth-century Puritan society as the setting for the main character known as Hester. Being branded as an adulteress by society, Hester was forced to confront the life of wearing the scarlet letter “A”, to observe the relationship between Dimmesdale and Chillingwonh, and…

Beginning in the 1970’s, many harsh changes made to government policies on crime and punishment targeted and put many poor minority men into the prison system. The growth of the prison system grew drastically, concealing the extent of the economic inequality and planting the seeds for greater inequality in the upcoming years. Western and Pettit…

Have you wondered why serving people is so beneficial? Helping people and serving them can be so rewarding not just to those you are helping but also yourself. Spending just a little of your time serving can have a huge impact on someone else’s life. How does serving the people in Belize benefit them? Volunteering…

The Narrative of Life of Frederick Douglass, An american Slave and NightJohn the film not only talks about freedom struggles of all people and its political sense but both the intimate relationship of literal slavery and slavery of illiteracy. Both NightJohn and Douglass imply liberation of one’s body and of one’s mind and soul which…

Crime is characterized by any human act that goes against criminal laws written by the local, state, or national government. According to Merriam-Webster, a crime is defined as “an illegal act for which someone can be punished by the government.” Every crime results in a punishable offense. Examples of crimes includes robbery, rape, and murder….

China has a population of about “one billion, three hundred eighty-four million, six hundred eighty-eight thousand, nine hundred eighty-six” and is increasing rapidly each second. China has the largest number of population in world followed by India with a population of “one billion, two hundred ninety-six million, eight hundred thirty-four thousand, forty-two”. The united states…