On Saturday, March 2nd, 1776, the British were not sleeping peacefully in Boston. They were exchanging gun and cannon fire with the American army camped outside their walls. But according to David McCullough in his book 1776, “Little damage was done by the exchange. It was nearly all noise.” The Sunday night was similar, andContinue reading “Dorchester Heights”
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What Made “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” a Classic
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin is regarded as a classic, and though I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, I finished it with the decided opinion that it wasn’t as good as many of the other classics that I have read (take Pride and Prejudice, for example). My mom was of a similar opinion whenContinue reading “What Made “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” a Classic”
The Necessity of the Civil War for Abolishing Slavery
More than 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War, as well as countless civilians. This means that the number of Americans who died during that one war was as great as the numbers of Americans who died in all other wars through Vietnam combined. Of course, this statistic is helped immensely by all of theContinue reading “The Necessity of the Civil War for Abolishing Slavery”
Ellen Sheehy 