There he continued his self-education while serving as storekeeper, militia captain in the Black Hawk War, and postmaster. In 1832, he lost a race for the state legislature but won a seat as a Whig 2 years later, serving 4 terms and gaining statewide popularity for his homespun wit and integrity. During this period, Lincoln also began his private study of law, borrowing books from a local attorney, and was licensed to practice in 1836. Increasingly successful as a circuit rider, he settled in Springfield, the new capital. In 1847, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and during his single term became known for both his opposition to the Mexican War and the institution of slavery.
The Civil War was ravaging the country, and hundreds of thousands were already dead. Lincoln’s speech addressed the nation at a critical time, and was exactly what the people needed to hear. Lincoln comforts and inspires the people with his last line, “[L]et us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne this battle, and for his widow, and his orphan…” This statement of determination gives the people hope for a brighter future, and faith in the man who will bring it to them. The Second Inaugural is chock-full of exemplary rhetorical strategies that greatly add to the effectiveness of the speech. Lincoln persuades and assures the people that the Confederates are malicious rebels, bent on, “making war,” and, “destroying the nation.” He does this by referring to the Confederates only as “insurgents,” and giving them an aura of wickedness by saying, “Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.” This cunning use of diction and antithesis, using “make war” in reference to the Confederates and “accept war” in relation to the Union, puts all the blame of the war on the Confederates.
He represented mostly coal miners and their families. This foreshadowed his long political career of representing, Alabama’s poorest, disadvantaged people. Mr. Elliott fought strongly in support of better education. He stated once that education is what made him into a successful man. He played an important part in passing the Library Services and Construction Act of 1956.
As a teenager, he worked as an apprentice printer for a newspaper in Vermont, called “Northern Spectator” (Howe, 2013). c.) After that, he worked as a printer at the “Erie Gazette”, in Erie, Pennsylvania. He moved to New York City in 1831, in search of becoming an editor of a paper. Meanwhile, he was also working as a printer for “The Evening Post.” Three years later, he saved up enough money to start a news journal, called the “New Yorker.” In 1841, Greeley founded the “New York Tribune” and became the editor, which he operated for the rest of his life. (Transition: Now that I’ve told you a little about his life beginnings and upbringing, let me tell you a little about the origin
Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832. Louisa was the one of the daughters of Bronson Alcott an educator and philosopher and Abigail May Alcott. Her father had a hard time adjusting to many jobs and due to his lack of taking this job he was unable to support his family. The Alcott’s were a very poor family and since the money was arriving. The family decided to move to Boston, Massachusetts in 1834 where he began his own school in which he would put his teaching methods in practice.
John Brown was born into a deeply religious family in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1800. His father, Owen, was vehemently opposed to slavery. So his father and mother, Ruth, moved the family to northern Ohio, when John was five. His father opened a tannery. At the age of 16, John left his family and went to Plainfield, Massachusetts, where he enrolled in a preparatory program.
THE LIFE OF MARCUS GARVEY By: Marcus Garvey, aka Marcus Garvey jr., was born August 17, 1887 and had 11 brothers and sisters. Only Marcus and his sister, Indiana, would live to be 21. Marcus’s father owned a large library and where he got his love of reading. Marcus got his first taste of racism while he was in elementary school. In 1900, Marcus started an apprenticeship with his uncle who also owned a large amount of books.
They fought each other to take control of slavery in America. After half of the Civil War had passed, President Lincoln had a significant speech in Gettysburg. It created people’s trust in Lincoln and motivated people fighting for anti-slavery. The president also mentioned that the United States passed through many obstacles to become a huge country, and he ensured that the Civil War was a test that would show that this nation can be long enduring. In my opinion, the Gettysburg Address is such a great speech because of its power opening, brevity, and a perusable ending.
Brown was born in 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut to an extremely religious and abolitionist family where he first began forming his anti-slavery views. For most of his life, Brown and his large family, he fathered twenty children, moved around the country settling in various states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York where he held several odd jobs but never became financially successful. However, his lack of funds did not impact his support for the abolitionist movement. He helped finance anti-slavery publications, gave land to fugitive slaves, participated in the Underground Railroad made famous by abolitionist and former slave Harriet Tubman and even took in black youth to raise as their own. In 1851, he also helped establish the League of Gileadites, an organization that worked to protect escaped slaves from slave catchers.
His legal name was Lee Conley Bradley and was one of seven children. Andrew, the oldest of the three boys, was born in 1882, followed two years later by Mattire, Rachel, born in 1887, James born in 1890, Sallie in 1892, Frank Jr. born in 1897, and Gustavia born in 1899. His father, Frank Broonzy (Bradley) and his mother, Mittie Belcher, has both been born into slavery. During his childhood they moved to Pine Bluff to work the fields. His life as a child was difficult because he received only minimal schooling.