American Civil War, in a Fly
Edgar Wollstone
AJS
5,0star
1 ressenyareport
Llibre electrònic
50
Pàgines
reportNo es verifiquen les puntuacions ni les ressenyes Més informació
Sobre aquest llibre
In the early 17th century, a ship named White Lion docked near a port in Virginia. It was an ominous landing, a harbinger of decades-long history of bondage and slavery. The first “slaves” had arrived on American soil from present-day Angola. They numbered just 20 then, but by the late 19th century, the number of slaves stood at a staggering 4 million. Slaves from Africa remained under the treacherous yoke of slavery for generations, bereft of their right to live as human beings. An odious institution was slowly beginning to take roots on the American soil; unchecked and unbridled, it grew to such monstrous proportion that in just a few years slavery was a well-accepted norm and a gross reality that a war was waged for its sake. A nation stood divided, whipsawed between an anti-slavery, predominately republican North America and pro-slavery democrat South America. Planters and manufacturers were in cahoots with the local populace in normalizing this evil practice, which is nothing but an abomination of human life and freedom. It was so profitable for the large plantation owners and feudal lords in the South, that they were not ready to let go of slavery and fought a war though their population of 5 million was laughable compared to the 20 million in North America. The oppressor continued his abuse and the oppressed continued the silent forbearance. When Abraham Lincoln, the great American leader and visionary president signed the Emancipation Proclamation on the 1st of January 1863, he not only liberated the 4 million African slaves, but also generations of African slaves from a shameful, cruel, and torturous bondage. In one stroke of his pen, he transformed their lives from “slaves” to “free”. The Pen is mightier than the sword, indeed!
Puntuacions i ressenyes
5,0
1 ressenya
Puntua aquest llibre electrònic
Dona'ns la teva opinió.
Informació de lectura
Telèfons intel·ligents i tauletes
Instal·la l'aplicació Google Play Llibres per a Android i per a iPad i iPhone. Aquesta aplicació se sincronitza automàticament amb el compte i et permet llegir llibres en línia o sense connexió a qualsevol lloc.
Ordinadors portàtils i ordinadors de taula
Pots escoltar els audiollibres que has comprat a Google Play amb el navegador web de l'ordinador.
Lectors de llibres electrònics i altres dispositius
Per llegir en dispositius de tinta electrònica, com ara lectors de llibres electrònics Kobo, hauràs de baixar un fitxer i transferir-lo al dispositiu. Segueix les instruccions detallades del Centre d'ajuda per transferir els fitxers a lectors de llibres electrònics compatibles.
