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Walt Whitman: There Was a Child Went Forth
There Was a Child Went ForthThere was a child went forth every day, And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain…The True George Washington: Farmer and Proprietor: Products
ProductsThe magnitude of the charge of such an estate can be better understood when the condition of a Virginia plantation is realized. Before the Revolution practically everything the…Brewer's: Craft
(A). A trade (Anglo-Saxon, cræft). A craftsman is a mechanic. A handicraft is manual skill, i.e. mechanical skill. And leechcraft is skill in medicine. (Anglo-Saxon læce-cræft; læce, a…Walt Whitman: Song of the Broad-Axe, Part 3
Part 3The log at the wood-pile, the axe supported by it, The sylvan hut, the vine over the doorway, the space clear'd for garden, The irregular tapping of rain down on the leaves after the…sailing
(Encyclopedia) sailing, as a sport, the art of navigating a sailboat for recreational or competitive purposes. Although sailing as a means of transportation predates history, sport sailing—or…Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Chapter VIII
Chapter VIII In a very short time after I went to live at Baltimore, my old master's youngest son Richard died; and in about three years and six months after his death, my old master, Captain…Selected Essays in Black History<cite>by J. Taylor Wood</cite>
A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt's Stories The Capture of a Slaver by J. Taylor Wood From 1830 to 1850 both Great Britain and the United States, by…Before the Revolution
1763 Treaty of Paris. Ended the Seven Years War 1764 Sugar Act. Parliament, desiring revenue from its North American colonies, passed the first law specifically aimed at raising…shipping
(Encyclopedia) shipping, transportation of passengers and goods on waterways. From prehistoric times shipping has had a major influence on human social development. Water routes, unlike roads, did…transportation
(Encyclopedia) transportation, conveyance of goods and people over land, across water, and through the air. See also commerce. The first practical attempts at air transportation began with the…Trending
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