... his bondsmen depended upon his success at undermining slave society and culture. He established a carefully designed plan of physical and psychological domination in hopes of destroying the foundations of black solidarity. Until he relinquished management of the estate to his sons in the late 1850s, Hammond kept extraordinarily detailed records. Including daily entries concerning the treatment, work patterns, and vital statistics ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... of Union artillery from that infamous day, is South Carolina's historical marker (Capture of Columbia). It serves as a symbolic reminder of faith lost by innocent people, retribution served, bravery, and solidarity of experience to name but a few emotions which came out of that one day in time. People with deep feelings rally around that flag. True, to many people the flag ... ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... such as Maria Weston Chapman and Angelina Grimké Weld, the speakers' voices were drowned out by the mob which had gathered outside. When the women emerged, arms linked in solidarity, they were stoned and insulted. The mob returned the following day and burned the hall, which had been inaugurated only three days earlier, to the ground. Mob violence against abolitionists ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... a triumphant return from battle, a wedding, or other cause for public rejoicing, was celebrated in public dances, which were accompanied with songs and music suited to the occasion. This sense of solidarity was re-established on the slave ship. We have said that the dance is a way to establish a contact, both physically and psychologically; a thing that blacks did because they wanted to ... ...

• Word Count: 4160
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School