... abolitionists of her day. She was the first black woman orator to speak out against slavery. She traveled widely through New England and the Midwest on speaking tours. Her deep voice, quick wit, and inspiring faith helped spread her fame. Baumfree was born a slave in Ulster County, New York. She became free in 1828 under a New York law that banned slavery ... a writer and lecturer. The sources of Emerson's thought have been found in many intellectual movements "Platonism, Neoplatonism, Puritanism, Renaissance poetry, mysticism, idealism, skepticism, and romanticism. His prose style was ...

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... on the various aspects of earthly life, the two literary classics visibly share a common concern for the functions of society, and it is evident that Sinclair Lewis, in his satirical voice, actually viewed the work of Thoreau with the utmost respect. Lewis's character of George Babbitt and Henry David Thoreau actually represent opposite extremes of an individual living in American society ... obligated to entertain, so when Babbitt is looking at the problem, he sees that he is the problem, not society. Therefore he tries to solve the problem by taking a more active role in the world. Th...

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• Grade Level: High School