Talking About Freedom

John Brown My name is John Brown, an abolitionist from Virginia. I led a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, attempting to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery. Before all of this, I moved around throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York, trying to find a way to support my large family. In 1849, I finally settled down in Elba, New York, a black community founded on antislavery land. After being around Gerrit Smit, another antislavery philanthropist, I found my passion for finding justice for enslaved black people.  Six years later, I led a small revolt in the Kansas Territory with five of my sons. There, we assisted antislavery forces that were struggling to take control of the territory, this battle was later called Bleeding Kansas. We stole a wagon full of guns and ammunition and from there, I settled in Osawatomie and became a leader of multiple antislavery groups. I hate how these...

  Promote Tolerance Freedom of speech, such a simple yet powerful freedom every citizen of the United States is gifted with at birth. We tend to take for granted the right to say, think, and believe whatever you choose to without having anyone else telling you that you can't, or so we thought. Today's society has continued to shift further and further from the First Amendment, putting a "social norm" on ideas and actions, and if you don't share the same viewpoint on these norms then you're simply uneducated and wrong.  Who has the right to tell you what you can and can't agree with, isn't that the sole purpose of the first amendment, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." Why does it feel like day by day, socie...

  Christianity For And Against Slavery Christianity is a very complex religion, with its followers interpreting the Bible in many different ways. Throughout the Bible, it explains life before and after Jesus Christ, and in simple terms how you should live to receive everlasting life with God. But what happens when there are stories that justify actions that in the present day are not condoned, even something as bad as slavery. Did Christians who lived strictly by the bible take these stories and apply them to their life, or did they shame slavery and disallow practicing those Biblical stories. During ancient times, Christians who lived strictly with Biblical interpretations tended to look at who main text, one from the beginning of the Old Testament, and the other from the end of the New Testament. In the King James version, in Genesis chapter 9, verses 18-27, The Bible tells a story of Noah getting too drunk and passing out nude in his tent. His second-born son Ham walks in and se...

                          Five  News Sources    Today, we are fortunate enough to have many ways to find articles and stories discussing various problems and events going on in the world.  Having multiple news outlets allows you to gather information from various viewpoints to make your own opinion with the least amount of bias. I find it very difficult to find news outlets that will give me the truth rather than their opinion so, I find it helpful to pick news sources, both conservative and liberal to get a more well-rounded look on things.      1.) The New York Times                          The New York Times has to be one of the biggest newspaper publishers in the U.S. The NYT editing team is more left-leaning, focusing on keeping any bad news reports more uplifted and aid towards the bright side of news storie...

  The Supreme Court is the highest Judicial level in America, in charge of cases questioning previous rulings of the lower courts, and regulating congressional and executive power. Today, the Supreme Court is well-respected by the public, however, it wasn't always viewed Fairley. In 1801, the government moved to Washington, and the Supreme Court took temporary quarters in the unfinished Capitol. At the time, John Marshall, a young Virginia lawyer was appointed Chief Justice. Under Marshall's charge, the court was asserted for the first time, the greatest of all judicial power, and strike down an act of Congress unconstitutional. The court made the Constitution the heart of nation-building and finally gained the publics' respect as a co-equal branch.in 1846, the Supreme Court would face one of their hardest trials yet, when a Missouri slave by the name of Dred Scott claimed his freedom under an act of Congress. Chief  Justice Roger Brooke Toney, ruled that Congress had no...