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I recently interviewed my mom about her experiences during the Liberian Civil War. Throughout our conversation, I discovered that she had moved several times over the course of a few years, which was something I didn't know before. While I initially believed that she had only migrated to the Ivory Coast, I learned that she had moved to many different locations. The war began in 1989, but it truly escalated for my mom in 1990. One night, while she and her siblings were sleeping, they were awoken by the sound of gunshots and people screaming. They heard people being taken away from their children, and my mom and her siblings ended up running and hiding in the bushes. After a few days, they eventually traveled to the Ivory Coast. Although her family sent for her, the government sent troops to Liberia to investigate the conflict, and my mom return to Monrovia with the military.

When the news of the conflict was shared with the city, people laughed and didn't believe them. They thought that my mom and her family were lying about what was happening. Three months later, the city was attacked again, and my mom and her family fled to Sierra Leone with the help of her sister's boyfriend, who was in the military. Monrovia is closer to Sierra Leone's borders, which made it faster to cross. Despite being traumatized by the violence they had witnessed, they had to adapt to their new surroundings and start anew. The violence my mom and her family witnessed was extremely traumatic. They had never seen guns before, except in movies, and their friends were dying. Kids were separated from their parents and ended up with strangers. Rebels were cutting open pregnant women and taking their babies out of their stomachs. Rebels were also cutting off people's arms and legs, and many people had amputations after the war. She knew someone whose parents were killed right in front of them and they couldn’t cry or they would be killed. Women and girls were being raped, and little boys were being trained to be rebels. The rebels went after the Krahn people first because the president, Samuel K. Doe, was Krahn. (The tribe) My mom was Krahn, which is why they fled to Sierra Leone. However, shortly after they arrived, Charles Taylor brought the war into Sierra Leone, which forced them to flee again after just six weeks. They were trying to return to the Ivory Coast, but the journey was longer because Liberia was in the middle.

From Sierra Leone, they went to Guinea and stayed for a week before finally going to the Ivory Coast. The journey took about two months, and they had to register as refugees when they arrived. They received necessities they needed and stayed there until 1999. It was difficult for my mom and her family to adapt to life in the Ivory Coast. She had learned French while she was there and even got pregnant in 1996. However, when she left to go to America, her son was not in the program, so she had to leave him behind, which was very hard for her because she didn’t want to do that and wanted to stay but knew she had to make a better life for him. Living in the Ivory Coast, she and her siblings were bullied and called refugees. People wanted to fight them because they were not from there, so it was hard adapting for the second time. It was easier in Sierra Leone because the country also speaks English.

On February 10, 1999, they left the Ivory Coast and arrived in New York on my mom's birthday, February 11. They came to America on the resettlement program as refugees, and they were given an IOM bag that identified them as refugees. People were laughing at them at JFK, and my mom and her siblings felt ashamed and embarrassed, but there was nothing they could do. My mom had a lot of cultural shock and seen a lot of differences when she came to America. When she came to America, things were different for her. She couldn't work for a while and due to them being refugees they had some benefits and were given money and food stamps until they were on their feet for coats and other necessities because America was cold, she had never experienced cold or snow before. Seeing homeless people when they only showed the good parts and people standing on the bus while kids were sitting was also new to her. In her culture, it's disrespectful to have adults stand while kids sit, so she would always give up her seat. Another shock was seeing vets for animals when in her country, there were barely any hospitals for humans. Overall my mom had experienced different cultures, languages, and environments in each country she lived in with with their own challenges.

Despite all these challenges, she adapted to living in America and got her citizenship in 2005. She even went back home to see her family and eventually she sent for them to come to the USA. It was hard for a long time, but things paid off in the end.

First couple of pictures are when she first came to the USA some of me and her and the bottom pics are recently

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Quotes and aphorisms on food

Quotes on food Quotes and aphorisms on food by various and famous authors and writers, ideas and thoughts to a well balanced diet and food philosophy to eat and live better. I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead - not sick, not wounded - dead. Woody Allen We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police. Jeff Arder A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart, who looks at her watch. James Beard Unbought feasts. (Lat., Dapes inemptae.) Latin Proverb An anonymous man from the 16th century always used to say: "There are many important things in life, the first is eating, I don't know the others." Carl William Brown Hunger is a good cook. Author Unknown Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good. Alice May Brock Eating is touch carried to the bitter end. Samuel Butler One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. Virginia Woolf I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning. John Barrymore Only the pure in heart can make a good soup. Ludwig Van Beethoven

Aphorisms on food Yogi ordered a pizza. The waitress asked How many pieces do you want your pie cut? Yogi responded, Four. I don't think I could eat eight. Yogi Berra Edible. Good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. Ambrose Bierce The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star. Anthelme Brillat-Savarin I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid, and my mother made me eat it. I am President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli. George H. Bush The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions. Samuel Butler I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. A. Whitney Brown What most moved him was a certain meal on beans. Robert Browning I just hate health food. Julia Child Life is too short to stuff a mushroom. Shirley Conran Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography. Robert Byrne A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands. Lord Byron The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter. Barbara Cartland

Aphorisms and quotes on food It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears. Cato The Elder For its merit I will knight it, and then it will be Sir-Loin. Charles II Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. Marcus T. Cicero Although there is a great deal of controversy among scientists about the effects of ingested food on the brain, no one denies that you can change your cognition and mood by what you eat. Arthur Winter Food = joy ... guilt ... anger ... pain ... nurturing ... friendship ... hatred ... the way you look and feel.... Food = everything you can imagine. Susan Powter Bread that must be sliced with an axe is bread that is too nourishing. Fran Lebowitz Food is an important part of a balanced diet. Fran Lebowitz Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters are the only people who have ever been happy to see soy beans. Fran Lebowitz More die in the United States of too much food than of too little. John Kenneth Galbraith Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly. M.F.K. Fisher Food was always a conduit in our family for storytelling, and it was a way for us to keep in touch and remember things. We're people that use food to keep each other together and to always cheer us up and make all of our days better. Rachel ray My favorite food city is wherever I happen to be eating. You know what they say, love the one you’re with! Pamela Anderson A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. Aesop The soup is never hot enough if the waiter can keep his thumb in it. William Collier The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life. Cyril Connolly

Salami Italian typical food To eat is human, to digest divine. Charles T. Copeland Square meals often make round people. Joseph E. Cossman I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people. Rodney Dangerfield Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory and the appetite is keen. Ralph Waldo Emerson When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor. Euripides Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality. Cliff Fadiman Roast Beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. Seated at Life's Dining Table, with the menu of Morals before you, your eye wanders a bit over the entrees, the hors d'oeuvres, and the things a la though you know that Roast Beef, medium, is safe and sane, and sure. Edna Ferber I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks. Totie Fields Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly. M. F. K. Fisher Food has it over sex for variety. Hedonistically, gustatory possibilities are much broader than copulatory ones. Joseph Epstein I am not a glutton - I am an explorer of food. Erma Bombeck Food ... is the topmost taper on the golden candelabrum of existence. Donald Barthelme He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. Bible, Psalms The food here is so tasteless you could eat a meal of it and belch and it wouldn't remind you of anything. Redd Foxx One should eat to live, not live to eat. Benjamin Franklin More die in the United States from too much food that from too little. John Kenneth Galbraith God comes to the hungry in the form of food. Mahatma Gandhi It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs. W. S. Gilbert Meat eaten without either mirth or music is ill of digestion. Sir Walter Scott Mellow nuts have the hardest rind. Sir Walter Scott

Thoughts on the art of food Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. Oscar Wilde We ought to know about our culinary past. Food and identity is terribly important ... I don't mean we should go out and eat historic dishes, but we should know what makes us different ... self-confident nations have that sense of where they come from. Tom Jaine What is food to one, is to others bitter poison. Lucretius Food is much better off the hand than the fork. Mario Batali You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food. Kurt Vonnegut We need a quarter of the food we eat to live, the rest is used to fatten industrialists, advertisers, doctors and undertakers. (obviously for those dying of hunger the situation changes.) Carl William Brown Food - what is chosen from the possibilities available, how it is presented, how it is eaten, with whom and when, and how much time is allotted to cooking and eating it - is one of the means by which a society creates itself and acts out its aims and fantasies. Margaret Visser There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison. Paul Goodman A gourmet is just a glutton with brains. Phillip H. Haberman Jr. As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it, or leave it. Buddy Hackett A store of grain, Oh king is the best of treasures. A gem put in your mouth will not support life. Hitopadesa First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big Macs at a time. Doug Horton Most of us are either too thin to enjoy eating, or too fat to enjoy walking. Edgar Watson Howe A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen. Kin Hubbard A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. Samuel Johnson He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else. Samuel Johnson He who cannot eat horsemeat need not do so. Let him eat pork. But he who cannot eat pork, let him eat horsemeat. It's simply a question of taste. Nikita S. Khrushchev Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may diet. Harry Kurnitz I judge a restaurant by the bread and by the coffee. Burt Lancaster The most dangerous food to eat is a wedding cake. Author Unknown

Quotes on food and wine Food is our common ground, a universal experience. James Beard The fact is that this generation - yours, my generation ... we're the first generation that can look at poverty and disease, look across the ocean to Africa and say with a straight face, we can be the first to end this sort of stupid extreme poverty, where in the world of plenty, a child can die for lack of food in it's belly. Bono The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth. Frances Moore Lappe Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying. Fran Lebowitz Food is an important part of a balanced diet. Fran Lebowitz If you're going to America, bring your own food. Fran Lebowitz Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat. Fran Lebowitz I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster. Joe E. Lewis If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way. Georg C. Lichtenberg Everything you see I owe to spaghetti. Sophia Loren Choose rather to punish your appetites than be punished by them. Tyrius Maximus It ain't what you eat, but the way how you chew it. Delbert McClinton You can travel fifty thousand miles in America without once tasting a piece of good bread. Henry Miller Never eat more than you can lift. Miss Piggy We are digging our graves with our teeth. Thomas Moffett Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half. Charles De Montesquieu No man is lonely while eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention. Christopher Morley You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed. Hector Hugh Munro He that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well. Hebrew Proverb There is only one thing harder than looking for a dewdrop in the dew, and that is fishing for a clam in the clam chowder. New England Proverb

Vegetarian food pyramid Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot. Anthony Robbins We know that ever woman wants to be thin. Our images of womanhood are almost synonymous with thinness. Susie Orbach We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun. George Orwell Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody. Samuel Pepys Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so full of meaningful things that you'll hardly have time to think about food. Peace Pilgrim He who eats alone chokes alone. Arabian Proverb It's better that it should make you sick than that you don't eat it at all. Catalan Proverb Don't dig your grave with your knife and fork. English Proverb A good meal ought to begin with hunger. French Proverb Appetite comes with eating; the more one has, the more one would have. French Proverb There is no such thing as a pretty good omelette. French Proverb Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. Turkish Proverb When one has tasted it he knows what the angels eat. Mark Twain He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God. Saadi I have found it to be the most serious objection to coarse labors long continued, that they compelled me to eat and drink coarsely also. Henry David Thoreau There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves. George Santayana To eat is to appropriate by destruction. Jean-Paul Sartre Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale. Elsa Schiaparelli He jests at scars that never felt a wound. William Shakespeare There is no love sincerer than the love of food. George Bernard Shaw

Ideas and quotes on food Seven's a banquet nine a brawl. Author Unknown Worthless people love only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. Socrates For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable. Gloria Steinem Lunch is for wimps. Oliver Stone Man shall not live by bread alone. The Holy Bible Put a knife to thy throat, if you're a man given to appetite. The Holy Bible Much meat, much disease. Author Unknown Fang drops so much food on his ties we keep them in the refrigerator. Phyllis Diller Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a fine cream soup. Dogen A good, honest, wholesome, hungry breakfast. Izaak Walton Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks. Lin Yutang Find out more visiting these links: Good food for your diet (With Videos) Vegetarian food diets (With Videos) Thoughts and reflections on food Aforismi e citazioni sul cibo International and Italian recipes Enogastronomia e turismo Italian recipes, fashion and travels https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/easy https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes http://allrecipes.com/recipes/1947/everyday-cooking/quick-and-easy/ http://www.sjana.com/blogs/lifestyle/food-for-the-soul Cooking traditions in Lombardy, Italy Read the full article

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Houses (of worship) divided in Penn Yan

By Jonathan Monfiletto

When one thinks about the tracks of the Underground Railroad that ran through Yates County, one might think of the likes of Samuel Curtis, Henry Bradley, Wynans Bush, Isaac Lanning, and others who opened their arms and their homes to freedom seekers and helped them continue on their path of escape. When one thinks of the local movement against the evils of slavery, one might assume everyone in Yates County, or at least in Penn Yan, was on the same page and in favor of abolition in an area that seemed to be a stronghold for such progressive causes of the time.

But one would have assumed wrongly if one had assumed so. And one need look no further for examples than the sagas of the Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian churches in Penn Yan and the divisions and disagreements within their congregations that led to the founding of two new, albeit short-lived, churches in the village. Neither of these churches was still around at the conclusion of the Civil War, yet perhaps the damage was done and their impact was felt even then.

About a dozen people left the Methodist Episcopal church – then situated on the north side of Chapel Street, in the vicinity of the home that now houses the L. Caroline Underwood Museum – to form the Wesleyan Methodist church around 1841. The division in this case wasn’t so much one of antislavery versus proslavery but one in which certain church members felt the church should take a more militant stand in opposition to slavery. Coincidentally, those who formed the Wesleyan Methodist church initially moved their services just up the street to Hoyt’s Tavern, which was apparently located on the corner of Main and Chapel streets, where the Oliver House Museum now stands.

That same year, and just across Chapel Street on the opposite corner of Main and Chapel streets, former members of the Presbyterian church – which stood then where it does now, on the northeast corner of Main and Clinton streets, albeit with a different building – founded and dedicated the First Free Congregational church. Though an exact number of founding members is unclear, an item in our subject file indicates the Presbyterian congregation was about equally divided, over the issues of both slavery and temperance. The half against slavery and in favor of temperance – including the Rev. Ovid Miner – decided to break off and start their own church on a lot next to the Main Street home of Myron Hamlin, who was part of that half.

Later on – possibly 1844, a date erroneously listed for the construction of an eventual church building – the Wesleyan Methodists moved their services to an upper room of “a large, unpainted building,” according to our subject file, on Court Street that served as the Masonic Temple at the time. On February 8, 1851, as dated in a deed, a piece of property at the northwest corner of Main and Court streets passed from Charles V. Bush to David B. Prosser and a church building was established there. Bush – who also constructed several buildings in the downtown business district of Main Street that still stand – built the Wesleyan Methodist church, the work starting in April 1851 and the church dedicated December 4 of that year. Though the congregation started with just a dozen members of the Methodist Episcopal church, more than 100 members defected to the Wesleyan Methodist church over its first few years.

Seemingly starting with the opening of their own church, the Wesleyan Methodists exhibited the character that the more radical stance of their church might suggest. Amelia Bloomer lectured on temperance at the church in June 1853, and in January 1855, the church hosted a women’s rights convention that featured Susan B. Anthony – hailing from nearby Rochester – and Ernestine Rose as speakers. Two years later, in 1857, Anthony returned to the church again to speak at an anti-slavery rally. The church hosted several similar lecturers and reformers of the day over its time, and topics such as women’s rights, slavery, temperance, the Dred Scott decision of 1857, and similar social and political subjects were discussed by the pastors and members of the church. “Some considered the Wesleyan church the most radical of all,” reads a handwritten note in our subject file. “Its pulpit was open not only to anti-slavery but to discussions of human rights.”

Though the reasons are unclear, the Wesleyan Methodist congregation apparently disbanded a little more than a year before the end of the Civil War. A deed dated March 9, 1864 transferred the church property from Prosser to Henry Bradley – coincidentally a founding member of the Congregational church and possibly a benefactor of the Wesleyan Methodist church’s construction. According to an item that appeared in the Yates County Chronicle 15 days later, Bradley and Eliza Hermans, the widow of a Dr. Hermans, purchased the building to remodel and refit it as a boarding house. It may have been called the Wesleyan Hotel, according to our subject file. Perhaps ironically, it is the only building of the four churches mentioned in this article that is still standing as it was in the 1850s.

Less is known, at least from our subject file, about the First Free Congregational church. The congregation organized on February 27, 1841 and dedicated their church building on December 1, 1841. Unlike their Wesleyan Methodist counterparts, the members of the Congregational church did construct their own church building from the start, at a cost of $7,000 that apparently later left a debt of $2,000. A couple of notes in our subject file indicate a town clock was installed in the tower of the building. The church disbanded in 1857, and the property was sold to the Methodist church for $3,000; the Methodists used the Congregational church building as their own for close to 40 years before the current Methodist church building went up in the 1890s.

According to miscellaneous – and perhaps contradictory – notes in our subject file, the Congregational church may have abandoned its antislavery character and begun employing pro-slavery pastors, leading to dissatisfaction among the congregation. Though there were 125 living members at its close, the congregation may not have grown as expected; dissensions arose along with financial troubles. The church was apparently sold under judgment, and it may have been occupied for a brief period by a select school. A person writing a letter in the Yates County Chronicle after the church’s disbanding asserted, “It is not known that so much as a single dollar was ever received,” by the church, “from any person who sympathized with slavery or who drank or who sold intoxicating drinks as a beverage.”

Whether the Wesleyan Methodists and the Congregationalists returned to their respective former churches following their new churches’ closures is unclear. Interestingly, while the Wesleyan Methodist church is the only building of the four to remain standing, the Presbyterian church is the only of the four still in its original location.

#history #historyblog #yatescounty #pennyan #museum #archives #congregational #wesleyanmethodist #methodist #presbyterian #church

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January 06

[1017] Cnut the Great crowned King of England in London by Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury.

[1066] Following the death of Edward the Confessor, his brother-in-law Harold Godwineson, head of the most powerful noble family in England, is crowned King Harold II.

[1099] Henry V crowned German King.

[1205] Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.

[1322] Stephen Uros III becomes King of Serbia.

[1352] French King Jean II introduces Order of the Star.

[1355] Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy.

[1449] Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI is crowned at Mistra.

[1453] Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria.

[1540] King Henry VIII of England weds his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

[1649] The English Rump Parliament votes to put King Charles I on trial for treason and other "high crimes".

[1690] Joseph I, later Holy Roman Emperor and son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.

[1745] Bonnie Prince Charlies' army draws to Glasgow.

[1759] US 1st President George Washington weds Martha Dandridge Custis at White House Plantation.

[1809] Napoleonic Wars: Invasion of Cayenne, by combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces, begins.

[1838] Samuel Morse unveils the telegraph, revolutionizing communication.

[1903] Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein (23) weds Mileva Maric.

[1912] New Mexico is admitted into the United States as the 47th state.

[1929] Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia.

[1945] Future 41st President George H. W. Bush (20) weds Barbara Pierce (19) at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye, New York.

[1950] Great Britain announced its recognition of the People's Republic of China.

[1996] Snow begins falling in Washington D.C., and up the Eastern seaboard, beginning a blizzard that kills 154 people and causes over $1 billion in damages before it ends.

[2016] "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" breaks North American box office record, passing the $760.5M taken by "Avatar".

[2019] Malaysian king Sultan Muhammad V abdicates after two years of rule in historical first.

[2021] A mob of President Donald Trump supporters descend on the U.S. Capitol, attempting to interfere with the certification of electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election.

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Favoring the British Crown: enslaved Blacks, Annapolis, and the run to freedom [Part 2]

Continued from Part 1

Reprinted from my History Hermann WordPress blog.

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[1] Grumbelly was related to Capt. Keelings (of Princess Ann/Anne County, VA), with some of the people in bondage running away to join the British lines including Argyll, who joined Royal Artillery Department, and Robert. Grumbelly is also within this book. It would make sense it is Virginia's Eastern Shore rather than Maryland's, although this cannot be confirmed. William was undoubtedly one of many who was part of a small plantation within this area.

[2] Others would be evacuated on the La Aigle. His bio says that "William Keeling is assumed to be the husband of Pindar Keeling. They travel near to each other on board the Clinton and despite the presence of other Keelings, they are not listed in the Birchtown Muster." Perhaps they settled in a different area or died on the voyage North. Pindar was formerly bound to a Norfolk slaveowner named Willis Ball. One transcript of the manifest says "William Keeling, 40, feeble fellow. Formerly the property of Grumbelly Keeling of the East Shore, Virginia; left him 6 years ago. GBC." This being the case, then it makes sense that he cannot be found in Maryland records. It also clarifies that on 31 July 1783 the Clinton was Clinton bound for Annapolis [Royal, Nova Scotia] & St. John's [Saint John, New Brunswick]. This means it was going to Nova Scotia ultimately. The GHOTES Genealogy and History of the Eastern Shore group on Facebook lists 38 enslaved blacks who had left New York, originally enslaved in the Eastern Shore (presumably Virginia's).

[3] The word "loyalist" is used in quotation marks as it is an inexact term, and like Patriot it was used positively by those supporting the British Crown. Instead, the term supporter of the British Crown or any of its derivatives is used instead.

[4] Alan Taylor, American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016), 21-22; A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., In the Matter of Color: Race & The American Legal Process: the Colonial Period (New York: Oxford University Press, 1980), 91-95, 98-99.

[5] Specifically referring to Abbaco (John Rootes, Benjamin Guy), and unknown location (Solomon Slaughter, William Causins, Francis Wright, John Morris, Thomas Fisher. Here the locations of those included in the above chart: Norfolk, Virginia (John Hirst, Matthew Godfrey, Robert Gilmore, Samuel Bush [Boush], John Willoughby, David McClaurin, William Mallery, William Egerson, James Hunter, Edward Hack Moseley [Mozely], Joseph Mitchell, Thomas Newton Snr, Robert Barns, Charles Connor, Samuel Elliot, Simon Hogwood, William Hancock, Archibald Campbell or Arthur Campbell., Thomas Hoggart/Hogwood, Mr. Scarborough, Stephen Tankard, William Hogwood/Hopgood Sr.); Nansemond, Virginia (Mills Wilkinson, Henry Burgess, Solomon Sheppard, Willis Wilkinson); Crane Island, Virginia (William Connor, George Robertson, Andrew Stewart [Stuart]); Portsmouth, Virginia (Willis Wilson, Andrew Sproule, Richard Brown); South Carolina (Captain Hullet, Bland Steward); Princess Anne/Ann County, Virginia (Edward Moseley, John Loveat); Pennsylvania (James Stewart); Mecklenburgh, Virginia (Richard Sweepston); Dismal Swamp (James Wright Moore); Petersburg, Virginia (John Holloway); Tanners Creek, Virginia (Anthony Walker [Walke]); Isle of Wight (Richard Jordan, Andrew Mckay); Suffolk, Virginia (Lambert Reddick); Greatbridge, Virginia (Alexander Foreman).

#british crown #black history #canada #us history #enslavement #slavery #freedom #revolutionary war #american revolution #18th century

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WHG 16 - Day 1

The podiums rise from underground and push 24 tributes from the air-conditioned underbelly up into the Arena. This year, it is vast--and dry. A sharp breeze blows dust around the cornucopia as the tributes stand circled around it in a field of dirt.

Beyond this are a few sparse trees. Scraggly bushes ridden with thorns and black berries that burst blood-red at the slightest touch. Crags and rocky outcroppings, sudden pits and narrow crevices, caves full of dangerous animals. The landscape is jagged and unforgiving. Where thickets of trees do provide shelter, you don’t want to know what they’re sheltering. Where a river does run through, it is far deeper and swifter than it looks.

Sixty seconds pass. It’s time to get out there and play.

Here we GO! Chess comes out swinging and immediately claims the only kill of the Bloodbath, although I’m not sure it counts against Inventia Nonesuch Notreal (pronounced like Montreal). That’s what I call an opening gambit!

Other than that, I’m very worried about Selet getting her hands on a weapon so soon. In this dry area, Warren’s got their priorities right! It’s nice to know Gatsby’s such a good sport about sharing. Mary Sue, of course, goes straight for the hero’s weapon of choice. Let’s see how she does with it!

Warren...Warren, buddy, you have water already...? I didn’t realize it was that much of a priority. Talk to Caesar and Red! They found the deadly river already! And I’m assuming Nikolai did, too, or else that scientist has means of bypassing that essential element of fishing.

Hades needs to talk to Persephone a little more about hostile plantlife, methinks. Reverie, haunted by a completely different deity, makes the same mistake, which is...odd.

As the sun sets on the first day, only one cannon goes off to denote the death of Inventia Notreal of District 12.

WARREN! Did you fall in the river?! It’s hot in the arena during the day but gets pretty cold at night, unfortunately for Warren, but hopefully now they can finally escape work and Indigo.

In other news, this has become Writeblr Hunger Games: the Musical, featuring hits such as “Who’s (Got) the Bomb?” and “Even the Heartless Need Warmth.”

We’ll see if our cheerful tributes change their tune tomorrow!

District 1 (Luxury Goods)

Conor (he/him), @pen-of-roses

Olivia Jensky (she/her), @spacebrick3

District 2 (Masonry)

Selet (she/her), @owlsofstarlight

Charles Vega (he/him), @wrenlaw

District 3 (Technology)

Chess (she/her), @concealeddarkness13

Nikolai Vukovic (he/him), @spacebrick3

District 4 (Fishing)

Tas Suk XVII (he/him), @owlsofstarlight

Jay Gatsby (he/him)

District 5 (Power)

Vesper Ilios (she/her), @concealeddarkness13

Lewison, “Louie”, “The Flighting Fancy” (he/him), @sparkles-and-hens

District 6 (Transportation)

Aille (she/her) @owlsofstarlight

William Li, Sr. (he/him), @ratracechronicler

District 7 (Lumber)

Reverie (she/her), @concealeddarkness13

Hades (he/him)

District 8 (Textiles)

Owen McGrath (he/him), @onmywaytobe

Caeser Flickerman (he/him)

District 9 (Grain)

Seth “Rattler” Kane (he/him), @knmartinshouldbewriting

Jaredd Liy Madava “Red” (he/him), @starlightswitch

District 10 (Livestock)

Logan Mallory (he/him), @onmywaytobe

Princess Peach (she/her)

District 11 (Agriculture)

Warren Grade (they/them), @maple-writes

Mary Sue (she/her)

District 12 (Mining)

Samuel Collingwood (he/him), @ratracechronicler

Inventia Notreal (she/her)

Transcript

The Bloodbath

As the tributes stand on their podiums, the horn sounds.

Rattler clutches a first aid kit and runs away.

Nikolai Vukovic runs away from the Cornucopia.

Louie grabs a backpack and retreats.

Owen McGrath clutches a first aid kit and runs away.

Red runs away from the Cornucopia.

Charles Vega runs away from the Cornucopia.

Tas Suk XVII takes a handful of throwing knives.

William finds a bow, some arrows, and a quiver.

Mary Sue grabs a sword.

Selet takes a spear from inside the cornucopia.

Warren Grade finds a canteen full of water.

Sam snatches a bottle of alcohol and a rag.

Caesar Flickerman scares Vesper Ilios away from the cornucopia.

Conor stays at the cornucopia for resources.

Hades finds a bag full of explosives.

Peach, Logan Mallory, Gatsby, and Reverie share everything they gathered before running.

Olivia Jensky runs away from the Cornucopia.

Chess shoots a poisonous blow dart into Inventia Notreal's neck, slowly killing her.

Aille runs away from the Cornucopia.

Day 1

Chess harvests a cactus.

Gatsby makes a slingshot.

Red discovers a river.

Hades is pricked by thorns while picking berries.

Olivia Jensky, Sam, Aille, and William hunt for other tributes.

Rattler, Peach, and Owen McGrath hunt for other tributes.

Vesper Ilios constructs a shack.

Nikolai Vukovic fishes.

Warren Grade searches for a water source.

Charles Vega injures himself.

Tas Suk XVII, Logan Mallory, Louie, and Conor hunt for other tributes.

Reverie is pricked by thorns while picking berries.

Mary Sue and Selet split up to search for resources.

Caesar Flickerman discovers a river.

Night 1

Tas Suk XVII lets Caesar Flickerman into his shelter.

Reverie and William sleep in shifts.

Chess, Conor, and Peach discuss the games and what might happen in the morning.

Gatsby cries himself to sleep.

Warren Grade dies from hypothermia.

Charles Vega and Nikolai Vukovic huddle for warmth.

Aille, Logan Mallory, and Mary Sue sleep in shifts.

Owen McGrath, Selet, and Sam cheerfully sing songs together.

Rattler, Louie, and Olivia Jensky cheerfully sing songs together.

Vesper Ilios, Hades, and Red cheerfully sing songs together.

#round 16 #day 1

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Monday 17 February 1834

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Fine morning - down at 8 ¼ to speak to Hinscliffe – he had heard I meant to dispose of the coal - no! had said nothing about it – had thought of doing nothing during my father’s life - but might if I was sufficiently tempted by price – he asked if I had given the 1st refusal - said I had had many applications but when I had determined to sell, should offer my coal publicly, by ticket perhaps - long talk – will make a calculation and see what my coal will be worth per acre supposing me to clear it - would advise a water wheel near Tilley Holme style - a pit at Charles Howarth’s when there might be a pretty good sale in a year for the beginning and again a pit (this would take 2 years before completed) at the top of the Bank for Halifax sale - should probably keep 10 colliers working – would not bring coal out near the Northowram Lower brea road for fear of losing upper brea land – the galloway gate and vent drift from C.H.’s to top of bank would cost 10/. a yard - the whole settling to work the colliery might cost £2000 to £2500 - the water wheel would make the coal worth £100 per more than if I had an engine - will call again and have more talk on the subject - must soon come to me for a loose for Spiggs colliery - that loose worth £30 or £40 an acre - should tie them down to let me go sound into their works when I pleased and to prevent their losing anybody else, and for me to have power to stop the loose whenever they were doing contrary to agreement - Joseph Wilkinson and Norris going to get coal - they might want a loose of me - that loose worth as much as the other - then had Throp - to set with acorns the whole piece of Walsh land for 30/. thinks it will take all my 5 bushes then had Empsall - let him the Allen car at 30/. per D.W. he paying all taxes - said I should take a little bit of the bottom end, and if I made a sunk fence this would take off perhaps ½ D.W. when all done to measure off and he to pay at the rate of 30/. per d.w. - to put him a gate into the field from the road in 10 days - all these people kept me till 10 - breakfast in 20 minutes with my father (quite better) and Marian - then wrote a note to ‘Mr. Samuel Washington Crownest’ enclosing £17.3.1 that Miss W- forgot to give him, to be placed in the bank to account of Captain and Mrs. Sutherland and W- to let me know what was settled with the commissions about taking in the bit of road at the top of the bank - wrote all the above of today - all this took me till 10 55 - John Booth brought one load larch rails from Lee lane - then sent Thomas off with it - a few minutes with my aunt and out at 11 10 with Pickels stubbing and getting up thorns till came in at 5 ¾ - dressed - dinner at 6 1/4 – coffee - Marian came to me and staid talking till 8 ¼ - then wrote and sent letter to ‘Messrs. Jupp and son 222 Regent street London PPD’ to say I had received the riding hat which was what I wished - cash price 28/ would be paid on presenting my letter to Messrs. Hammersleys and c° - read now and afterwards while undressing from p. 296 to 364 vol. Sismondi on the literature of the south of Europe - with my aunt from 8 ¾ to 9 50 - talked of my journey to Paris and taking Miss W- Letter from her 3 pages close and crossed – names great many things for me to take with me to York – all for the carriage not being painted for so short a journey - says very little alluding to our union but yet enough to shew me she thinks of it as fixed – James has written her begging to stay assured she will have work enough for him even should she keep another man and the horses - He little dreams the real state of my case talked to my aunt tonight as if the thing was nearly done but I should know better in York tacitly meaning that I should then make her give me a ring and bind herself by a decide promise fine day till about 4 pm then drizzling rain F49° now at 10 ½ pm.

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Afro-Futurist Reading List Vol 2.

Afro Futurism Reading List Vol 1:

Afro Futurism Reading List Vol 2:

Black Speculative Fiction Breakdown by Genre

African Fantasy (early myths and fables from the continent): Forest Of A Thousand Deamons: A Hunter's Saga by Daniel O. Fagunwa The Palm Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle by Amos Tutuola The Brave African Huntress by Amos Tutuola Feather Woman of the Jungle by Amos Tutuola Ajaiyi and his Inherited Poverty by Amos Tutuola The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town by Amos Tutuola

Utopia (alternate histories written during the jim crow & antebellum eras): Blake Or The Huts Of Africa by Martin Delany Imperium In Imperio by Sutton E Griggs Light Ahead For The Negro Edward A Johnson One One Blood by Pauline Hopkins Black No More by George Shuyler Lord Of The Sea by MP Sheil

Space Opera (far future sci fi worlds of interplanetary travel): Nova by Samuel R Delany Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand by Samuel R. Delany Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor An Unkindness Of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson Rayla 2122 Series by Ytasha Womack Trouble On Triton by Samuel R. Delany Babel 17 by Samuel R Delany Empire Star by Samuel R Delany The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord The Best Of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord Ancient Ancient by Klini Iburu Salaam Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden Ascension: Tangled Axon by Jacqueline Koyanagi Teleportality by T Cisco Nadine's Bible Seris by T Lindsey-Billingsley Nigerians In Space Series by Deji Bryce Olukotun

Aliens (alien encounters): Lilith's Brood Trilogy by Octavia Butler Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor Rosewater Trilogy by Tade Thompson The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbell The Wave by Walter Mosley

Dystopia (oppressive futures and realities): Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjie Brenyah Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi War Girls Series by Tochi Onyebuchi Sunshine Patriots by Bill Campbell Gunmen's Peace by Milton J Davis Dragon Variation by T Cisco

Experimental (literary tricksters): The Ravicka Series by Renee Gladman The Freedom Artist by Ben Okri The Structure Of Dante's Hells by LeRoi Jones The House Of Hunger by Dumbudzo Marachera Black Sunlight By Dumbudzo Marachera Yellow Back Radio Broke Down by Ishmaeel Reed The Last Days Of Louisiana Red by Ishmaeel Reed The Sellout by Paul Beatty Koontown Killing Kaper by Bill Campbell The African Origin Of UFOs by Anthony Joseph Quantum Black Futurism(Theory & Practice Volume 1) by Rasheeda Philips by Rasheeda Philips Spacetime Collapse: From The Congo to Carolinas Spacetime Collapse II: Community Futurisms by Rasheeda Philips consent not to be a single being trilogy by Fred Mot

Post-Apocalyptic (worlds falling apart): The Purple Cloud by MP Shiel Dhalgren by Samuel R Delany The Parable Series by Octavia Butler Brown Girl In The Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

Dying Earth (far future post-apocalyptic worlds + magic):

The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin The Einstien Intersection by Samuel R. Delany The Jewels Of Aptor by Samuel R. Delany The Fall Of The Towers Trilogy by Samuel R. Delany Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorofor The Book Of Phoenix by Nnededi Okorofor The Prey Of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Alternate History (alternate timelines and what-ifs): Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed Everfair by Nisi Shawl The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Insh'Allah Series by Steven Barnes Ring Shout by P Djelia Clark A Dead Djinn In Cairo by P Djelia Clark The Black God's Drum by P Djelia Clark Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Pimp My Airship: A Naptown By Airship Story by Maurice Beaudice The Dream Of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer Pym by Matt Johnson, Dread Nation Series by Justina Ireland From Here to Timbuktu by Milton J Davis

High Fantasy (magical kindoms and high adventures): The Neveryorn Series by Samuel R. Delany Black Leapard Red Wolf by Marlon James The Deep by Rivers Solomon & Clipping Imaro Series by Charles R. Saunders The Children Of Blood & Bone by Tomi Adeyemi The Children Of Virtue & Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi The Sorcerer Of The Wildeeps by Kai Ashai Washington A Taste Of Honey by Kai Ashai Washington Beasts Made Of Night Series by Tochi Onyebuchi A Place Of Nights: War & Ressurection by Oloye Karade, Woman Of The Woods: A Sword & Soul Epic by Milton J Davis Temper by Nicky Drayden They Fly At Ciron by Samuel R. Delany Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman The House Of Discarded Dreams by Etakterina Sedia

Magic Realism (literary naturalism with surreal, dreamlike, and mythic imagery): The Echo Tree & Other Stories by Henry Dumas The Kingdom Of This World by Alejo Carpentier General Sun My Brother by Jacques Stephen Alexis The Famished Road Series by Ben Okri The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson Montaro Caine by Sydney Portier Mama Day by Gloria Naylor Redemption In Indigo by Karen Lord Mem by Bethany C Morrow

Urban Fantasy (modern citybound fantasy): The City We Became by NK Jemisin Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson The Chaos by Nalo Hopkinson The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead Blue Light By Walter Mosley Fire Baptized by Kenya Wright

Time Travel (stories unstuck in time): Kindred by Octavia Butler Version Control by Dexter Palmer Recurrence Plot by Rasheedah Phillips

Horror (nightmare, terrors, and hauntings): Beloved by Toni Morisson African Immortals by Tananarivue Due Fledgling by Octavia Butler The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez Lakewood by Meggan Giddings The Ballad Of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff The Changeling by Victor Lavealle Zone One by Colson Whitehead The Between by Tananarive Due The Good House by Tananarive Due Ghost Summers: Stories by Tananarive Due Unhollowed Graves by Nunzo Onho Catfish Lullaby by AC Wise

Young Adult (books for young adults): Akata Witch Series by Nnedi Okorofor Zarah The Windseeker & The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorofor Long Juju Man by Nnedi Okorofor Ikenga by Nnedi Okorofor Tristan Strong Series by Kwame Mbalia A Song Below Water by Bethany C Morrow Daughters Of Nri by Reni K. Amayo A River Of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy 47 by Walter Mosley

Comics (graphic storytelling) George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz (1919-1921) by George Herriman The Boondocks Complete Collection by Aaron Mcgruder Birth Of A Nation by Aaron Mcgrudger, Reginald Hudlin, & Kyle Baker Prince Of Cats by Ronald Wimberly Concrete Park by Erika Alexander & Tony Puryear Incognegro Series by Matt Johnson Your Black Friend & Other Stories by Ben Passmore Bttm Fdrs Ezra Clayton Daniels & Ben Passmore Sports Is Hell is Ben Passmore LaGuardia by Nnedi Okorofor & Tana Ford Bread & Wine: An Erotic Tale Of New York by Samuel R Delany & Mia Wolff Empire by Samuel R Delany & Howard Chaykin Excellence by Brandon Thomas Bitteroot by David F Walker, Chuck Brown & Sanford Greene Black by Kwanza Osajyefo Niobe: She Is Life by Amandla Stenberg & Sebastian A Jones Black Panther by Christopher Priest Black Panther by Reginald Hudlin Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates Shuri by Nnedi Okorofor World Of Wakanda by Roxane Gay Truth: Red, White, & Black by Kyle Baker House Of Whispers by Nalo Hopkinson & Neil Gaiman Naomi by David F Walker, Brian Micheal Bendis, & Jamal Campbell Far Sector by NK Jemison & Jamal Campbell

Short Stories (collections by single authors): Driftglass by Samuel R Delany, Distant Stars by Samuel R Delany Bloodchild & Other Stories by Octavia Butler Unexpected Stories by Octavia Butler Falling In Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson, Kabu Kabu by Nnedi Okorofor, How Long Til Black Future Month? by NK Jemisin Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Reneee Thomas

Anthologies (collections from multiple authors) Dark Matter edited by Sheree Renee Thomas So Long Been Dreaming edited by Nalo Hopkinson Conjure Stories edited by Nalo Hopkinso Whispers From The Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction edited by Nalo Hopkinson Afro SF: Science Fiction by African Writers edited by Wor. W. Hartmaan Stories For Chip: A Tribute To Samuel R Delany edited by Nisi Shawl Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice Movement edited by Adrienne Marie Brown & Walidah Imarisha Mothership: Tales of Afrofuturism and Beyond edited by Bill Campbell The City: Cyberfunk Antholoy edited by Milton J Davis Steamfunk edited by Milton J Davis Dieselfunk edited by Milton J Davis Griots: A Sword & Soul Anthology by Milton J Davis & Charles R Saunders Griots: Sisters Of The Spear by Milton J Davis & Charles R Saunders

Non-Fiction (histories, essays, and arguments) Afrofuturism And The World Of Black Sci-Fi & Fantasy Culture by Ytasha Womack Afrofuturism 2.0: The Rise Of Astral Blackness edited by Reynaldo Anderson & Charles E Jones The Black Imagination: Science Fiction, The Future, and The Speculative by Sandra Jackson & Julie E Woody-Freeman Afro-Futures & Astral Black Travel by Juice Aleem The Sound Of Culture: Diaspora & Black Technopoetics by Louis Cude Soke Black Utopia: The History Of An Idea From Black Nationalism To Afrofuturism by Alex Zamalin Afrouturism Rising: The Literary Pre-History Of A Movement by Isiah Lavendar III A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra & The Birth Of Afrofuturism by Paul Youngquist Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before: Subversive Poryrals In Speculative Film & TV by Diana Adesola Mafe Black Kirby: In Search Of The Motherbox Connection by John Jennings & Stacey Robinson Super Black: American Pop Culture & Black Super-Heroes by Adilifu Nama Black Space: Imagining Race In Science Fiction Film by Adilifu Nama Black Super-Heroes, Milestone Comics, And Their Fans by Jeffery A Brown Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changin Worlds by Adrienne Marie Brown

*cover image from Ytasha Womack’s “Afrofuturism: The World Of Black Sci-Fi & Fantasy Culture”

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Season 1 Gilmore Girls References (Breakdown)

Yay! All the season 1 references have been posted. Before I start posting season 2, I wanted to post this little breakdown for your enjoyment :) It starts with some statistics and then below the cut is a list of all the specific references.

Overall amount of references in season 1: 605

Top 10 Most Common References: NSYNC (5), Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (5), Taylor Hanson (6), Leo Tolstoy (7), Lucky Spencer (7), Marcel Proust (7), PJ Harvey (7), The Bangles (8), The Donna Reed Show (8), William Shakespeare (10)

Which episodes had the most references: #1 is That Damn Donna Reed with 55 references. #2 is Christopher Returns with 44 references

What characters made the most references (Only including characters/actors who were in the opening credits): Lorelai had the most with 237 references, Rory had second most with 118, and Lane had third most with 48.

First reference of the season: Jack Kerouac referenced by Lorelai

Final reference of the season: Adolf Eichmann referenced by Michel

Movies/TV Shows/Episodes/Characters, Commercials, Cartoons/Cartoon Characters, Plays, Documentaries:

9 1/2 Weeks, Alex Stone, Alfalfa, An Affair To Remember, A Streetcar Named Desire, Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman, Avon Commercials, Bambi, Beethoven, Boogie Nights, Cabaret, Casablanca, Charlie's Angels, Charlie Brown cartoons, Christine, Cinderella, Citizen Kane, Daisy Duke, Damien Thorn, Dawson Leery, Donna Stone, Double Indemnity, Double Mint Commercials, Ethel Mertz, Everest, Felix Unger, Fiddler On The Roof, Footloose, Freaky Friday, Fred Mertz, Gaslight, General Hospital, G.I. Jane, Gone With The Wind, Grease, Hamlet, Heathers, Hee Haw, House On Haunted Hill, Ice Castles, I Love Lucy, Iron Chef, Ishtar, Jeff Stone, Joanie Loves Chachi, John Shaft, Lady And The Tramp, Life With Judy Garland: Me And My Shadows, Love Story, Lucky Spencer, Lucy Raises Chickens, Lucy Ricardo, Lucy Van Pelt, Macbeth, Magnolia, Mary Stone, Mask, Midnight Express, Misery, Norman Bates, Officer Krupke, Oompa Loompas, Old Yeller, Oscar Madison, Out Of Africa, Patton, Pepe Le Pew, Peyton Place, Pink Ladies, Pinky Tuscadero, Ponyboy, Psycho, Queen Of Outer Space, Rapunzel, Richard III, Ricky Ricardo, Rocky Dennis, Romeo And Juliet, Rosemary's Baby, Sandy Olsson, Saved By The Bell, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Schroeder, Sesame Street, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Sex And The City, Sixteen Candles, Sleeping Beauty, Star Trek, Stanley Kowalski, Stella Kowalski, Stretch Cunningham, The Champ, The Comedy Of Errors, The Crucible, The Donna Reed Show, The Duke's Of Hazzard, The Fly, The Great Santini, The Little Match Girl, The Matrix, The Miracle Worker, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Outsiders, The Shining, The Sixth Sense, The View, The Waltons, The Way We Were, The Scarecrow, This Old House, V.I.P., Valley Of The Dolls, Vulcans, Wild Kingdom, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Wheel Of Fortune, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, Working Girl, Yogi Bear, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

Bands, Songs, CDs:

98 Degrees, Air Supply, Apple Venus Volume 2, Backstreet Boys, Bee Gees, Black Sabbath, Blue Man Group, Blur, Bon Jovi, Boston, Bush, Duran Duran, Everlong, Foo Fighters, Fugazi, Grandaddy, Hanson, I'm Too Sexy, Joy Division, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Kraftwerk, Like A Virgin, Livin La Vida Loca, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Man I Feel Like A Woman, Metallica, Money Money, My Ding-A-Ling, NSYNC, On The Good Ship Lollipop, Pink Moon, Queen, Rancid, Sergeant Pepper, Shake Your Bon Bon, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Sister Sledge, Smoke On The Water, Steely Dan, Suppertime, Tambourine Man, The B-52s, The Bangles, The Beatles, The Best Of Blondie, The Cranberries, The Cure, The Offspring, The Sugarplastic, The Wallflowers, The Velvet Underground, Walk Like An Egyptian, XTC, Ya Got Trouble, Young Marble Giants

Books/Book Characters, Comic Books/Comic Book Characters, Comic Strips:

A Mencken Chrestomathy, A Tale Of Two Cities, Anna Karenina, Belle Watling, Boo Radley, Carrie, David Copperfield, Dick Tracy, Dopey (One of the seven dwarfs) Goofus And Gallant, Great Expectations, Grinch, Hannibal Lecter, Hansel And Gretel, Harry Potter (book as well as character referenced), Huckleberry Finn, Little Dorrit, Madame Bovary, Moby Dick, Mommie Dearest, Moose Mason, Nancy Drew, Out Of Africa, Pinocchio, Swann's Way, The Amityville Horror, The Art Of Fiction, The Bell Jar, The Grapes Of Wrath, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The Lost Weekend, The Metamorphosis, The Portable Dorothy Parker, The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath, The Witch Tree Symbol, There's A Certain Slant Of Light, Tuesdays With Morrie, War And Peace, Wonder Woman

Public Figures:

Adolf Eichmann, Alfred Hitchcock, Angelina Jolie, Anna Nicole Smith, Annie Oakley, Antonio Banderas, Arthur Miller, Artie Shaw, Barbara Hutton, Barbara Stanwyck, Barbra Streisand, Beck, Ben Jonson, Benito Mussolini, Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Crudup, Bob Barker, Brad Pitt, Britney Spears, Catherine The Great, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Charles I, Charles Dickens, Charles Manson, Charlie Parker, Charlotte Bronte, Charlton Heston, Charo, Cher, Cheryl Ladd, Chris Penn, Christiane Amanpour, Christopher Marlowe, Chuck Berry, Claudine Longet, Cleopatra, Cokie Roberts, Courtney Love, Dalai Lama, Damon Albarn, Dante Alighieri, David Mamet, Donna Reed, Edith Wharton, Edna O'Brien, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Webber, Elle Macpherson, Elsa Klensch, Elvis, Emeril Lagasse, Emily Dickinson, Emily Post, Eminem, Emma Goldman, Errol Flynn, Fabio, Farrah Fawcett, Fawn Hall, Flo Jo, Francis Bacon, Frank Sinatra, Franz Kafka, Fred MacMurray, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gene Hackman, Gene Wilder, George Clooney, George Sand, George W. Bush, Harry Houdini, Harvey Fierstein, Henny Youngman, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, Henry VIII, Herman Melville, Homer, Honore De Balzac, Howard Cosell, Hugh Grant, Hunter Thompson, Jack Kerouac, Jaclyn Smith, James Dean, Jane Austen, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Tandy, Jim Carey, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hoffa, Joan Of Arc, Joan Rivers, Jocelyn Wildenstein, Joel Grey, John Cage, John Gardner, John Muir, John Paul II, John Webster, Johnny Cash, Johnny Depp, Joseph Merrick AKA Elephant Man, Judy Blume, Judy Garland, Julian Lennon, Justin Timberlake, Karen Blixen AKA Isak Dinesen, Kate Jackson, Kathy Bates, Kevin Bacon, Kreskin, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leo Tolstoy, Leopold and Loeb, Lewis Carroll, Linda McCartney, Liz Phair, Liza Minnelli, Lou Reed, M Night Shyamalan, Macy Gray, Madonna, Marcel Marceau, Marcel Proust, Margot Kidder, Marie Antoinette, Marie Curie, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Twain, Mark Wahlberg, Marlin Perkins, Martha Stewart, Martha Washington, Martin Luther, Mary Kay Letourneau, Maurice Chevalier, Melissa Rivers, Meryl Streep, Michael Crichton, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Miguel De Cervantes, Miss Manners, Mozart, Nancy Kerrigan, Nancy Walker, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Nico, Oliver North, Oprah Winfrey, Oscar Levant, Pat Benatar, Paul McCartney, Peter III Of Russia, Peter Frampton, Philip Glass, PJ Harvey, Prince, Queen Elizabeth I, Regis, Richard Simmons, Rick James, Ricky Martin, Robert Duvall, Robert Redford, Robert Smith, Robin Leach, Rosie O'Donnell, Ru Paul, Ruth Gordon, Samuel Barber, Sarah Duchess Of York, Sean Lennon, Sean Penn, Shania Twain, Shelley Hack, Sigmund Freud, Squeaky Fromme, Stephen King, Steven Tyler, Susan Faludi, Susanna Hoffs, Tanya Roberts, Taylor Hanson, Theodore Kaczynski AKA The Unabomber, The Kennedy Family, Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo, and Gummo Marx AKA The Marx Brothers, Venus and Serena Williams (The reference was "The Williams Sisters"),Thelonious Monk, Tiger Woods, Tito Puente, Tom Waits, Tony Randall, Tonya Harding, Vaclav Havel, Vanna White, Vivien Leigh, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, William Shatner, Yoko Ono, Zsa Zsa Gabor

Misc:

Camelot, Chernobyl Disaster, Cone Of Silence, Hindenburg Disaster, Iran-Contra Affair, Paul Bunyan, The Menendez Murders, Tribbles, Vulcan Death Grip, Whoville, Winchester Mystery House

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“4 Men and 2 Women Held in Stover Robbery,” The Border Cities Star. May 29, 1930. Page 03 & 06. ---- Jewels And Goods Found In Windsor ---- Giles Boulevard House Raided by Police This Moning --- Six Are Arrested --- Articles Believed to Be Loot Taken From Summer Homes ---- Headed by an American gunman, a gang, composed of four men and two girls, were arrested at various times since two o’clock this morning by raiding squads of the provincial police, and are held for questioning regarding the theft of thousands of dollars worth of furniture, jewelry, and curios from the summer cottages and homes in the Puce and Belle River districts. The arrests followed publication on Wednesday in The Border Cities Star of the story concerning the robbery of the Samuel Stover and Dr. G. Griffen homes at Puce. Recover Goods Police recovered about $3,000 worth of jewelry and furniture, which they state, was stolen from the summer home of Dr. Giffen, of Detroit. This house is situated only a short distance away from the Samuel Stover residence, where, on Tuesday, it was discovered over $10,000 worth of goods, including Chinese curios of jade and silver, had been stolen.

While none of the Stover property has been recovered, provincial police are hopeful that their investigations will result in its recovery, as further arrests are expected.

Those under arrest are: Charles Zenkaska, 24, of 8535 Strong avenue, Detroit, who is wanted in Waterbury, Connecticut, for a $22,000 bank robbery; Alfred Robinet, 1825 Giles Boulevard east, 21; Mrs. Jack Folsom, 23, of Tilbury, and her sister, Miss Babe Duprey, 19, of Tilbury; Clarence Jacobs, 24, Tecumseh, barber, and Albert Jacobs, 25, of 227 Drouillard Road, East Windsor. Giles Boulevard The first four named were arrested at two o’clock this morning by provincial police at the Gile Boulevard address, the other two being picked up later this morning. All with the exception of Albert Jacobs, are held on theft charges; he faces a nominal charge of vagrancy.

The arrest of the four was brought about at 1.30 o’clock this morning by a party of provincial police consisting of Sergeant Bush, Constables McMillan, Harris, Scott, and Thurston.

Following the Stobver and Giffen burglaries, it was believed by authorities that the job had been pulled by American cracksmen, and that the curios were now safely reposing in the store of some ‘fence’ or had already been disposed of.

That the gangsters had luxurious tastes, however, was evidenced by the fact that they had outfitted the Giles Boulevard address with the Giffen furniture and it is thought, this address formed the gambling headquarters for some time, for part of the Detroit underworld.

Gambling Theory This theory arose from the fact that Zenkanskas, who gave the name of Smith and, as such, is known to the local authorities, stated that he had spend all but $10 of his share of the three-way split in the $22,000 Waterbury bank hold-up since March 28 of this year, the date of the robbery. When asked how he had managed to get rid of over $7,000 in such a short space of time, he stated that he had lost the money at the gambling tables.

When police raided the address on Giles Boulevard, they could not get a reply to persistent knocking, and battered down the door, arresting the two men and women. It is thought, however, that one or more members of the gang might have got free of the house, and tipped off the remainder, who were thought to be living in various parts of the city.

Zenkauskas was identified by Superintendent of Identification James R. Wilkinson. When brought into the fingerprint bureau, he showed evident signs of nervousness and his first question was: ‘What offences can they extradite you for to the other side of the river?’

‘Almost any,’ he was told.

‘Is your name really Smith?’ asked Supt. Wilkinson, after taking the prints.

‘Oh, what’s the use, you’ll find out soon enough. I thought I’d be safe in Canada, though, but you can’t fool the fingerprints.’

Reward for Arrest And just then the superintendent, after classifying the prints, drew from one of his files a folder, announcing that the speaker was wanted, and that a $500 reward would be paid for his arrest, along with 10 percent of any monies recovered. This last is a joker in the eyes of local police, owing to the fact that the accused only had $10 on him at the time of the his arrest. This means that this share of the reward will only be $1. Provincial police and Superintendnet James R. Wilkinson are eligible for the reward.

Zenkauskas pulled the Waterbury job with two companions. Of these, Charles Kliem is now dead - he suicided in his cell a St. Louis following his arrest there for the hold-up, and Edward Puckus, the third member of this gang, comes to trial in two weeks at Waterbury. He managed to escape from St. Louis by beating police down a hotel fire-escape, but he was arrested in New York.

Robinet and Clarence Jacobs were arrested here in 1927 by Sergeant Pero for housebreaking.

This pair were also involved last year in the activities of th an immense smuggling ring. Robinet is the son of the proprietor of Tecumseh’s only department store, Jacobs the son of the village postmaster.

At the time of the arrest for alien smuggling, Jacobs was reported to have told American police that he had smuggled beer and whisky over, and the activities of the ring may be judged from the fact that 200 aliens a month were admitted to have gained entry to the States through them.

Two Girls The two girls are not believed to have been implicated in the burglaries. It is thought that they were merely staying at the Giles Boulevard address. Police searched the house thoroughly in the hopes of finding at least a small arsenal, but their search was rewarded only by the finding of a .32 calibre rifle.

The opinion was expressed, however, that the joint had just been ‘knocked off’ in time, police pointing out that the gang funds were running low, and that much times would not have elapsed before another attempt was made to secure some easy money, and it is felt that a local bank might have been the objective.

Zenkauskas, according to police records, has already been convicted three times, for highway robbery and burglary, serving time in the Connecticut State Reformatory for men at Chester. Photo caption: ALLEGED MEMBERS OF ROBBER BAND Shown above is the hangout at 1625 Giles Boulevard east, and five of the six members of the gang which is alleged to have participated in the burglary of many summer homes in the Pure and Belle River districts. At the house was recovered $3,000 worth of furniture stolen from the summer home of Dr. Giffen, of Detroit, and police are hopeful of obtaining, through the gang. Some of the $10,000 loot obtained in the burglary of the millionaire Samuel Stover’s home, which is located nearby. Shown, beside the house, are Miss Babe Duprey and her sister, Mrs. Marie Folsom, the two Tilbury girls caught when provincials raided the house; Charles Zenkauskas, alleged leader of the gang, who is wanted in Waterbury, Conn., for a $22,000 bank stickup, Alfred Robinet, and Clarence Jacobs, both of Tecumseh.

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13 destinations for African-American history and culture

Visit these significant sites of memory and perseverance across the country.

In 1860, the schooner Clotilda—the last slave ship to bring African captives to the American South—arrived at the Alabama coast, its hold containing 110 people smuggled into the U.S. more than 50 years after importing slaves was outlawed. After an intensive yearlong search, supported by the National Geographic Society, marine archaeologists have located the Clotilda. Few slave vessels have ever been found, so this groundbreaking discovery unlocks a mystery that many thought lost to history. (Read more about finding Clotilda.)

Such breakthroughs help preserve our shared heritage and tell the stories of the estimated 389,000 Africans delivered into bondage in mainland America from the early 1600s to 1860. For some descendants of slaves, artifacts such as the Clotilda represent a tangible connection to their ancestors. For travelers, such discoveries can present an opportunity to learn more about U.S. history.

“The African-American experience is the lens through which we understand what it is to be an American,” writes Lonnie G. Bunch III, the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The national collection in Washington, D.C., is just one of many diverse museums and monuments across the country that help visitors connect to significant moments in black history and to learn about the country’s legacy of racial injustice. Here are 13 destinations for discovering more about African-American history and culture.

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Despite initial funds provided in 1915 by black Civil War veterans and a signed Public Resolution from President Calvin Coolidge in 1929 establishing a commission to plan its construction, it wasn’t until legislation signed by then President George W. Bush in 2003 that the museum had the authorization it needed to be created on the National Mall. Since the museum opened in fall 2016, visitors will be able to explore more than 400 years of artifacts and historical information detailing the African American experience. (Read more about the museum.)

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Established in 1965, this Detroit museum holds the world’s largest permanent collection of African-American culture. Among the more than 35,000 artifacts, find interactive kids stations, displays on trailblazers in science and engineering, and stained-glass windows by Samuel A. Hodge that depict stories of notable African Americans from dancers to civil rights activists. The annual three-day African World Festival held in August celebrates the cultures of the diaspora with hosts free performances by gospel legends such as the Clark Sisters, African drummers, and dance troupes.

Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum in Detroit, Michigan

The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, the first squadron of back military airmen, weren’t considered equals in the eyes of the law but that didn't stop them from defending the country. The museum details their training and the role they played in desegregating the military. Also find monuments to the men who served as “Red Tails” all over the country, including a National Park Service site in Tuskegee, Alabama, in their honor.

National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama — Informally called the lynching memorial, the first U.S. commemoration of the thousands of men, women, and children who were murdered—primarily because of the color of their skin—opened in Montgomery in April 2018. This Alabama site holds 805 hanging, steel rectangles in the shape of coffins, each representing one of the U.S. counties where a documented lynching took place, as reported by legal advocacy nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative. Steps away, visitors may explore the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, which opened on the same day and displays the history of racism in America—beginning with slavery before examining lynching, the Civil Rights era, and the present. (Discover the new U.S. Civil Rights Trail in Alabama.)

Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana — A slave cabin from a South Carolina plantation sits among the exhibits at the NMAAHC. At the Whitney Plantation, visitors can walk the fields once toiled in by slaves and learn the history of this brutal time in American history. Informed docents provide tours through memorials, slave cabins, and the great house with a unique focus on the slaves’ perspective. (Plantations are a dark chapter in American history—here’s why to visit.)

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio — The intricate, secret network of allies that runaway slaves relied on to escape to freedom was called the Underground Railroad. Although slavery ended in the United States roughly 150 years ago, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center works to keep the story and the message alive for the current generation. With exhibitions that highlight slave trades of the past and present, the center presents interactive exhibits, films, and even includes a slave pen from Kentucky built in the early 1800s. The moving tribute is even more relevant given the approximately 27 million people estimated to be enslaved around the world today. (What if Martin Luther King Jr. were never assassinated?)

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri — Long before Jackie Robinson became a household name, African American baseball players were making a name for themselves on the field. The Negro League offered these men a place to play in a segregated America. The museum highlights the successes and struggles of the players (both superstars and the unknown) and provides a glimpse into the incredible talent kept out of the mainstream. The museum is located in the historic 18th and Vine district with the American Jazz Museum, also worthy of a look for those in town.

Black American West Museum in Denver, Colorado — What started as an ode to black cowboys has grown to include tales and artifacts of African Americans who made their way west to forge new lives, whether driven by professional or personal circumstances. Located in the former home of Colorado’s first female African American physician, Justina Ford, the museum is packed with photos and artifacts is best experienced with a pre-arranged tour.

California African American Museum in Los Angeles, California — This 44,000-square-foot museum does a great job of showcasing items from African American history while also heralding contemporary themes. The exhibition “Oh Snap! West Coast Hip Hop Photography” is just one example of how the museum makes the collection interesting, informative, and accessible to younger audiences.

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The Transition Integrity Project presents one scenario in which, after the Republican candidate wins the Electoral College vote, but the Democrat wins the popular vote, states go rogue and send two different sets of votes to the Electoral College.

That’s almost identical to the 1876 clash between Republican nominee Rutherford B. Hayes and Democratic standard-bearer Samuel Tilden, which led to a political battle almost up until Inauguration Day, which back then was on March 4, rather than on Jan. 20.

Then as now, there was a Democrat-controlled House and a Republican-controlled Senate.

For those who recall the 2000 presidential race—Republican George W. Bush versus Democrat Al Gore—in which the Supreme Court settled the dispute between them over Florida’s electoral votes, the assumption might be that a postelection dispute would be settled in court. But the 2000 battle was a historical anomaly, as three other disputed outcomes were decided in Congress.

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In 1876, the country was barely a decade removed from the Civil War and seemed to begin the year with the goodwill of patriotically celebrating the centennial of the Declaration of Independence.

However, growing Northern fatigue with Reconstruction in the South and a string of scandals in the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant, a Republican, presented an opportunity for the Democrats to recapture the White House.

On Nov. 7, 1876, Tilden, the governor of New York, won the national popular vote 4,288,546 to 4,034,311 votes for Hayes, the governor of Ohio, and what appeared at first to be a margin of 184 for Tilden to 165 for Hayes in the Electoral College.

Most historians today think it’s difficult to know who really won the popular vote because of the mass voter suppression in the South of freed slaves, as Democrats used lynching and riots to scare blacks away from voting.

Aware of reports of Democrats voting twice and shredding other ballots, Republican Party operative Daniel Sickles telegraphed the Republican governors of South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana to say, “With your state sure for Hayes, he is elected. Hold your state.” South Carolina Gov. Daniel Chamberlain was first to respond on a telegraph, “All right. South Carolina is for Hayes. Need more troops.”

Three days after the election, Nov. 10, Grant told Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, commanding federal troops in Florida and Louisiana: “Either party can afford to be disappointed by the result, but the country cannot afford to have the result tainted by suspicion of illegal or false returns.”

Hayes carried Oregon. But, to stir mischief, Oregon’s Democratic governor, La Fayette Grover, named one elector for Tilden after a Republican elector was disqualified. He used a DNC legal opinion as a rational.

The 1876 dispute was different from those of 1800 and 1824, when no candidate had a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

However, in 1876, the question wasn’t what candidate had a majority of the Electoral College vote, but about states providing competing returns, or parallel pictures of who won the states. So, it wasn’t just up to the House.

The Republican-controlled Senate and Democrat-run House established a 15-member commission with five House members, five senators, and five U.S. Supreme Court justices. With a Republican edge, the commission decided each disputed state by a 8-7 vote in favor of Hayes.

The result still had to be certified by both houses of Congress, and the Democratic House wasn’t going to give up easily, facing immense pressure from constituents.

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On the night of Feb. 26, 1877, four Southern Democrats—Rep. John Y. Brown, newspaper publisher Henry Watterson of Kentucky, Sen. J.B. Gordon of Georgia, and Rep. W. M. Levy of Louisiana—met with four Ohio Republicans—Reps. James Garfield (a future president) and Charles Foster, Sen. Stanley Matthews, and U.S. Senator-elect John Sherman—at the Wormley House Hotel in Washington to negotiate to stop the House Democrats’ delaying tactics to block the 15-member bipartisan commission’s recommendation before Inauguration Day.

They agreed to end Reconstruction, appointing a Southern Democrat to the Hayes Cabinet, as well as provide federal money for Southern infrastructure projects. Hayes also agreed to serve only one term.

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