Calhoun, South Carolina Exposition and Protest, 1828. The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, also known as Calhoun’s Exposition, was written in December 1828 by John C. Calhoun, then Vice President of the United States under John Quincy Adams and later under Andrew Jackson. That is why, John C. Calhoun, the…
With strict adherence to a set of rules; fairly and honorably: “We don’t want to lose this case over any legal technicalities; everything must be done strictly according to Hoyle.” Hoyle was the author of a book on the game of whist in the eighteenth century; his name has since…
She married fellow Celebrity Big Brother contestant Jack Tweed on 22 February 2009 and died one month later, in the early hours of 22 March 2009, at age 27. Public opinion of Goody had softened by the time of her death. When did Jade Goody get married to husband Jack…
Elizabeth is Mary’s cousin. She is now elderly and she and her husband, Zechariah, have never been able to have children. Now Elizabeth is pregnant as God has worked a miracle so they can conceive. Their child will grow up to be John the Baptist , the person whose role…
Much of “Hustle & Flow” is based on experiences from Craig Brewer’s own life. When he and his wife Jodi moved to Memphis in the mid-1990s, they didn’t have any money. Hustle and Flow is a biopic based on the life of Empire’s Lucious Lyon. I believe Hustle and Flow…
Jerry Lisker wrote an article, published on July 6th, about the Stonewall Riots. He does not seem to have been present at the riots, rather taking his… See full answer below. Jerry Lisker was a journalist who worked for the New York Daily News during the time of the Stonewall…
George Cookman who is known to have convinced a rich slaveholder to emancipate his slaves. When he is around, the slaves pray that he can do the same for them. Mr. Wilson: A young white man, he sets up a Sabbath school for the slaves to learn about the New…
Antarah ibn Shaddad (Arabic: عنترة بن شداد العبسي, ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī; AD 525–608), also known as ʿAntar, was a pre-Islamic Arab knight and poet, famous for both his poetry and his adventurous life. Shaddād ( Arabic شدّاد ), also known as Shaddād bin ’Ad, was believed to be the…
After helping Jose Mourinho win the Treble with Porto in 2003-04, Ferreira became the manager’s first signing at Chelsea. When Jose Mourinho was unveiled at Stamford Bridge on 2 June 2004 he was the most successful manager Chelsea had ever appointed. Still only 41, the Portuguese had won the European…
Although Catholicism was the only religion expressly forbidden in the charter, the Georgia Trustees also decided to forbid Judaism in the new colony, but the harsh realities of colonial life opened the doors for Judaism to enter Georgia. Georgia was unique among the 13 British colonies in that no local…