Between Freedom and Bondage

Between Freedom and Bondage looks at the fluctuations of black suffrage in the ante-bellum North, using the four states of New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island as examples. In each of these states, a different outcome was obtained for blacks in their quest to share the vote. By analyzing the various outcomes of state struggles, Malone offers a framework for understanding and explaining how the issue of voting rights for blacks unfolded between the drafting of the Constitution, and the end of the Civil War.

Between Freedom and Bondage: Race, Party, and Voting Rights in the Antebellum North

History

Malone, Christopher

Africa

Routledge

Between Freedom and Bondage looks at the fluctuations of black suffrage in the ante-bellum North, using the four states of New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island as examples. In each of these states, a different outcome was obtained for blacks in their quest to share the vote. By analyzing the various outcomes of state struggles, Malone offers a framework for understanding and explaining how the issue of voting rights for blacks unfolded between the drafting of the Constitution, and the end of the Civil War.

Missy's twelve-year life is about to end on the side of an icy mountain. Then Hamlin appears. Their meeting marks the beginning of a six-year adventure, as they battle in turn killing forces of nature and an appalling injustice, to rescue each other from their respective crises on the mountain and in the courtroom. The warm affection that begins at their first meeting later blossoms into a powerful and abiding love between a man and a woman. But there are obstacles on the way to the church. There is decisive and rewarding revenge, on the street and in the courtroom. There are public debates with sparkling wit and cutting invective, and delightful dining-table repartee and pillow talk as Missy and Hamlin compete with dramatic and colorful declarations of their love for each other.

Bong Trees in Bellingham

Romance

Contemporary

iUniverse

I don't remember much after that. I do remember an attendant saying, You two are the lucky ones. You wouldn't believe how many dead ones we give rides to. Skiers, snowboarders, avalanches, heart attacks. I fell asleep. When we arrived at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bellingham, I was wheeled to a private room, and lifted into a bed. I was given some hot soup. Then I fell asleep. I awoke a while later. I don't know what time it was. There were people around my bed asking questions, the press, I thought. I don't remember the questions or my answers. Then they went away. A while later, I was awakened by a loud male voice outside, shouting, Where in hell has she been for the last four days? A woman's shrill voice was demanding, Who is this person she was with? A few moments later, a female nurse came in with a large man in hospital greens, and two uniformed officers. They stood by my bed. Hamlin Cross, you are under arrest for the crime of first-degree kidnapping. You have the right to remain silent . And I felt one hold my arm down, as the other snapped handcuffs on my wrist, and around the bed rail. A twelve-year-old girl named Missy has been kidnapped and molested. Or has she? She insists that it didn't happen. He says he didn't do it. But her parents, the police, Child Protective Services, and the court don't agree with their stories. He is convicted and imprisoned. Years later, a young woman and an ex-con join forces to confront the liars who were lined up against them, to achieve vindication...and revenge. After the blood is washed away, there remain the victorious two...and a love story.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

iUniverse Publishing

With dozens of detailed color photographs and readable text, this Chinese art and culture book is an excellent introduction to this treasured craft. Chinese ceramics, a form of fine art dating back to the primitive days, range from construction materials such as bricks and tiles, hand-built pottery vessels fired in bonfires or kilns, to the sophisticated porcelain wares made for the imperial court. The technique of making ceramics saw its heyday in the Tang and Song dynasties. and continued its development into a highly sophisticated form during the Qing dynasty, with multiple varieties, refined craftwork and diversified shapes and patterns. It gradually became the key commodity in China's export trade and gained so much popularity all over the world that it has become known by the name of its motherland—china.

Chinese Ceramics (Discovering China)

Arts & Photography

Wei, Ji

History & Criticism

Shanghai Press

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