Americans often pride themselves for living in the "land of the free". This is rather ironic considering that we stole our beloved country from its original inhabitants, the Native Americans. Not many people are aware of the severity of the numerous hardships the American Indians have fac...

I have chosen to write on the life and times of George Armstrong Custer; perhaps one of the most controversial and misunderstood figures in United States military history. In this paper I will talk about the life of Custer, his background, career, schooling, marriage, military service, and ultimatel...

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland. Frederick Douglass exact birth date is not recorded. This information was deemed unimportant to Douglass' master. Frederick Douglass was a field and house a slave in differ...