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Selected Essays in Black History: My Escape from Slavery
The Negro Exodus The Goophered Grapevine My Escape from Slavery by Frederick Douglass In the first narrative of my experience in slavery, written nearly forty years ago, and in…Celebrity Baby Names
The interesting, odd, and downright crazy names celebrities give their children compiled by Erin Teare Martin Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Celebrity…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: On The Seas And Far Away
by Robert Burns Inscription To Miss Graham Of FintryCa' The Yowes To The Knowes-Se...On The Seas And Far Away Tune—"O'er the hills and far away." How can my poor heart be glad,…time , sequential arrangement of all events
(Encyclopedia) time, sequential arrangement of all events, or the interval between two events in such a sequence. The concept of time may be discussed on several different levels: physical,…The Nautical Knot
The Question: I need to know about nautical knots. Before computers, how did sailors measure them? Why are they called "knots" in the first place…2,000 Years of the Necktie: Sailing the Seven Seas
Sailing the Seven Seas by David Johnson Neckties Through the Ages Introduction210 B.C.China's First Emperor 113 A.D.Did Romans Wear Ties? 17th CenturyCroatian Cravats for the King of…Brewer's: Ambassador
a practical joke played on greenhorns aboard ship. A tub full of water is placed between two stools, and the whole being covered with a green cloth, a sailor sits on each stool, to keep…Brewer's: Jib
A triangular sail borne in front of the foremast. It has the bowsprit for a base in small vessels, and the jib-boom in larger ones, and exerts an important effect, when the wind is abeam,…Walt Whitman: A Song of Joys
A Song of JoysO to make the most jubilant song! Full of music—full of manhood, womanhood, infancy! Full of common employments—full of grain and trees.O for the voices of animals—O for the…Aesop's Fables: The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea
by Aesop The Traveller and His DogThe Wild Boar and the FoxThe Shipwrecked Man and the Sea A Shipwrecked Man cast up on the beach fell asleep after his struggle with the waves. When he…Trending
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