Word: slaving
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...city after a great victory and was awarded a triumph, he passed among the populace wearing a hero's chaplet, surrounded by his soldiers, his booty and his captives. Lest he be made drunk by glory and the cheers of the citizens, he was sometimes provided with a slave who accompanied him in the ceremonies and whispered into his ear, "Remember, you are mortal...
...title is the name of a shapeless pendant of marsh and sand that meets the Atlantic about midway between Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga. Simons, pronounced Simmons ("I'm a rare one-m Simons"), lives in this area among the palmettos, scrub oaks, fiddler crabs, and slave descendants who speak Gullah and keep the faith at Marvin's R.O. Sweet Shop and Baby Grand. There, Simons says, "I am a celebrity because I'm white, not even teen-age yet, and possess the partial aura of the Duchess...
...Halley, Jr. is superb as Jim, the runaway slave trying to raft his way into a free state. Jim's character is the only one that is developed beyond the two-dimensionality of the others. Resisting the temptation to condescend to his role or to the audience, Halley portrays a multi-faceted, complex character who is childlike and wise at once, evoking pathos without fishing for it. Were Huck as carefully developed and convincingly acted as Jim, the different episodes of the play would assume the coherence and interest that the production occasionally lacks...
...some are out. It's not as if all fraternities and sororities are equal. I mean if you were a Tri Delt would you want to date a Sigma Nu? Of course not. Mixed marriages never work out. Back in Hellenic times, Aristotle noted that even a slave could contribute his best to society and not be entitled to citizenship. It's somewhat the same with frats...
...That the following shall be considered as a capital offence when committed by a slave or person of color committing a rape of attempting it on a free white female." 1816 Georgia Criminal Statuse...