Governor George Yeardley
After his arrival in Jamestown in 1619, Governor George Yeardley immediately gave notice that the Virginia colony would establish a legislative assembly. This assembly, the General Assembly (which became the House of Burgesses), first met on July 30, 1619.
<span>Overtime, black and night (best association with
darkness) and winter are common literary symbols for death. In literature overtime, night has been
considered as the strongest symbol for death. Winter on the other hand;
although it is not associated with darkness, it is true to one of Robert Frost’s
on his "Stopping
by a Wood on a Winter's Night" .</span>
<span>Examples of literary works
that can justify that these words are used to symbolize death.
"It's the light they believe that kills/we
drink and load again and let them crawl</span>
<span>into the darkness we're headed
for"--- Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump by David Bottoms
"Do not go gentle into that good night </span>
<span> Old age should rage against the closing of the
day </span>
<span> Rage, rage against the dying of the
light." ---Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Dylan Thomas</span>
The abolitionist movement was met with much backlash. So much so, that it was a major cause of the civil war. Slave owners refused to aknowledge African American citizens as equals. They believed they were inferior in every way. To them, African American’s were dumber and less advanced. The false idea that they were more closely related to apes due to their skin color was used in many arguments. Another major ideal used to support slavery was the impact it had on the economy. The creation of cheaper products due to unpaid laborers greatly contributed to the economy in those times. Most of these assertions were only filled by racism and insecurity from the slave owners part, while some like the impact in the economy were morally and ethically incorrect.
