As a slave, Douglass was not allowed to have much of a childhood. He was separated from his parents, and he was forced to work hard and suffered cruel treatment while working on the property of Captain Aaron Anthony. In 1825 Anthony, who often hired his slaves out to others, decided to send Douglass to Baltimore, Maryland, to live with a man named Hugh Auld and his family.
Douglass's life improved somewhat while working for the Aulds. Mrs. Auld was a northerner, and northern slaveholders generally did not treat their slaves as badly as people in the South did. She even taught young Douglass the basics of reading and writing until her husband stopped her. Even though things were a little better than they had been, Douglass was still unhappy with his situation and began to think of ways to change it
Answer: The theory that the Americas were populated by humans crossing from Siberia to Alaska across a land bridge was first proposed as far back as 1590, and has been generally accepted since the 1930s.
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An aptitude test tests for your perspective (future) ability to acheive some task. It's supposed to show how you'll perform in the future. An achievement test tests for your current knowledge in an area. *edit* An achievement test is NOT necessarily an IQ test. And an aptitude test is NOT limited to testing your interests or your perspective job/career field.
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A corporation run by priests became the greatest landowners among the Sumerians. The priests hired the poor to work their land and claimed that land was really owned by the gods. ... Presumably before the time of the Sumerians, kings were chosen by the warriors, with the king as the leading warrior. Among their duties were leading the military, administering trade, judging disputes, and engaging in the most important religious ceremonies. A bureaucracy assisted the king. Consisting of priests, it bore all the responsibility of surveying and distributing land as well as distributing crops.
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