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Separation of powers were created to divide the government power and separate it into 3 different branches : executive, Legislative, and the Judicial branches.
Each branches has the ability to intervene with the power of other branches. So, if one of the branch want to use its power to hurt the people, the other branch could rise up and intervene.
Example of this would be the power to conduct a judicial review held by the Judicial branch.
The legislative branch has the power to create the law. But, before the law is passed, it has to be reviewed and examined through judicial review. If the judicial branch found that the law is constitutional, they can prevent the law from being passed.
The orders were to take everything that they can, and burn and ruin everything that they can't take. The idea was to destroy infrastructure completely so as to weaken the southern population and the southern support for the war. They would burn farms and pillage everything leaving nothing standing.
Equiano was a boy who was made a slave at a young age. he became older he was able to gained his freedom by raising the same amount of money that was used to buy him. when he finally gained his freedom he wrote his own autobiography. this auto bio explained all his troubles of being taken from africa and sold then about his lie as a slave. after have written this auto bio he became part of the movement to abolish slavery.
