Ordovician
Ordovician The second of six periods that constitute the
Palaeozoic Era, named after an ancient Celtic tribe, the Ordovices. It lasted from about 488.3 to 443.7 Ma ago. The Ordovician follows the
Cambrian and precedes the
Silurian. It is noted for the presence of various, rapidly evolving, graptolite genera (
Graptolithina) and of the earliest jawless fish.
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Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and John Edward Bruce: The Relationship of a Militant Black Journalist with the "Father of Civil Rights," and the "Wizard of Tuskegee."
Magazine article from: Afro - Americans in New York Life and History; 7/31/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...nineteenth century, John Edward Bruce (1856-1924...with both Frederick Douglass (1817-1895...five year old white clerk who worked...His marriage to a white woman symbolically...he wrote, "Fred Douglass has married a red...sought to imitate whites. He opposed skin...than a month after ...
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Frederick Douglass: The 'Lion' Of the Abolitionist Movement
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel; 2/19/1997; 700+ words
; ...02-19-1997 Frederick Douglass: The `Lion' Of the Abolitionist...hand to the slave-breaker Edward Covey. Douglass suffered many lashings and...becoming familiar with the white abolitionist movement. Douglass was also a contemporary of...
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"A Taste of History"; Father, Newspaper Publisher, Author; Frederick Douglass: The 'Lion' of the Abolitionist Movement
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel; 6/4/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...take pride in the fact that Douglass, the freedom fighter of...hand to the slave-breaker Edward Covey. Douglass suffered many lashings and...becoming familiar with the white abolitionist movement. Douglass was also a contemporary of...
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Documentary examines life and work of Frederick Douglass
Newspaper article from: Bay State Banner; 12/29/1994; ; 681 words
; ...rare photography of Douglass and, with great effect...depiction of the young Douglass challenging his vicious slaveholder, Edward Covey, who lashed the defiant Douglass many times before he...attention of both black and white abolitionists. The...
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`Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History'
Newspaper article from: Washington Afro-American; 11/5/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Douglass the alphabet, Douglass recognized the influence...understood...the White man's power to enslave...slavery to freedom." Douglass was returned to the...useless. Auld sent Douglass to a farmer, Edward Covey, who had a reputation...
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Fine Frederick Douglass biography has disturbing elements
Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News; 12/10/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...McFeely sheds new light on Douglass' childhood in terms...received the name Bailey. Douglass changed his last name...Talbot County list no White Baileys from which the...between a slave-breaker, Edward Covey, and the men slaves, including Douglass. Sexual innuendos His...
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An alliance between two giants: Frederick Douglass turns from critic to adviser, friend of Abraham Lincoln.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 9/18/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...and unaffected ways. Douglass was born about 1818...eight hours. "Of my [white] father," Douglass wrote in one of his...overseer by one Col. Edward Lloyd, who owned 1,000 slaves and 20 farms. Douglass, therefore, grew up...
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Father of Freedom: Frederick Douglass; Voice of anti-slavery (First in a series)
Newspaper article from: Michigan Chronicle; 2/20/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...was the son of his White slave master, Aaron...put a stop to it, Douglass had acquired enough...Captain Anthony. Douglass was passed along to...the spirit of young Douglass, Thomas Auld hired him out to Edward Covey, a slave breaker...
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The path to freedom: how the education of Frederick Douglass helped change the nation.(Profiles in GREATNESS)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Success; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...made friends with poor white children who taught him...Columbian Orator. In it, Douglass read and later memorized...1826, what remained of Douglass's family was divided...into the woods to die. Douglass's determination to...infamous slave breaker Edward Covey. After a year...
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DOUGLASS *
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 2/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...never known, although Douglass originally stated his father was white and might have been...mother in infancy, Douglass was passed from one...of his new master. Douglass would later write...was sent to a man, Edward Covey, a noted...
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White, Edward Douglass
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
WHITE, EDWARD DOUGLASS In his three decades as a lawmaker and justice, Edward Douglass White left a powerful and sometimes controversial mark on American...
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Edward Douglass White
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Edward Douglass White Edward Douglass White (1845-1921), ninth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is known for his enunciation of the "rule of reason" for interpreting and applying antitrust legislation. Born on Nov. 3, 1845...
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Douglass, Frederick
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Douglass, Frederick (1818–...showdown with the slave breaker Edward Covey, whom he vanquished. Douglass recorded his slave experiences...as did his 1884 marriage to a white woman. Douglass viewed the Civil War as a millennial...
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Harlan, John Marshall
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...facilities for blacks and whites, insisting that state...words of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White, “he could...Racial . Bibliography G. Edward White , John Marshall...Whig Justice , 1992. G. Edward White
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Stone, Harlan Fiske
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
...chief justice and, like Democrat Edward Douglass White (chief justice, 1910–...from an associate justiceship (White again, and William Rehnquist...for eleven years. Stone, like White, was promoted in part because...
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