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... were burdened with huge elephants' tusks. Others, and many of the women too, bore baskets or bales of food. Little boys and girls trudged along beside their parents, eyes wide in fear and wonder” (McCague, 14). After they were marched often hundreds of miles, it was time for them to be shipped off to sea, so that they could be sold as cheap labor to help harvest the new world. But before they were shipped off, they had to pass through a slave-trading station. The slave trade, which was first controlled by Portugal, was now controlled by other European nations. In the late 1600's, Spain, Holland, England, France and Denmark were all sending ships to West Africa. The slave trade was be ...

... The dundun is an hourglass-shaped, two-headed drum whose twin heads are laced together by thongs of gut or leather (Hart, 52). By manipulating the tension on these thongs a player can alter the pitch of the tone he is making, thus enabling the dundun to "talk", or produce tones that sound like words (52). This allows him to communicate with neighboring tribes (52). Americans took this idea and converted it into a single-head drum, constructed of brass, in which a foot pedal altered the pitch of the drum. This drum was first called the kettledrum and was later renamed to the timpani drum ("Early Percussion"). Another influence to the drumset was the symphonic percussion instruments. T ...

... Rome. That evening, there are strange and unusual natural occurrences--the weather is very strange and violent and fire falls from the sky. Most of the people believe that the weather is a bad omen, but Cassius disagrees. He uses the unusual weather to reason that it is only for evil men (such as Caesar) who need to be afraid. The plotting against Caesar continues. Act II: Brutus is convinced by Cassius that it is for the good of Rome that Caesar be killed. Some of the other conspirators want to kill friends of Caesar's, but Brutus feels that it is not necessary to kill anyone else. Only the person responsible for the downfall of Rome should perish according to Brutus. Caesar is cont ...

... would be a recapitulation, but the use of pitch transforms it into something new. To emphasize the pitch fluctuation, three different kinds of flutes were played. Because of the pitch variation in this piece, there were many melodies to follow. In a way, the music sounded like sound effects to a horror flick. For example, the tone color of the piece would be nice and calm then all of a sudden the percussion would contribute a crashing sound and disturb the quiet. Towards the end of the piece, the musicians tapped their instruments to add to the eerie atmosphere. In comparison to Notturno, Martino’s Trio (the first piece played) still produced the same psychotic and d ...

... a witness. Brady agreed replying, “Your Honor, this entire trial is unorthodox. If the interests of Right and Justice will be served, I will take the stand.” (page 75) Brady, at times, can be quite ignorant and the decision he made to take the witness stand proved it. Brady did not know how much Drummond knew about the Bible but instead he believed all the rumors he heard about Drummond be agnostic. Brady thought everything in the Bible should be taken literally and Drummond knew that. That is why he asked questions that were impossible to answer. Brady was a very self-centered man and thought that he would shut Drummond down with his answers. He was wrong. - 2 - ...

... Klux Klan became known for their violence against people outside the white race and people who associated with them. Contrary to what most people believe, the Ku Klux Klan was started because of a few people wanted to have some innocent fun, not because they were intending to start a chain of violence on anyone outside the white race.(The Klan, p.2) The Ku Klux Klan began in Pulaski, Tennessee, a small town south of Nashville. On the night of December 24, 1865 six ex-confederate soldiers were sitting around a fireplace it the law office of Judge Thomas M. Jones.(Invisible Empire, p.9) These six friends were having a discussion and were trying to come up with an idea to cheer themselves up ...

... It became obvious that a war between white immigrants and Native Americans of the land would take place soon. The U.S. began a policy of taking or buying land from the Native tribes. By 1813, some of the tribes rose up against white settlers and against other tribes that supported white settlement. The Second Seminole War (1835-1842) was the longest and the last of the US’s Wars of Indian Removal fought. It was fought at the east of the Mississippi River. It was the first guerilla style war fought by the US Troops. After the US withdrew from the fighting in 1842, an uneasy peace lasted for fourteen years. Their descendants remained isolated in the Everglades until the late 1800s, ...

... abundance of, useless and converting them to gold and silver which was very scarce there. The American sailors were also subject to hardships brought forth by the British. They were forced by impressment to join the Royal Navy to fight against their own brothers. By placing duties on all imported goods, this raised the prices so much that all the colonists could afford were smuggled goods. The smugglers were also hard to get things from because the British had the right to search all ships without warrants. How could a loyal hard-working American colonists pledge their allegiance to a country where the sovereign does not recognize their rights, their presence in Parliament, and their ...

... century. Romantic Ideas spread throughout Europe through about the next forty years. It became the philosophy of not only poets, but of dramatists, painters, dancers and composers. Because of poetic inspiration, musical compositions were often named with descriptive titles and or complied to literary programs like paintings that attempted to illustrate stories. Romanticism can be thought of as a subconscious rebellion against the increasing Industrial Revolution and machines taking over work which some believed threatened mankind's dignity. Artists got their inspiration in stories of distant lands and times. They would also turn to nature, examining the raging sea and storm. The ...

... art which would follow it. The next important era was the time of Greek art. Their work was greatly influenced by the Egyptians. Their early art was very geometric in shape and glorified Gods and people in their works. Eventually as time progressed, they began to soften their edges and lines and concentrate on the human form, which they considered the most beautiful of all creation. Christian art was the next big leap for art. This art was more colorful and displayed vivid images and scenes. The introduction of the mosaic was probably the greatest contribution of the period. In the fifteenth century, the Renaissance period involved brighter colours and new mediums that the world h ...