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Coal and gold, two diverse, valuable extremes that have a common bond. Mining is tough, backbreaking employment, but four friends' lifetime was shaped by their experiences that involved the husbands working in the Jasper, Alabama, coal mines: two refined Negro women who were determined to remain classy and have families and two dedicated hardworking ministers whose desire was to have ministry, family, and success. This group of four was able to achieve their goals, beginning in the coal mines. Friendship, faith, love, understanding, and hard work paid off for this group of coal miners. Coal is gold.
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First-person narratives of 27 former Texas slaves edited from WPA slave narratives.
First-person narratives of 27 former Texas slaves edited from WPA slave narratives.
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Great and wonderful lessons were learned by our family and everyone in the neighborhood as we were constantly on the move. Our family remained close-knit and adjusted smoothly to many uncomfortable situations. We remained stable and prosperous. Our climb to success and stability wasn't hampered by our circumstances. Moving and living in rental properties is much different than moving into a home that is being purchased. There are difficulties in life but to sustain a family and goals under extreme pressure that comes with the change of moving, dismantling, and reestablishing a healthy environment for family living was made possible by the knowledge, skills, wisdom, and family coordination of...
First-person narratives of former Mississippi slaves edited from WPA slave narratives.
This story of a conflict between two commanders amid the struggle to oust the British from South Carolina is “great for anyone teaching leadership” (Military Review). As the newly appointed commander of the Southern Continental Army in December 1780, Nathanael Greene quickly realized victory would not only require defeating the British Army, but also subduing the region’s brutal civil war. “The division among the people is much greater than I imagined, and the Whigs and the Tories persecute each other, with little less than savage fury,” wrote Greene. Part of Greene’s challenge involved managing South Carolina’s determined but unreliable Patriot militia, led by Thomas Sumter, t...