Underground city

Imagine never seeing the sun, sky, or nature. In the novel Tunnels by co-authors Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, a boy named Will Burrows stumbles upon an underground Victorian era city, named the Colony. Will finds the underground city while looking for his father who recently went missing. After being captured by the civilians of the underground city (also known as colonists), he discovers that his dad, also known as Mr. Burrows was captured by the colonists and was banished deeper into the earth. Will is desperate to find his father but longs to escape to the surface. There are three very important objects in the novel. The three most important objects that help Will in his discoveries are; Mr. Burrow’s Journal, a light orb, and Will’s shovel.…

Imagine a plane thirty-six thousand feet in the air about to land in the city of Denver, Colorado. The plane circles the Denver International Airport and the passengers look down at the interestingly shaped runways as the plane is cleared to land. After the smooth landing, the passengers exit the plane to gather their luggage and go about their business in the city. Taking note of the artistic murals on the walls as they walk, passengers move along in a hurry to get where they are going, as they…

The book titled Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad by Eric Foner examines in depth, as the name suggests, the Underground Railroad, but it also discusses the numerous abolitionist associations and the people, black and white, who conducted them. These abolitionist organizations and the Underground Railroad often went hand in hand with the abolitionist organizations assisting runaways and fugitives in their search for a new, better life either in the North or…

Lamb 1 Sarah Lamb Shawn Gladden History 111 November 21, 2015 Underground Railroad The underground railroads helped many slaves escape to freedom. Some people believe that the underground railroads did not involve many people. Some also believe and also question whether the underground railroads ever happened. There has been knowledge about the underground railroads that has changed from then to now based on new information that has come out recently. Information and articles written about…

Chicago is notorious for its abundance of gangs and violent crime, yet what if these were just smaller parts of a much bigger picture and you were told that Chicago had one of the most thriving underground economies in the United States? What if this underground economy had more advantages to it than meets the eye? It goes without saying that any gang-related activity is unethical, yet what makes that so? An underground economy is defined, as “illegal economic activity which entails transactions…

"working in the labor market traps him (Citizen) between the racism of whites and the resentment of Caeser Wilks, a self-made black entrepreneur and constable who plays, cynically and self-importantly, by white man 's rules" (Fighting to Maintain the Hard Won Self in August Wilson 's Gem of the Ocean 87). Due to this frustration with what appears to be the status quo, and steals a bucket of nails from Caesar 's mill as a way to lash out against the oppression, only to find out that later an…

turns having passengers on lookout when resting, and only getting supplies from houses confirmed to be safe by the Underground Railroad. However, when going back into slave states by herself, Tubman would travel during the daytime by herself and created many disguises for herself should she come across previous slaveholders or anyone else that could…

This woman told her about the Underground Railroad and influenced her to leave Maryland. Harriet felt that running away was her only choice because her husband stole her money and her master would not let her buy her freedom. She had no reasons to stay there. Thus, she started her journey north. Slaves had to go north if they wanted to escape. In the north, there were free states in which slavery was not allowed. In the beginning of her journey, a kind gentleman helped Harriet across a river by…

The Holocaust was a traumatic event that changed the course of history forever.Resistance efforts were what kept many people in concentration camps hopeful, knowing there are groups of people making a difference and fighting to liberate them.Mala Zimetbaum was a courageous and impressive women that never lost sight of what she believed in. Mala Zimetbaum devoted herself to help the prisoners at Auschwitz. She was born in Poland in 1918 but she was a Belgian women. She was the youngest of…

“Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me.”(“Sojourner Truth”)An activist and reformer, escaped slave Sojourner Truth worked unceasingly to contribute to the advancement of the abolitionist movement and equality for all. Born into slavery, Sojourner Truth, originally named Isabella Baumfree, faced many difficulties in her life. At the…