A new look at the Black Virginians who defined and realized their freedom after the collapse of slavery“Verily, the work does not end with the abolition of slavery,” wrote Frederick Douglass in 1862, “but only begins.” The Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment altered a legal status; to make freedom a reality represented a different challenge altogether.Justice for Ourselves tells the stories of remarkable Black men and women in po...

Jonathan Daniel Wells and Jennifer R. Green provide a series of provocative essays reflecting innovative, original research on professional and commercial interests in the nineteenth-century South, a place often seen as being composed of just two classes—planters and slaves. Rather, an active middle class, made up of men and women devoted to the cultural and economic modernization of Dixie, worked with each other—and occasionally their northern counterparts—to bring reforms to the region.

Op het hoogtepunt van zijn roem en rijkdom wordt Joel Backman, topadvocaat voor geode en kwade zaken, gearresteerd wegens het bezit van staatsgeheimen. Hij bekent ogenblikkelijk schuld, zonder verdere openheid van zaken te geven, en wordt tot twintig jaar celstraf veroordeeld. Zijn compagnons sleept hij mee in zijn val, maar zelfs na zes jaar eenzame opsluiting, onder steeds zwaardere omstandigheden, blijft hij zwijgen als het graf. President Arthur Morgan van de Verenigde Staten heeft bij...

The hilarious New York Times bestseller "sharply observes the lives of globe-trotting, overindulging investment bankers" ( Entertainment Weekly)."Some chick asked me what I would do with 10 million bucks. I told her I'd wonder where the rest of my money went." —@GSElevatorFor three years, the notorious @GSElevator Twitter feed offered a hilarious, shamelessly voyeuristic look into the real world of international finance. Hundreds of thousa...

Exclusive Basic & Advanced Strategies For Dealing With Difficult People - Truly Unique!No matter what your setting - at work, at a family function, with colleague, with classmates, with roommates - it is hard to deal with difficult people. Are you the difficult one or are they? How do some people deal with these annoying people?Working out how to deal with difficult people can be so stressful. These difficult people can be frustrating, annoying and often ju...

Our Biggest Deal is a monumental resource showcasing essential top-down and bottom-up economic, financial, organizational, and philanthropic strategies to transcend the Anthropocene polycrisis and scale-up pathways to planetary prosperity.From regenerative finance to quintenary economics, from the emerging Earth steward aristocracy to multi-stakeholder capital stacks, from ethics-based banking to conscious crypto, from stewardship philanthropy to quintenar...

Navigate Grief with Practical Steps, Not Platitudes.When you're facing loss, well-meaning advice often falls short. You need a roadmap.Find Your Footing is a compassionate, guide designed to give you tangible tools for your journey through grief. Inside, you'll discover:Grounding Techniques: Simple exercises to manage overwhelming emotions in the moment.A Practical Framework: How to ...

In this study, you will experience the inspiring stories of Joni Eareckson Tada and Michael Easley along with what the Bible shares about the reasons for suffering and how God helps in our times of pain. God does not allow pain in our lives without reason. He also does not leave us without hope or His presence. The question is not "Why?" but "How can we live with the sufferings of this life?"

"Discovering the Best Deals - Sourcing Furniture in Southeast Asia" is a comprehensive guide for anyone interested in sourcing furniture from one of the world's most diverse and dynamic regions. With a focus on finding the best deals, the book provides practical advice on navigating the furniture markets of Southeast Asia and finding high-quality pieces that meet both aesthetic and budgetary needs.Drawing on years of experience in the industry, the authors share insider tips on how...

This book unveils certain deep mysteries of spiritual dogs. There are physical dogs, and there are spiritual ones. Both are diverse in breeds, habits and manifestations. Often, we decipher the spiritual from the physical. The spiritual dogs have certain character traits of physical dogs - they are lovers with sexual moral weaknesses, hunters' companions with unpredictable hostility, and good house guards with vicious drive.

Every intercourse you have in your dream-world is with a sexual demon. It is spiritual in nature and rooted in spiritual marriage covenant between you and a spirit being. Sexual demons involving in spiritual marriage relationship, romance and sex are called Incubus and Succubus This book unveils the truth that spiritual sex, spiritual love romance, and love relationship is a declaration of war against your soul and destiny. It bears negative impacts on marital destiny and fellowshipping wi...

You can run from a killer – unless the killer is you …In top-secret talks in Barcelona, ex-spy Dr Tori Swyft seals a landmark deal over the Arctic that sends Washington DC and Moscow reeling. The next morning, she wakes beside two dead bodies …A nameless voice phones her, taunting her and revealing a shocking video that shows Tori as the murderer. Yet she has no memory of what happened.With Spanish police converging at her door, Tori flees, in a rac...