Across Parker Avenue from the fort is the Site of the Old Gallows, where 83 men "stood on nothin', a-lookin' up a rope." The platf...orm had a trap wide enought to "accommodate" 12 men, but half that number was the highest ever reached. On two occasions six miscreants were executed. There were several groups of five, some quartets and trios.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... the planters began by stealing the liberty of their slaves, by stealing their labour, by stealing, in fact, all they had; and ...the natural result was that the slaves stole back all they could. So in the case of women. Reduced to the condition of dependency and with no other avenue for acquirement of success than the one which lies through their mastery or influence over the opposite sex, their natural powers to charm and seduce are, of course, reinforced by astuteness and trickery.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Heaven has a Sea of Glass on which angels go sliding every afternoon. There are many golden streets, but the principal thoroughfar...es are Amen Street and Hallelujah Avenue, which intersect in front of the Throne. These streets play tunes when walked on, and all shoes have songs in them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I could take the Harlem night and wrap around you,... Take the neon lights and make a crown, Take the Lenox Avenue buses, Taxis, subways, And for your love song tone their rumble down.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Make-believe is the avenue to much of the young child's early understanding. He sorts out impressions and tries out ideas that are... foundational to his later realistic comprehension. This private world sometimes is a quiet, solitary world. More often it is a noisy, busy, crowded place where language grows, and social skills develop, and where perseverance and attention-span expand.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »