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51Fictional characters in the Southern Victory Series — The Southern Victory Series is a series of alternate history novels written by Harry Turtledove. The point of divergence involves Confederate States of America winning the American Civil War and becoming an independent nation. The series covers… …
52Mark Twain bibliography — Samuel Langhorn Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] well known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), which has been called the Great …
53Washington, George — born Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland county, Va. died Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, Va., U.S. American Revolutionary commander in chief (1775–83) and first president of the U.S. (1789–97). Born into a wealthy family, he was educated privately. In 1752 …
54Oney Judge — Advertisement, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1796. Born ca. 1773 Mount Vernon, Virginia Died February 25, 1848 …
55Olivier, Laurence — (1907 1989) The actor and director was born on May 22, 1907, in Dorkey, Surrey, England. The son of an Anglican clergyman, he took up acting while at St. Edward’s School in Oxford. He was a member of the Birmingham Repertory Company from 1926… …
56Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez — Admiral comte Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez, bailli de Suffren (July 17 1729 December 8 1788) French admiral; was the third son of the marquis de Saint Tropez, head of a family of nobles of Provence which claimed to have emigrated from… …
57Mark Tapley — is the body servant to Martin Chuzzlewit, in Dickens s novel of the name. When he first appears, he is an ostler for the Blue Dragon Inn in Salisbury, and is in love with the widowed landlady Mrs Lupin. He departs the pub and goes to London early …
58Thirlage — was the term used for the law in regard of the milling of grain for personal or other uses. Vassals in a feudal barony were thirled to their local mill owned by the feudal superior. People so thirled were called suckeners and had no choice but to …
59Christopher Sheels — Detail from The Washington Family by Edward Savage (1789 96). This servant probably is Christopher Sheels. Christopher Sheels (born ca. 1774), was a dower slave at George Washington s Virginia plantation, Mount Vernon, who was owned by the estate …
60slavery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bondage; forced labor; servitude, chains, captivity; drudgery, toil; addiction, submission. See subjection. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Bondage] Syn. bondage, servitude, thralldom, enthrallment, subjection …
