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1 day ago · The Amateur Emigrant (written 1879–80, published 1895). An account of the first leg of his journey to California, by ship from Europe to New York. Andrew Noble (From the Clyde to California: Robert Louis Stevenson's Emigrant Journey, 1985) considers it to be his finest work.
22 hours ago · The American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) is the oldest and most prominent, having its founding in 1892. Rabbi Marc Lee Raphael was its longtime editor of its publications when he wrote in 1983 that in the Caribbean and South America, “Jewish merchants played a major role in the slave trade. In fact, in all the American colonies, whether ...
5 days ago · On New Year’s Day 1892, a seventeen-year-old girl named Annie Moore stepped onto Ellis Island and into a new life in America. The teen and her two younger brothers had just completed a 12-day...
3 days ago · The Amateur Emigrant by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Ambassadors by Henry James; America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction by John Steinbeck; The American by Henry James; The American Clock by Arthur Miller; American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings by Zitkala-Ša; American Local Color Writing, 1880-1920 by multiple authors
5 days ago · That was the day I became an amateur martyr. And, in case you forgot, that word martyr —the New Testament word for it is “witness.” Remember, you can’t kill a martyr, because they are already dead and risen—never to die again.
4 days ago · Between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023, approximately 94,576 people emigrated from Canada to another country. The majority of emigrants from Canada came from the province of Ontario, with...
5 days ago · When some of the early Muslims were subjected to the coercion of the Quraysh to abandon their religion, they were forced to emigrate to Abyssinia. In so doing, they resorted to a method that has been used by many prophets of God who preceded Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
