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Old and New London: Volume 2

The source is about the Fleet Prison, or the prison that is featured in the start of the novel. The information presented here describes some of its…

Old deserted shack, tenant house, in grain field. Greene County, Georgia

Even though this house is from a different time period than the house in The Color Purple, the style and area reflect how Mister's house must have…

Opinion

In this writing piece, the author talks about the segregation at the time and how everything from restaurants, theaters and trains are all segregated…

Organization of the primary schools of the city of Boston: September, 1854

This book lists out all the primary schools of the Boston area. The area is broken down into districts in which they then list the schools, number of…

Panorama of Calcutta

These six sectional images are lithograph prints that comprise one drawing by Frederick Fiebig entitled Panorama of Calcutta. Together the images…

Park's Banking Law of Georgia as Amended 1920 with the Trust Company and State Depository Acts

This primary source talks about the terrible conditions in Georgia prisons for women. It also states, "If the convict be a female, the judge may, in…

Passenger Ships of the Transatlantic Service

This is a brief article talking about the evolution of transatlantic passenger ships. It discusses how these ships were first introduced. It also…

PORTSMOUTH, May 8

In this primary source it talks about how there is a mutiny or a rebellion in the fleet. It also talks about how a soldier was shot and rushed to a…

Praise house at Sapelo

The building in this photo is of a praise house in Georgia in 1939, around the time of The Color Purple’s time period. Praise houses were typically…

Protest of the Laity of Trinity Church in the city of Boston

This primary source describes a church in Boston, Trinity Church, having protests against the election of an assistant bishop. In the Lampligther,…