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2 days ago · 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.
Since he is a prince, no one may raise a hand against him. Therefore, his family provides him with a whipping boy , Jemmy, an orphaned boy who will be punished instead of the prince. Though he has learned to read, write and do mathematics while living in the castle, Jemmy is beaten several times a day and longs for the freedom he had on the streets.
- Sid Fleischman, Peter Sis
- 1986
3 days ago · Sir Thomas More PC (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, [ 2 ] was an English lawyer, judge, [ 3 ] social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist. [ 4 ]
Oct 1, 2024 · Meaning of ‘Whip Hand’: A Position of Advantage. When someone has the ‘Whip Hand,’ it means they hold a position of control or advantage in a situation. It’s like having the upper hand or being in the driver’s seat. This idiom often implies dominance or authority. Origins: From Horse Riding to Everyday Language.
Sep 18, 2024 · Damien Chazelle, American director and screenwriter who won numerous awards for his first two major films, Whiplash (2014) and La La Land (2016). He won the Oscar for best director for the latter movie, the youngest-ever recipient at age 32. Read more about Chazelle’s life and career.
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Sep 24, 2024 · John Henry, hero of a widely sung African American folk ballad. It describes his contest with a steam drill, in which John Henry crushed more rock than the machine did but died ‘with his hammer in his hand.’. Writers and artists see in John Henry a symbol of the worker’s foredoomed struggle against the machine.
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Oct 2, 2024 · "A hand printing-press of metal (a Stanhope Press), supported on the stout legs of a man in breeches which seem to belong to a John Bull, puts to flight mere pigmy humans: two flee to the right, one propelled by a kick from a huge buckled shoe; two others have fallen.
