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  • 1Nat Turner: Confession (1831) — ▪ Primary Source       Nat Turner led the best known of all Southern slave revolts, which occurred on August 21, 1831, and climaxed a three year period of unrest among the slaves during which time Turner had been successful in convincing his… …

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  • 2Oscar Wilde — This article is about the 19th century author. For other uses, see Oscar Wilde (disambiguation). Oscar Wilde Photograph taken in 1882 by Napoleon Sarony Born 16 October 1854(1854 10 16) Dub …

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  • 3Haitian Vodou — Vodou (Anglicized: Voodoo) or Vaudoo [ [http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2003/05/26/31065.html Vaudoo as other name for haitian voodoo] ] is a family of New World syncretistic religions primarily based on the faiths of the Fon, Ewe, and… …

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  • 4Jackie Brown (film) — Infobox Film name = Jackie Brown caption = imdb id = 0119396 writer = Novel: Elmore Leonard Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino producer = Lawrence Bender starring = Pam Grier Samuel L. Jackson Robert Forster Robert De Niro Michael Keaton Bridget Fonda …

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  • 5biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 6literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 7United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 8Rag Doll (comics) — Superherobox caption= character name=Rag Doll real name=Peter Merkel publisher=DC Comics debut= Flash Comics # 36 (Dec 1942) creators=Gardner Fox alliances=Injustice Society Secret Society of Super Villains aliases= powers=Contortionist,… …

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  • 9United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 10ISAIAH — (Heb. יְשַׁעְיָה ,יְשַׁעְיָהוּ Salvation of YHWH ), one of the eight books (as the Rabbis and the Masorah count them) of the Nevi im, or Prophets, the second division of the Hebrew canon (see bible , Canon). INTRODUCTION Outside the Book of… …

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