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...family picking cotton in the fields near Savannah, c.1860s (stereograph photo) (via Britannica Image Quest). The musical sources of the blues included religious songs, broadly called spirituals, which were songs on Christian themes that frequently also addressed aspects of the lives of slaves. The Church often became a focus point in poor rural communities. Black people...

...family business, and almost as soon as he was of age he was elected MP for Hull, in September 1780. In 1784 he became MP for the county of Yorkshire, an immense and populous constituency, which gave him an important power base. [Figure 1] Figure 1 John Rising, William Wilberforce, oil on canvas, 220 × 130 cm., Wilberforce House, Hull City Museums and Art Galleries....

...family to use it had. We can see that little picture of a heart comes up, which is very cute. Just like a sort of heart you use in love, actually. And there you go-- 140 over 84 for blood pressure, pulse of 62. So you know your numbers, and you can adjust your life accordingly. But in the ancient world, numbers really don't play a part. Let's think about lovesickness,...

...family went to live at a place called Croft, in Yorkshire. He went first to a private school in Yorkshire and then to Rugby, where he spent years that he always remembered as very happy ones. In 1850 he went to Christ Church, Oxford, and from that time till the year of his death he was inseparably connected with "The House," as Christ Church college is generally called,...