| Page | Item | Description |
| 171 | Taneyism | Refers to Roger Brooke Taney, the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ad served from 1836-1864. He delivered the majority opinion in the infamous case Dred Scott v. Sandford that ruled among other things that no person descended from an American slave had ever been, or could be, a citizen for Article 3 purposes.
“Dred Scott v. Sandford.” Oyez, 14 Dec. 2017, www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/60us393.
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| 171 | Masque of the Red Death | A short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in 1842. The story follows attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death. The story follows many traditions of Gothic fiction and is often analyzed as an allegory about the inevitability of death, though some critics advise against an allegorical reading.
“Film Quarterly.” Film Quarterly |
| 173 | “The South is an Immoral Land” | Although we could not find any record of Andrew Johnson stating that “the South is an immoral land,” he favored whites over blacks in the South. “In 1865 President Andrew Johnson implemented a plan of Reconstruction that gave the white South a free hand in regulating the transition from slavery to freedom and offered no role to blacks in the politics of the South.”
“section4.” Digital History
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| 173 | Quantrell | Probably a reference to William Clarke Quantrill who was a Confederate leader during the Civil War. He is most commonly known for his guerilla warfare in which he led his troops through Lawrence, Kansas killing over 180 people. |
| 173 | Simon Legree | The “Yankee overseer” in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin that whips Uncle Tom to death. “He has come to personify the spirit of capitalist exploitation better than any other single character in history or fiction.”
“‘Capitalism’ East and West: Horatio Alger and Simon Legree.” Ethics |
| 173 | Lawerence Kansas | A city in Kansas founded by Amos Adam Lawrence who was originally a businessman that became an abolitionist.
“Stark Mad Abolitionists: Lawrence, Kansas, and the Battle over Slavery in the Civil War Era.” Publishers Weekly |
| 172 | Did the Toronto Museum have a rehabilitation program? | We were unable to find the specific museum that was being referred to, but the Royal Ontario Museum is the most well known in Toronto. |
| 173 | Did Stowe publish a collection of slave poetry? | Stowe did publish a collection of poetry, but the themes were mostly religious, using the common hymn meter. She also wrote sonnets, children’s verse, occasional poems, and meditations. “In much of her poetry, Stowe considers the relationship between Protestantism and Catholicism, a relatively radical position for her day. Her poetry was published in anthologies and magazines during her lifetime and collected in the volume Religious Poems (1867)”.
“Harriet Beecher Stowe.” Poetry Foundation |
| 173 | Did Stowe work for Jewett? | Boston firm, John P. Jewett & Co. was an established publisher of many religious works representing the evangelical wing of Congregationalism. This is the company that Stowe went through to get Uncle Tom’s Cabin published, she never actually worked in an office at the company. |
| 172/ 179 | Etheric Double | Derived from ancient Hindu philosophy, the etheric double is an invisible part of the ordinary, visible, and physical body. “The sense organs of the etheric double are the chakras, and it is through the chakras that the physical body is supplied with the vitality necessary for its existence and its well-being during life.”
“Etheric Double.” Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
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| 172 | Parapsychologist | One who performs the study of what has been referred to in the past as psychic phenomena. These psychic phenomena include, telepathy psychokinesis, and hypnosis. Parapsychology has been criticized for continuing investigation despite being unable to provide convincing evidence for the existence of any psychic phenomena after more than a century of research.
“[Replication and Meta-Analysis in Parapsychology]: Comment.” Statistical Science |
| 172 | Ectoplasm | “A viscous substance which is supposed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium, and to develop into a human form or face.” “ectoplasm, n.” OED Online |