Summary of Shomari Wills's Black Fortunes

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 After his speech, Douglass was mobbed by the town’s residents, who were excited to hear a black man speak so passionately about slavery. He was offered a job by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, and began traveling around the country telling his story.
#2 Pleasant, as a girl, worked for the Husseys, a rich family on Nantucket. She learned to read and write, and used her work in the store to learn about business and human behavior. She developed an understanding of capital and human nature.
#3 Whaling was a catalyst for social change in the early nineteenth century. It created a black middle and upper class in Nantucket, and many men who worked on whaling crews were shareholders, not employees.
#4 Pleasant had her sights set on James W. Smith after meeting him in the store. She learned that he was a member of the Catholic church near her workplace, St. Mary’s Church. They were married within a month.

Sujets

• Catholicisme
• Social Science
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Slavery

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 31 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822560147
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Shomari Wills's Black Fortunes
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

After his speech, Douglass was mobbed by the town’s residents, who were excited to hear a black man speak so passionately about slavery. He was offered a job by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, and began traveling around the country telling his story.

#2

Pleasant, as a girl, worked for the Husseys, a rich family on Nantucket. She learned to read and write, and used her work in the store to learn about business and human behavior. She developed an understanding of capital and human nature.

#3

Whaling was a catalyst for social change in the early nineteenth century. It created a black middle and upper class in Nantucket, and many men who worked on whaling crews were shareholders, not employees.

#4

Pleasant had her sights set on James W. Smith after meeting him in the store. She learned that he was a member of the Catholic church near her workplace, St. Mary’s Church. They were married within a month.

#5

After Smith’s death, Pleasant was on her own again. She grew closer to her late husband’s land manager, John James Pleasants, or JJ, and the Husseys back in Nantucket.

#6

In 1846, the island of Nantucket was struck by tragedy. The Great Fire of 1846 almost burned down the entire town. The blaze started in a hat shop near Grandma Hussey’s shop and spread to the docks, where barrels of whale oil were stored. The oil fed the blaze as it spread over the homes and businesses on the island.
Insights from Chapter 2

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