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Meno (/ˈmiːnoʊ/; Greek: Mένων, Menōn; c. 423 – c. 400 BC), son of Alexidemus, was an ancient Thessalian political figure, probably from Pharsalus. [1]He is famous both for the eponymous dialogue written by Plato and for his role as one of the generals leading different contingents of Greek mercenaries in Xenophon's Anabasis.
Meno (/ ˈ m iː n oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Μένων, Ménōn) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 385 BC., but set at an earlier date around 402 BC. [1] Meno begins the dialogue by asking Socrates whether virtue (in Ancient Greek : ἀρετή , aretē ) can be taught, acquired by practice, or comes by nature . [ 2 ]
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Pennington happened to be in Scotland when the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was passed, which increased the risk to him as a fugitive from the South. It required even law enforcement and officials in such free states as New York to cooperate in the capture and prosecution of fugitive slaves, and was biased in favor of slave catchers and masters.
Richard Henry Dana Jr. (August 1, 1815 – January 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir Two Years Before the Mast and as an attorney who successfully represented the U.S. government before the U.S. Supreme Court during the Civil War in the Prize Cases.
His mother was Delilah Horniblow, a slave of the Horniblow family who owned a local tavern. [ b ] The father of John and his sister Harriet (born 1813) was Elijah Knox. [ 6 ] Elijah Knox, although enslaved, was in some ways privileged because he was an expert carpenter.
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The Voice of the Fugitive operated on a transnational approach where Black abolitionists could create relationships with communities in Canada and the U.S. Through the paper, Bibb had maintained ties with abolitionists such as Samuel Ringgold Ward, Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, William Still, Henry Highland Garnet, Jermain Loguen and more. [4]