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Benjamin "Pap" Singleton (1809 – February 17, 1900) was an American activist and businessman best known for his role in establishing African American settlements in Kansas. A former slave from Tennessee who escaped to freedom in Ontario, Canada in 1846, he soon returned to the United States, settling for a period in Detroit, Michigan .
According to Nick Bostrom, a singleton is an abstract concept that could be implemented in various ways: [9] a singleton could be democracy, a tyranny, a single dominant AI, a strong set of global norms that include effective provisions for their own enforcement, or even an alien overlord—its defining characteristic being simply that it is some form of agency that can solve all major global ...
The Last Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultaun is an 1800 history painting by the British artist Henry Singleton. [1] It depicts the death of the Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, on 4 May 1799 while fighting British troops during the Siege of Seringapatam. [2]
The term singleton describes those who live in a single-person household, especially those who prefer the lifestyle of living alone. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was popularized by the Bridget Jones novels and films, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] but it is also used in sociology .
altered forever. History has a great deal to teach us about what is happening right now—what has happened since 2001 and what could well unfold after the 2008 election.But fewer and fewer of us have read much about the history of the mid-twentieth century—or about the ways the Founders set up our freedoms to save us from
The Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883), were a group of five landmark cases in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments did not empower Congress to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals.
William Henry Singleton (August 10, 1843 – September 7, 1938 [1]) gained freedom in North Carolina and served as a sergeant in the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. After its end and emancipation, he moved North to New Haven, Connecticut .