Essays on Dumont

Throughout America history there were always people who spoke out against slavery. Quakers were the most vocal as slavery violated their adherence to equality. However, the Quakers were seen as religious fanatics and banned from holding public office. Others came to view slavery as wrong after coming in contact with a slave and having the encounter change their views. It was not until the 1830’s that the abolitionist movement really picked up momentum as it was taken up by Evangelical Protestants, who felt that slavery was a sin and that it was the moral responsibility of the populace ...

The growing world population places a strain on natural resources. One of the resources that are strained is water. Water scarcity is increasingly becoming a global concern for environmental policy, especially in semi-arid and arid parts of the world (Dumont, Mayor, and Lopez-Grunn 64). Consequently, there have been measures to develop innovative solutions for water management to ensure sustainability of water resources through water saving technologies. These technologies allow the use of less water and reduce costs. There is an extensive debate on how the savings that are generated impact on water sustainability. It is argued that some of ...

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Sojourner Truth stood up for many injustices during her lifetime. Her passion for African-American freedom from slavery, her activism in the women’s rights movement, and her ability to survive and endure the pain of her children being taken from her and sold into slavery, made Sojourner Truth an icon for many African-Americans as well as women during the 1800’s Sojourner Truth contributed to the understanding of feminist thought by standing up for equality in not only the African-American culture, but also through her passion for women’s rights. She stood for the equality of all women, ...