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People:  Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar | Frederick Douglass | Booker T. Washington |
Black Samson | Mary Britton | Christopher Columbus | Joseph Cotter | Alexander Crummell | Cupid | John Hay | Samuel Johnson | Edwin Henry Keen | Abraham Lincoln | James Newton Matthews | Charles Booth Nettleton | John Boyle O'Reilly | John Patterson | William Pfrimmer | James Whitcomb Riley | Theodore Roosevelt | Robert Gould Shaw | Percy Shelley | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Tecumseh | Mary Church Terrell | John Greenleaf Whittier | Lida Keck Wiggins |Mary Young     

Places: England  |  Dayton  |  Kentucky  |  Tuskegee  |  Chesapeake  |  Arabia  |  Indiana  |  New York  |  Massachusetts  |  Florida  |  Ireland  |  Scotland

Society: Revolutionary War  |  Civil War  |  slavery  |  emancipation  |  plantation  |  lynching  |  racial prejudice  |  race relations  |  racial uplift  |  vocational education  |  politics  |  courtroom  |  folklore  |  religion  |  church  |  divine guidance  |  afterlife  |  poverty  |  wealth  |  rural life  |  urban life

Nature: nature  |  seasons  |  spring  |  summer  |   autumn  |  winter  |  morning  |  night  |  rain  |  snow  |  storm  | animals  |  birds  |  possum  |  insects  |  flowers  |  ocean

Occasions: New Year  |  February  |  Easter  |  May  |  August  |  October  |  November  |  Thanksgiving  |  Christmas

Experiences: childhood  |  youth  |  growing older  |  death  |  friendship  |  love  |  romance  |  feminine beauty  |  courtship  |  wedding  |  marriage  |  family  |  domestic scenes  |  parenthood  |  end of relationship  |  separation  |  school  |  labor  |  writing  |  poetry  |  planting  |  nursing  |  military  |  leisure  |  music  |  singing  |  food  |  socialization  |  dance  |  theatre  |  art  |  travel  |  fishing  |  hunting  |  drinking  |  smoking  |  sleep  |  dreams  |  helping others  |  overcoming adversity

Concepts: simple philosophy |  individuality |  introspection  |  reminiscence  |  gratitude  |  trust  |  honesty  |  dishonesty  |  wrongdoing  |  heroism  |  happiness  |  sadness  |  suffering  |  admirable people  |  undesirable people  |  achievement  |  failure  |  unfulfilled desire  |  regret  |  grief  |  despair  |  loneliness  |  jealousy  |  greed