Cultures: When it comes to black people and white people...?

Q. Who else is tired of this whole "Them vs. Us" thing some people have like the KKK or Black Panthers?
@Pocket Protecktor: Let's make love not war, lol!

Answer
LIFE WITHOUT BLACK PEOPLE
> A very humorous and revealing story is told about a
> group of w *** people
> who were fed up with African Americans, so they
> joined together and wished
> themselves away. They passed through a deep dark
> tunnel and emerged in
> sort of a twilight zone where there is an America
> without black people. At
> first these w **** people breathed a sigh of relief.
> At last, they said,
> "No more crime, drugs, violence and welfare. All of
> the blacks have gone!"
> Then suddenly, reality set in. The "NEW AMERICA" is
> not America at all?
> Only a barren land. . .
> 1. There are very few crops that have flourished
> because the nation was
> built on a slave-supported system.
> 2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because
> Alexander Mils, a
> black man, invented the elevator, and without it,
> one finds great
> difficulty reaching higher floors.
> 3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes,
> a black man, invented
> the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also black,
> invented the Super
> Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and
> Garrett A. Morgan, a
> black man, invented the traffic signals.
> 4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit
> system because its
> precursor was the electric trolley, which was
> invented by another black
> man, Albert R. Robinson.
> 5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a
> rapid transit system
> could operate, they were cluttered with paper
> because an African American,
> Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper.
> 6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and
> books because John Love
> invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys
> invented the fountain pen,
> and Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine
> and W. A. Love invented
> the Advanced Printing Press. They were all, you
> guessed it, Black.
>
> 7. Even if Americans could write their letters,
> articles and books, they
> would not have been transported by mail because
> William Barry invented the
> Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys
> invented the Hand Stamp
> and Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop.
> 8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph
> Smith invented the Lawn
> Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower.
> 9. When they entered their homes, they found them to
> be poorly ventilated
> and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented
> the Air Conditioner
> and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes
> were also dim. But of
> course, Lewis Latimer invented the Electric Lamp,
> Michael Harvey invented
> the lantern and Granville T. Woods invented the
> Automatic Cut off Switch.
> Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W.
> Steward invented the Mop
> and Lloyd P. Ray the Dust Pan.
> 10. Their children met them at the door-barefooted,
> shabby, motley and
> unkempt. But what could one expect? Jan E.
> Matzelinger invented the Shoe
> Lasting Machine, Walter Sammons invented the Comb,
> Sarah Boone invented
> the Ironing Board and George T. Samon invented the
> Clothes Dryer.
> 11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have
> dinner amidst all of this
> turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled
> because another Black Man,
> John Standard invented the refrigerator.
> Now, isn't that something? What would this country
> be like without the
> contributions of Black Americans?
> Black history includes more than just slavery,
> Frederick Douglas, Martin
> Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Dubois.
Every culture helped to make this AMERICA !

So, I'm Writing a Historical book...?

Lisa (I'm

1) I've always been an avid writer, since I was 6 or something.
2) I've always been a history freak, and I spend day and night reading up cool historical events.
3) I've always wanted to be a lawyer. I'm in love with John Grisham books, which are my inspiration for...

A book about me, tackling a court case that took place way back in 1865.

I'm in the process of writing a book about me, defending the assassin Lewis Thornton Paine in his case against the rest of America, for helping John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Plus, he severely injured William Seward and put Frederick Seward in a 60-day coma. Of course, in the end, he got the death penalty and was hanged on July 7. And yes, I'm using that in the correct form.

But I want to write a book about tackling that case. I'm not telling you how I plan for the case to end out, nor am I asking that you help me write the book. Instead, I just need a few facts about a few things (You don't have to answer all of them, but it would be awesome if you did):

1) What kind of speech did they use in 1865? I mean, did they use things like "Ya'll" and "Ain't," or more old-English stuff like "Thee" and "Hath?"
2) I need details about the play, "Our American Cousin." That was the play that President Abraham Lincoln was viewing when he was shot in the back of the head, at 10:13 PM.
3) I need some facts about Lewis Paine. I already know a few things, but any pages that have almost everything I need to know about Lewis will help.
4) What did people in 1865 do in their free time? Obviously, they couldn't recline and watch football or something... so what did they do?
5) What exactly did Washington DC look like in 1865?
6) OK, I kind of know that I won't be getting a direct answer to this, but what is it like to be hanged at the gallows? I mean, I know it's like getting choked, and I know you die. That's obvious. I just need more detail, and definitely detail about going up to the gallows: I mean, what do the prisoners have to do before they go up? (For example, people condemned to the Electric Chair had to get cotton stuffed up their anus, their heads freshly shaved minutes before the execution, and adult diapers.) It would work as a very nice argument for my protagonist.

Any more facts would be awesome! I tried looking at Wikipedia, but I did not get enough important detail. Thanks to everyone who answers!
Uh, please, real answers (unlike *cough* ks *cough*) because I always write in my free time, but all of my stories are failures except for this one. It seems like it would be really fun to write... so please help me figure out enough facts to make it a fun-to-read book and a historically accurate and educational book.

Plus, I'm a 13-year-old, so no ridiculously 'adult' things.
EDIT: Actually, I DO want to do the research, zarben314, and I am aware that research is the key to writing a good historical book. But I just need some help finding reliable books and websites, because I have a few, but they don't give me enough information. (For example, I have one that talks in detail about each of the Presidents who have been assassinated, but it doesn't give nearly enough detail about the Lincoln assassination, and DEFINITELY not enough detail about Lewis Powell, who is going to be one of the main characters in the story.

To sum it up, I need a lot of facts about Lewis Powell, but all I need for you to tell me is where I can find the facts, not THE facts. Thanks for helping, and that's to anyone who answers.

Answer
Okay, first of all, when writing a Historical piece the very first thing you have to do is RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH.
Even to write a FICTIONAL story in another time, you have to do RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH.
In fact, you have to IMMERSE yourself in that time period.

You will have MORE RESEARCH then you will have story, research that is long and time consuming.
However, since you already love history, it will not be a job.

Wikepedia is only an encyclopedia. There are TONS and TONS and TONS of sites online AND TONS of books at your library.

Begin your research:
The life of Abraham Lincoln.
The life of John Wilkes Booth.
Washington DC in the early 1800's.
The development of the English language in American in the 1800's.
The play, "Our American Cousin."
The life of Lewis Paine.
The history of "gallow" hanging as punishment.
Recreation of the 1800's.
Photos of Washington DC in 1865.
Judicial and court history of the 1800's.
History of lawyers in the 1800's.
Clothing of the mid-1800's.
The lifestyle of an American gentleman in the mid-1800's.
Theater in the mid-1800's.
History and photos of the Ford Theater in Washington DC.
Prison and prison procedures of mid-1800's, especially military prisons.

I highly recommend that you take one subject at a time.
Copy and paste relvent info into a file to refer back to.
Always write down your sources so you can refer back to them later.

A warning, nothing pisses a reader off more than to read a story where the writer has not done his research.

I'll be completely honest with you....
I've done freelance editing for years.
I've got a friend who was doing a "period piece", a love story set at the time of the French Revolution in rural France.
Nothing no where near as fancy as your idea.
You know, just the type of clothes they wore, where did they keep their money, where were the roads, where were the ports they could take a ship from, how far did they have to travel, how much did dinner at an inn cost them, etc
My friend spend two months on research herself, and together we spent another two months ....... BEFORE the writing began.

Once you have your real history in your mind.... the story will flow beautifully and be easy to write.
Good luck to you!

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