…mood that was in harmony with his inward mood. The setting of A Sunrise On The Veld took place in an open, grassy areas or as the title indicates, in an actual veld. The season is winter in this story, early morning, approximately two hours before sunrise. The air smelled…

…Americans lived throughout the South. Only Southern states believed slavery to be a major, and essential, economic factor. Whether on a small farm or a large plantation, most enslaved people were agricultural laborers. They worked literally from sunrise to sunset in the fields or at other jobs. Some bondspeople held…

…danger deteriorated before the troops built. In December 1799, after a day spent riding on his farms in foul weather, Washington's throat became inflamed. At 2 a.m. on December14, he awakened his wife to say that he was having trouble breathing. At sunrise she sent for Dr. James Craig, who…