...Mary Surratt was guilty of associating with the people who assassinated Abraham Lincoln but she did not deserve to be executed. Mary Surratt might of known of the kidnapping plan of Lincoln but that is not enough to have been executed. Even though some say she knew of the plan to assassinate Lincoln there is no evidence supporting their claim. Since there isn’t enough evidence she shouldn’t of been executed. A witness had said she saw Booth at Mrs. Surratt’s three or four times. When she was with Booth they might of discussing the plan of what was going to happen to Lincoln. Mary Surratt knew Booth was conspiring against president Lincoln yet she still was around him. Mrs. Surratt might of been conspiring with Booth. All though Mary Surratt...
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...Mary Surratt: Accomplice or Innocent Bystander Mary Surratt was a woman of many firsts. She was the first woman to ever be executed by the United States federal government. Her crime was suspected involvement in the first United States President assassination. This is better known as President Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth. But how much did she really know about the scheme? Was she an accomplice to Booth, like many others including her son, or was she an innocent bystander who accidently got involved with assassins? Many people have heard of the John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln’s shooter, but few have heard of the people behind the scenes of the assassination. Some of the people suspected to be involved included Lewis...
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...Mary Surratt, a forty two year old widow had been accused of murdering, Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States. She was the mother of Anna Surratt and John Harrison Surratt, a confederate secret agent. Along with being a boardinghouse owner she was also innocent. By using the sources Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James Swanson, the movie The Conspirator, and “ Lincoln and the Writ of Liberty” it can be concluded that the death punishment given to Surratt was not reasonable. She was simply accused because her son was a friend to Booth, therefore convincing many people that she was guilty. It was unfair for Surratt to be punished yet despite having her lawyer, Frederick Aiken, she lost the case and pleaded guilty. Till this day people are uncertain whether or not the punishment Mary Surratt received was reasonable, well it was not. The main reason Mary...
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...Mary Surratt is Guilty The government did the right thing of ending the life of Mary Surratt for her involvement of assassinating Abraham Lincoln. She was correctly put to death because she lied and she was incontact with Booth and the other conspirators. One of the things that stand out is the she lied to the officerces. Mary lied to the officials about not knowing where her son was(source three). She actually did know where he was but she was trying to keep him safe. Another thing is Mary claimed that she didn’t know Powell when the officers were searching her house(source two). In reality, Powell and Mary meet two or three times. She lied just to keep herself safe. Her contact with Booth and the other conspirators connects her to...
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...Unfair Trial? Who should be hanged? The innocent or the guilty? Mary Surratt was a widow who knew Booth because her son was friends with him. She had two children. Booth decided to kill Lincoln. Booth asked Mary Surratt to deliver a package for him, and she did it. She also held binoculars and guns for booth. Dr. Mudd helped Booth and his accomplice Herold. Dr. Mudd set Booth’s leg. Dr. Mudd went to town and he met some soldiers there that were looking for Booth. They asked him if he had seen Booth at all, but Dr. Mudd lied and told them to go the opposite way. Later Dr. Mudd told them they had to leave soon. Mary Surratt was supposedly in on the plot for the murder of Abraham Lincoln. Mary Surratt’s punishment did not fit her crime. Stanton...
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...Erica Woods HIS 2101 S. Smith, Instructor November 3, 2014 The Conspirator: One bullet killed the President, but not one man. The Conspirator was directed by Robert Redford. It was released in the United States on November 3, 2010. The Conspirator is the true story of the only female charged as a conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Mary Surratt. Seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State. Mary Surratt owned a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met and planned the attacks. Frederick Aiken defended Surratt before a military tribunal. As the trial unfolds, Aiken realized his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and prisoner in order to capture her son, the only conspirator that had escaped a manhunt. He later turned himself in after his mom was executed. The Conspirator had a few scenes that were not accurate. Overall, this movie is historically accurate because after John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln, he was taken to a house across the street from the theater to be cared for, four of the captured conspirators were executed by hanging, and the trial by military tribunal was deemed unconstitutional. On the late evening of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth snuck into the viewing box where President Abraham Lincoln and others watched a play at Ford’s Theater. Booth shot Lincoln in the back of the head at a close range. The...
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...Mary Surratt’s sentence was not accurate for her role in the assassination. She was charged for treason in 1865. Mary was the first woman to be hanged. At this time she was 42 years old. Mary did not intend to help with the assassination of the president. She was also the first women to be hanged. Mary didn’t intend to help with the assassination. In the text it says,’’ It is possible that Mary knew of the kidnapping...
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...government was able to corner Booth on April 26, 1865 at Garrett's tobacco barn in Port Royal, Virginia and Booth was shot and killed. Once the trials were underway for the accomplices of Booth, the question became how are the criminals going to punished for their crimes against the government? The government had no choice, they must be harsh in punishing those directly involved in the plot to decapitate the federal government. Once the verdicts read guilty, the ones directly associated with Booth were to be hanged even Mary Surratt, a woman who was directly involved in helping Booth and his plan. A woman had never been executed by the federal government; so would the government be lenient and let her serve prison time instead? The government decided to not show weakness towards the criminals and they decided to hang her with the others and she became the first executed woman in American history. The execution of Mary Surratt caused by Booth’s actions had parts of the nation in an uproar for killing a woman who some believed she was innocent. During all this time now President Johnson was situated in the White House and ready to take on the struggle of how to deal with the South. By killing Lincoln, Booth perhaps murdered the South’s best friend and only hope at obtaining peace after the end of the war. Now with a Democrat in office the Radical Republicans would have to find a way to still get what they wanted no matter what the President said. The Republicans wanted to implement their...
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...Emotional Appeal and Religious Symbolism in American Film Director/Actor, Robert Redford It can be noted that in the majority of all the films directed by Robert Redford, there is a strong resemblance between the films and the characters he creates. Redford is strongly opinionated on politics and ethical rights. Political and religious symbolism can be found in almost all of his films. One of the most notable hallmarks of Robert Redford’s work, A River Runs Through It, is a profound example of the raw emotion Redford instills within his character that resonates so well with a wide range of audiences. Within the films he directs, Robert Redford’s characters seem to harbor emotions that bleed through the screen and into the viewer’s home because—much like the filmmaker himself—Redford’s films truly wear their heart on their sleeves. The films themselves seem to creep into the audience’s minds, leaving viewers longing for more or to simply be there in that moment feeling just like the characters Redford creates on screen. Born August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, Robert Redford has proved to be one of the greats in American filmmaking; starring in classics such as The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Robert Redford is also notably known for helping kick-start The Sundance Film Festival in 1978, which has since evolved into one of the film industry's most prominent affairs. However, before experiencing success within the American filmmaking community, Redford...
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...Leadership Learnings From Bloggers 2008 Edition Leadership Learnings from Bloggers 2008 Edition Released February 2009 Aggregated and produced by Exponential Media, a Division of Exponential Network Leadership Learnings from Bloggers is a collection of blog posts on leadership from over 20 national leaders / bloggers. Disclaimer In selecting the 20+ bloggers for this resource, we choose leaders with experience on the front lines. However, Exponential Network makes no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy, validity or originality of each blogger’s content. Exponential Network is serving as an aggregator of leading bloggers and does not necessarily agree with the opinions and beliefs represented in individual posts. We’ve attempted to include their content verbatim from their web sites except for obvious typographical errors. Statement of Copyright The individual posts in this eBook are the copyright of each author. These authors have agreed to make the aggregation of these posts available free of charge via this eBook. The following conditions apply to the use of this free eBook resource: Share. Just as the authors are sharing this eBook with you, you may copy, distribute and transmit the work to others. Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by each blog post author (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Noncommercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes for financial...
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