Heavy Stuff

I am taking two classes this eight weeks. One is on slave narratives and the other is on human rights. It's nice that they are related, helps with the mindset. Heavy topics but very cool to dig deeper into. I have been spending this week comparing historical documents like the Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, The Indian Removal Act, and other similar historical documents from other countries to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The evolution of documents regarding human rights is really interesting to study.

Check out these websites:

http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/ - has copies of every important document, pretty much ever made.