Jazz is an example of what literary critic Henry Louis Gates Jr. has called âsignifyin(g)â; that is, the rhetoricalpractice in Black English vernacular of repeating with a âsignal difference,â ora comment on the initial version that calls attention to the change.
Art Inspired by The French Revolution. There are hundreds of paintings, sketches, and comics influenced by the French Revolution and especially Napoleon Bonaparte. Many of the paintings were painted by one artist, in particular. Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was a neoclassical artist who was born in Paris, France.
African Americans played an important role in the revolution. They fought at Fort Ticonderoga and the Battle of Bunker Hill. A slave helped row Washington across the Delaware. Altogether, some 5,000 free blacks and slaves served in the Continental army during the Revolution.By 1778, many states, including Virginia, granted freedom to slaves who served in the Revolutionary war.frican Americans played an important role in the revolution. They fought at Fort Ticonderoga and the Battle of Bunker Hill. A slave helped row Washington across the Delaware. Altogether, some 5,000 free blacks and slaves served in the Continental army during the Revolution.