The Murders in the Rue Morgue Jean-Jacques Rousseau: "to deny that which is, and explore that which is not"). In a letter to friend Dr. Joseph Snodgrass, Poe said of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "its "theme" was the exercise of ingenuity in detecting a murderer." Dupin is not a professional detective; he decides to investigate the murders in the Rue Morgue for his personal amusement. He also has a desire for truth and to prove a falsely accused man innocent. His interests are not financial and he even declines a monetary reward from the owner of the orangutan. The revelation of the actual murderer
1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation cotton, corn, hemp, and tobacco. Most of the men also had large cattle and horse herds. By 1860, the Cherokee held an estimated 4,600 slaves, and depended on them as farm laborers and domestic servants. At the time of the Civil War, a total of more than 8,000 slaves were held in all of the Indian Territory, where they comprised 14 percent of the population. The mass escape of 20 enslaved African Americans from the Cherokee territory began on November 15, 1842, and has been called "the most spectacular act of rebellion against slavery" among the Cherokee. Most of the