Absalom Boston (c. 1785–1855) was a United States mariner who was the first African-American captain to sail a whaling ship, with an all-black crew, in...

Absalom (Hebrew: אַבְשָלוֹם, Modern: ʼAvšalōm, Tiberian: ʼAḇšālōm, "father of peace"; Biblical Greek: Αβεσσαλωμ) is a masculine first name from the Old...

The Tomb of Absalom (Hebrew: יד אבשלום, romanized: Yad Avshalom, lit. 'Absalom's Memorial'), also called Absalom's Pillar, is an ancient monumental rock-cut...

receive back wages for his time spent on a whaleship. Prince Boston's nephew Absalom Boston would become the first whaleship captain to employ an all black...

Boston is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Absalom Boston (1785–1855), American mariner Aliyah Boston (born 2001), American basketball...

Absalom Jones (November 7, 1746 – February 13, 1818) was an African-American abolitionist and clergyman who became prominent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

whaleship with an all-black crew: Absalom Boston There were six black owners of seven whaling trips before Absalom Boston's in 1822. First African American...

Tamar was a princess of Israel, the daughter of King David and sister of Absalom in 2 Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. In the biblical narrative (2 Samuel 13)...

family. He is featured in the classic novels The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! as well as the short stories "That Evening Sun" and "A Justice". After...

in 2003 in Chicago, Illinois, replacing the Cuffe Elementary School. Absalom Boston, the first African-American captain to sail a whaleship, with an all-black...

of Israel until he was assassinated by his half-brother Absalom to avenge the rape of Absalom's sister Tamar. Amnon was born in Hebron to Ahinoam and King...

Uriah the Hittite. David's son Absalom later tries to overthrow him, but David returns to Jerusalem after Absalom's death to continue his reign. David...

they have been accidentally committing an incestuous relationship. Absalom, Absalom! Andorra (play) Mordred Oedipus Rex Westermarck effect Yrsa Os Maias...

reception, his son Absalom kills his half-brother Amnon after learning he raped their half-sister Tamar. David's laws deem that Absalom must be put to death...

film critic Paul Sherman has said. The Sound and the Fury (1929) and Absalom, Absalom! (1936) by William Faulkner both depict Harvard student life. Of Time...

*šalām-. Given names related to the same root include Solomon (Süleyman), Absalom, Selim, Salem, Salim, Salma, Salmah, Salman, Selimah, Shelimah, Salome...

Boston: Twayne, 1991. Palumbo, Donald (1979). "The Concept of God in Faulkner's Light in August, The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Absalom,...

King's Valley, in which Absalom set up his monument or "pillar" (see 2 Samuel 18:18; no connection to the much later "Absalom's Pillar"), is problematic...

Wharton (Full Text) "The Rats in the Walls" (1924) by H.P. Lovecraft Absalom, Absalom! (1936) by William Faulkner "The Lottery" (1948) by Shirley Jackson...

Examples include the southern American author William Faulkner (see Absalom, Absalom! and the Quentin section of The Sound and the Fury) as well as poet...

"The Signifying Abstraction: Reading the Negro" in Absalom, Absalom." William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!: a casebook. New York: Oxford University Press...

(Arab., Aramaic /qurbaːn/ or Heb. קרבן‎ Korban) /o/ > /u/ as in /ovʃolum/ "Absalom" (Heb. אבשלום‎ Abshalom) /u/ > /y/, especially under the influence of vowel...

Philadelphia, in which fellow preacher and a former slave from Delaware, Absalom Jones, was grabbed by a white church trustee in the midst of prayer and...

continued with a busy touring and recording schedule, releasing the EP Absalom in 2011 and the full albums Open (June 2012), and Deep (Sept 2012). [needs...

Hirsch, Arthur (November 16, 1997). "The real great American Novel: 'Absalom, Absalom!' Faulkner: His ninth novel, for its span, its revelation, its American...

of Faulkner's against racism. Perhaps as relevant is a passage in Absalom, Absalom! in which Sutpen, a Faustus character of the sort that Pynchon deploys...

a short story by Washington Irving, one of the damned souls is named Absalom Crowninshield, who is reputed to have been a buccaneer. Caspar Crowninshield...

Amalekites. On King David's return to Jerusalem after the death of his son Absalom (2 Samuel 19), David traveled to Gilgal. From there he was escorted to...

in 1785.[citation needed] In 1795, the town of Jefferson was platted by Absalom Martin, one of the city's earliest settlers, who operated a ferry there...

legitimize his actions. Israel rebels against David and crowns David's son Absalom. David is forced into exile east of the Jordan River but eventually launches...