A people is a group of individuals who belong to and function within a particular society. In common usage, the term people may be synonymous with human, or otherwise may carry an exclusive meaning. In general, the word people is a collective noun used to define a specific group of humans. However, when used to refer to a group of humans possessing a common ethnic, cultural or national unitary characteristic or identity, "people" is a singular noun, and as such takes an "s" in the plural; (example: "the English-speaking peoples of the world").
The concept of personhood (who is a person within a society) is the fundamental component of any selective concept of people. A distinction is maintained in philosophy and law between the notions "human being", or "man", and "person". The former refers to the species, while the latter refers to a rational agent (see, for example, John Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding II 27 and Immanuel Kant's Introduction to the Metaphysic of Morals).
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Carlos Montezuma, M.D. - Book review with page samples.
Meta Description: [ Soma Reference source for online pharmacies. A one-stop site to find best online offers for Soma (Carisoprodol) from USA and International no-prescription online pharmacies. ]
Edith Jemima Simcox - Victorian Scholar and Reformer - A biography and bibliography, and includes pictures, reprinted articles, and information on movements/reform efforts.
Edward St John Daniel, VC - Detailed biography of the first man and only officer to forfeit the Victoria Cross, includes genealogy information.
Meta Description: [ Edward St John Daniel, VC, the story of the first man to forfeit the Victoria Cross ]
First-Person Narratives of the American South - Diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of relatively inaccessible populations, including women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
J. Bruce Ismay - Biographical profile with links and a photograph.
John Edgerley - Pioneer, Plant Collector, Botanist, Nurseryman - Biography with links and images.
Meta Description: [ Account of the life and travels of John Edgerley plant collector, botanist, pioneer nurseryman 1814-1849 who left Arley Hall in Staffordshire and spent his last 15 years in New Zealand ]
Johnson Chesnut Whittaker - Brief narrative of one of the first three African-Americans to attend West Point.
Priscilla on the Trail of Tears - A search for knowledge of Priscilla Silkwood.
Meta Description: [ Priscilla was a slave of a
Cherokee on the Trail of Tears. Freed at Jonesboro, Illinois, by Brazilla Silkwood, she became a legend and known as The Hollyhock Girl. ]
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Sir Richard F. Burton Discussion - Discussion board on a victorian explorer, writer and translator.
Story of the Hutchinsons - The classic history of the family of social reformers and philanthropists.
The Internet African American History Challenge - Profiles of prominent people.
Meta Description: [ Based on the lives of Frederick Douglass,
Harriet Tubman, Sojurner Truth and others this site is an Internet based curriculum
enhancement tool for Black History education programs. The Internet African American
History Challenge consists of test questions based on the lives of important 19... ]
The Life and Times of Fred Kimble - A book review.
Meta Description: [ From the golden age of shotguns and waterfowling comes the story of one of its most fascinating characters Fred Kimble ]
The Orestes Brownson Society - Devoted to the transcription and dissemination of the Quarterly Review, his works, and other writings, and includes articles and links.
The Penniman House - A Whaling Story - A lesson plan on teaching historic people and places.
Village Life in America, 1852—1872 - Diary of the young Caroline Richards published as a book in 1913.
Meta Description: [ The Table of Contents for Village Life in America, by
Caroline Cowles Richards. ]
Voyaging with Henry - The biography of a seaman, cook, and steward.
Wild Rose - Civil War Spy - Book review on Rose O’Neale Greenhow.
Meta Description: [ Wild Rose, Civil War Spy by Ann Blackman, biography of Confederate patriot Rose O'Neale Greenhow, prominent Washington society hostess imprisoned for espionage by President Abraham Lincoln ]
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