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Violence and Frederick Douglass's Narrative

In six pages this paper examines how the Narrative depicts violence as being sexually and slavery gendered. There are no other so...

Violence in the Narrative of Frederick Douglass

he had no real knowledge of his actual age ? "Having never seen any authentic record containing it" (Douglass, 2001). According to...

An Analysis of The Peculiar Institution

This 5 page paper analyzes the book by Kenneth M. Stampp. The author focuses on the institution of slavery as it existed in the ...

Literary and Cinematic Portrayal of Slavery

In seven pages this paper considers how slavery has been portrayed in cinema, stories, and books. Eleven sources are cited in the...

A Review of How Did American Slavery Begin?

A 5 page review of the book by Edward Countryman. This book includes five essays and, although it has received less than positive...

A Consideration of American History from 1865 until 1945

The important events that shaped America including slavery, the Reconstruction, political patronage, industrialization, the Progre...

U.S. Constitution's Thirteenth Amendment

In six pages this paper examines the amendment that abolished slavery in a background and case history. Five sources are cited in...

Virginia, Cuba, and the Practice of Slavery

In fifteen pages this paper contrasts and compares how slavery was practiced in these two areas with slave treatment by each count...

African American Slave Resistance

In four pages this research paper discusses African American resistance to slavery during America's antebellum period. One source...

Toni Morrison's Beloved Breathes Life into History

In 4 pages this paper examines the portrayal of slavery in Morrison's novel and the enduring psychological damage that resulted. ...

Amistad Incident and Freedom

In six pages an individual's rights and the concept of freedom are examined in a discussion of slavery and the Amistad incident. ...

Slavery Aspects

In five pages such issues that are relevant to slavery such as 1950's Fugitive Slave Act, the Fourteenth Amendment, abolitionism, ...

US Slavery History

time. Because of the need for manual laborers, the slave trade flourished in the south at that time. It was certainly not due to...

Beloved by Toni Morrison

this 5 page paper summarizes the main issues Toni Morrison discusses in her award-winning novel Beloved. In particular, the writer...

Frederick Douglass's Narrative, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Struggle

In five pages this report discusses the importance of struggle in these nineteenth century American literary masterworks that feat...

Slavery Throughout History

In five pages Olaudah Equiano's autobiography is the primary focus of this brief slavery historical overview. Five sources are ci...

Long Island Slavery

In 8 pages this paper discusses Long Island slavery and the adverse impact of changes from Dutch to English leadership. Six sourc...

Concepts of Sexuality, Ethnicity, Race and Gender Altered by Slavery

In five pages this paper examines how these social perspectives are altered by slavery in a consideration of Harriet Ann Jacobs' I...

Aspects of the Multiple Heritage Seen in Africa

born in Kenya, educated in Britain and currently teaching at Binghamton University, New York knows of what he studies (Binghamton,...

Early American History and Free African Americans

my opinion, yet I consider our condition but little better than that....After all, methinks there are no chains so galling as thos...

Contemporary Slavery and Philosophical Concepts

the buying and selling of human beings. How would a Kantian analyze the ethics of slavery? How might a utilitarian, a social con...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and its Themes

at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price o...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

as her Gran, her brother and several aunt and uncles (Perez-Stable 24). When the Old Mistress in the house dies, Jacobs comes unde...

North and South Conflict and Slavery

rights alongside the emancipation that had already taken place; however, it actually proved to represent a time of significant dis...

An Examination of Bacon's Rebellion

him. Soon released, Bacon gathered his supporters, marched on Jamestown, and coerced Berkeley into granting him a commission to co...

Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Slavery, and Freedom

Pilot and the Passenger (1956), vernacular language carries democratic social value" (Review). As difficult as it has been for A...

A Consideration of 'Three Negro Classics' in African American Literature

unknown to him. He grew up in a time where the country was changing. The Civil War had ended and he and his family possessed freed...

Antebellum Southern Culture and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

culture to some extent. The culture is implicit in much of what goes on and is woven throughout the content of the book. Identity ...

Slavery Reactions of Black Women

white freedom and black slavery. The link between whites and blacks would change considerably between the arrival of those first ...

Unnecessary for African Americans to Receive Slavery Reparations

during WWII. In part, the reason why one group should be compensated and the other not, is really due to timing. Some people who f...