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birth of her child, she describes his outburst in legal terminology: "Then he launched out upon his usual themes, - my crimes agai...

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

as the defining characteristic of an unmarried woman. In other words, according to the cultural definition of femininity a "good" ...

This 16 page paper examines four books that are centered on American society. The books discussed are Joyce Maynard's To Die For; ...

As the development of bound labor in the American south moved from the indentured servitude system of the colonial era to the grow...

"In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity" (Douglass 279). These men were better equipped -- intellectu...

This 3 page paper gives answers to questions about the works Song of Myself, slave narratives, Bartleby the Scrivener the subtitle...

1861). The influence of the Flints: Dr. Flint and his wife were Harriets master and mistress, and they deserve the name Flint for...

wives of plantation owners, while the majority of them were well educated, rarely left their manicured grounds without their husba...

on pious airs, she would present herself as she was and play off of the conventional slave stereotype. Then, when the social main...

ways, black women had to endure two types of prejudice. They had the stigmatism of being slaves, and then, as if the issue of race...

as, first of all knows her place, and, secondly was divinely inspired. In the antebellum era, it was illegal for slaves to be tau...

In one of the most significant slave narratives ever written, Jacobs -- born a slave to mulatto parents in 1813 North Carolina -- ...

and sorrow" (Prince; 1). She was soon sold off to a master and then began to learn about being beaten and abused as a slave. Sh...

slave, she was not fortunate enough to belong to the middle class and to have the social connections that come along with that cla...

The writer compares and contrasts the lives and work of Harriet Jacobs and Booker T. Washington, and the prejudice they faced beca...

In five pages this paper discusses how the oral tradition is applied to slave narratives penned by Nat Turner, David Walker, Frede...

In five pages this essay examines 19th century race and gender as it is represented within this slave narrative. Two sources are ...

and be taken care of. She does not look off longingly to a freedom without such realities, but she looks to the power of mothering...

In five pages this paper discusses the life of Harriet Tubman, her life as a slave and her activism such as her Underground Railro...

In five pages this paper examines narratives by Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass in a consideration of nineteenth century sla...

of sexual content gives children the wrong impression with regard to morals and values. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the ...

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

In 6 pages this paper examines the problems confronting enslaved African Americans within the context of Narrative of the Life of ...

enjoy each others company, happy to but there, not feeling any awkwardness at the absence of words, just feeling contented. Thes...

there was only a small fireplace and we never had enough wood to keep the cabin warm. It was very cold in winter, but at least it ...

This paper consists of five pages and analyzes the role gender played in these different accounts of slavery. There are no source...

trader exchanged his cargo of Africans for food in 1619. The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to man...

In nine pages this paper discusses the rebellions and slave revolts that occurred around the U.S. Civil War period as described in...

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...