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Slavery and Its Origins

the tables and resulted in the institution known as slavery (49). That is a rather important claim. It just might be the case th...

Racism and Puddn'head Wilson by Mark Twain

skinned and easily passes for white. This simple premise presents us with the curious question of whether or not this boy will e...

Georgia Slaver

This paper discusses the Georgia colony and the factors that led to it being the last colony to adopt the practice of slavery in e...

Slavery and the U.S. Civil War

would have been changed forever. Still, Davis was a leader in his own right. He was the only president of the Confederate States o...

The History of African Americans

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

Slavery Reflected in the Works of Henrik Ibsen, Frederick Douglass, and Jonathan Swift

In six pages this research paper discusses how slavery manifests itself in one form or another in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Trav...

Slavery According to Octavia E. Butler's Kindred and Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

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

Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain and Its Racial Implications

In seven pages this paper examines the crimes of slavery and racial discrimination within the context of this novel by Mark Twain....

Slave Resistance to Enslavement in To Be a Slave by Julius Lester

In six pages this report examines this 1968 text that examines slavery from the perspectives of the slaves and their various modes...

The Classic Slave Narratives by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

This one book which is really four books in one is the focus of this paper. Slavery and slave issues are discussed in depth. This...

America's Constitution and Slavery

In the act that James Madison wrote authorizing delegates to attend the Philadelphia constitutional convention, he voiced his fear...

America and the Economic Effects of Slavery

purposes, the coerced and manipulated diversion of income and wealth from blacks to whites" (pp.40). Slavery produced benef...

The Growing Middle Class of Urban Immigrants 1877-1900

each other. "Throughout Americas history, White privilege allowed Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, Asians, certain European i...

Slavery in The Piano Lesson by August Wilson

struggle her family members endured. It can be argued that Boy Willies actions were evident of his strong desire to shed hi...

Comparative Analysis of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln

In five pages the leadership of the Confederate and the United States presidents are compared and contrasted with particular empha...

Kenneth M. Stampp's The Peculiar Institution

In five pages this paper discusses the author's acknowledgment of the profit motive associated with slavery. One source is cited ...

American Colonies and Slavery Origins

In seven pages this paper examines the origin of slavery in the colonies of North America. Six sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and Family Ties

In five pages this paper considers the impact of slavery upon family ties. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

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...

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...

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...

Slavery Throughout History

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

Narrative of Frederick Douglass

In five pages this paper examines Frederick Douglass's Narrative and its depiction of slavery issues. There are no other sources ...

Constitutional Convention Debates and the Notes of James Madison

This paper consists of five pages in an examination of James Madison's Constitutional Convention debate notes in a consideration o...

Reflections on Five Hundred Years of American History

In five pages five centuries of American history are considered in an analysis of significant quotes with political movements, civ...

Analysis of Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery and Harriet Jacobs' The Perils of a Slave Woman's Life

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

Legalized Slavery in Colonial Times

Slavery in America was held in place by a complicated network of legal precedents. This paper analyzes the history of the practice...

Three Views of the Slave Trade in Africa

and time period under discussion. Eric Williams Williams begins his argument by pointing out that "unfree labor" in the New Worl...

English Colonization

In five pages the colonial settlement of early England is examined in terms of the relationships between the colonists and indigen...