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History of Slavery in the US

prompted by a growing lower class of former servants who had worked through the terms of their indentures and thus became competit...

Aphra Behn's 'Oroonoko'

untouched. She and Oroonoko consummate their marriage but the very next morning the kings servants come to the young couple and sa...

A Review of Season of Migration to the North

more. The narrator is returning from an extended trip to Europe where he studied in European schools and became conversant with E...

Slavery in Colonial America and Racism

Europeans were conquerors. They wanted land and they needed slaves to build the country economically. It is also interesting to no...

United States, the Caribbean, and Slavery

In eight pages a comparative analysis of slavery in these two areas is presented. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Late 18th and Mid 19th Century Anti Slavery Movements

In eleven pages these various movements opposing slavery are examined. Eleven sources are cited in the bibliography....

Different Perspectives on Slavery

In five pages this paper examines the Civil War and after perspectives on slavery as viewed by John C. Calhoun, Frederick Douglass...

Slave Live Stereotypes and Actual Realities

In five pages this paper considers the misconceptions associated with slavery as opposed to the actual slave life reality. Five s...

Slavery and Freedom

In nine pages this paper examines slavery within the context of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and a 'free' mill ...

Workforce and New World Slavery

In five pages this research essay discusses slave labor and the economic reasons behind slavery in the new world. There is the in...

Slavery Abolition Debates

In eight pages debates during the nineteenth century regarding abolishing slavery are examined in the debates and writings of Walk...

Slavery and Religion in Society

In eight pages this paper examines how religion and slavery were able to socially coexist. Six sources are cited in the bibliogra...

New England and Slavery

In five pages this paper examines Black Yankees by Piersen in a discussion of New England and the impact of slavery as well as the...

Racism and Slavery

In five pages this paper examines the connection between racism and slavery in a consideration of 2 articles in which summaries ar...

Colonial America and Slavery

The decision rested on the assumption that non-whites were enslaveable while Europeans were not. Most historians agree that color...

Bahia, the Caribbean, and Ethnic Slave Rebellions

In seven pages colonial slavery in the regions of Bahia and the Caribbean is examined in a discussionof 2 journal articles that di...

Asia's Continuing Quest for Justice for the Comfort Women

Recent news has focused attention on the abduction into sexual slavery of great numbers of women from various Asian countries duri...

Japanese Organized Crime Syndicates, the Yakuza

hatamoto-yakko cannot truly be seen as the forebears of that yakuza. Instead, the yakuza see the machi-yokko ("Servants of the tow...

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 ...

Abolitionism/There Was No Other Way

moral conviction, and, especially. on the part of African American activists, a fierce visceral passion for freedom" (Bordewich 4)...

Analysis of "Are Prisons Obsolete?"

10). The fact is that we do indeed lock away two million American citizens and in so doing have come to be the...

Brazilian Slavery: 1550 -1888

nations had slaves. The laws of Moses acknowledge these slaves and dictate that Hebrew slaves must be kept in slavery only for a ...

Antislavery: Slave Narratives And Abolitionists

no uncertain terms gave all people unalienable rights including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? The American Di...

Should Remunerations be Paid to Africa?

the West, but White suggests it should be examined closely, not automatically given credence (White, 2001). He also suggests that...

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...

Overview of the Black Family The Black Family / Structure, Gender Roles & Individual Community Identity

In five pages this paper presents an overview of the black family in a consideration of community identity of the individual, gend...

A Reading of Fawn M. Brodie's Thomas Jefferson, An Intimate History

This paper provides an analysis of Brodie's historical biography of Thomas Jefferson. The author attempts to address various inco...

Nineteenth Century Social Movements and Christianity's Role

In five pages this paper discusses how Christianity and the Bible were used in 19th century women's suffrage and slavery movements...