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Ivan Ilych versus 'Slave Girl' Linda Brent

In one page this paper compares the characters Ivan Ilych from Leo Tolstoy's short story 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' and Linda Brent...

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...

American Literature and Multiculturalism

In five pages this paper examines how multiculturalism is represented in such American literary works as The Souls of Black Folk b...

The Concepts of Slavery and Motherhood in Toni Morrison's Novel Beloved

This 8 page paper considers Sethe's sense of what it means to be a mother in Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. The writer argues that...

Toni Morrison's Beloved, Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, and the Ghosts of Slavery

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these literary works regarding the lasting impressions of the slave experience up...

U.S. Civil War Reconstruction Era

who had succeeded (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, ...

Contrasting and Comparing Russian Serfs and American Slaves

This paper contains nine pages and discusses the similarities and serious differences between the Russian serfs and the American s...

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...

Comparative Analysis of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and 'Civil Disobedience' by Henry David Thoreau

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the views each man expresses in their respective texts. Three sources are cited i...

Modern 'Democratic Prejudice' in The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this research paper examines this 1887 text by Friedrich Nietzsche in a conceptual analysis of democratic prejudice ...

Master and Slave in The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper examines the paradigm of master and slave throughout history as determined by Friedrich Nietzsche. There...

Abolishing the Transatlantic Slave Trade

(Beary, 1997). The basic elements of the African slave system during the 18th and 19th centuries was based on three elemental s...

The 'Lost Glories' of African Civilizations

There is little evidence today that these civilizations even existed and many people still find it hard to believe the evidence th...

New Jersey Economics and Slavery

Though one representative from New Jersey was present and voted for the measure, the other representative, who was necessary to th...

African Slave Trade and the Wait That Continues for Racial Equality

In six pages this paper discusses the impact of the African slave trade upon the African people who still continue to wait for rac...

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...

Atlantic Slave Trade Mortality and Profits

In five pages this research paper discusses the 17th and 18th century Atlantic slave trade and how profitability was affected by h...

Amistad and Atlantic Slave Trade High Seas' Revolt

In eight pages this research paper examines slave revolts on ship and considers the impacts of the Amistad situation on Africa and...

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...

The Life and Political Career of Thomas Jefferson

This 8 page paper gives an overview of Thomas Jefferson's life, focusing on his political career. It also includes information abo...

Colonial America and Slavery

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

19th Century American Slavery and Marriages

In five pages this paper examines 'jumping the broom' and other rituals that were part of the 19th century American slave marriage...

A Slavery Overview

In seven pages this issue is examined from the time of the American Revolution through the emancipation of the 19th century and in...

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion and its Cause

version is that his masters family taught him. However the education came about, when his owner, Benjamin Turner, found out Nat co...

Fires of Jubilee Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion by Oates

and families. Turners Rebellion was squelched before he ever reached Jerusalem, and after six weeks of hiding from the authorities...

Problems of the Emancipation Proclamation

In ten pages this paper examines the Emancipation Proclamation in an overview of its problems regarding the liberation of the slav...

Slavery Worse for Women, the Story of Harriet Jacobs

This essay is on Harriet Jacobs' autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. The writer describes the various ways in wh...

Brazil and African Slaves

This paper considers how slaves in Brazil suffered different in some cases than did their North American counterparts. There are ...

Uncle Tom's Cabin, Eliza and Marie

This essay pertains to two women characters, Eliza Harris and Marie St. Clare, who are featured in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The wrier ...

Slave Narrative Comparison

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at slave narratives. Differing experiences are highlighted with respect to different e...