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Story of Solomon Northrup

In three pages this paper examines Solomon Northrup's description of Washington DC's slave pens and also as they were captured in ...

Concept of 'Natural Slave' in Politics by Aristotle and The Tempest by William Shakespeare

This paper contrasts and compares how the 'natural slave' concept is portrayed in these literary classics in five pages. There ar...

Civil War Art and Folk Music

In five pages this paper examines slave art and music during the years of the Civil War along with a consideration of family durin...

Democracy from an Athenian Perspective

In a paper consisting of three pages the definition of Athenian democracy is presented in the argument that it never espoused the ...

Morally Defensible Keeping of Secrets

their heritage and try their hand at living in the world as white people. Haizlip proceeds to graphically demonstrate the irony ...

Naturalistic Realism as Defended by Aristotle

In four pages Book I of Aristotle's Politics is used as the philosopher's 'natural' realism defense especially pertaining to the n...

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...