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Female Slave Condition in 'Ar'n't I a Woman?' by Deborah Gray White

the beginning African American women were more than physical workers in relationship to slavery. They were the sexual receptacles...

Characters of Simon Legree, St. Clare, and Shelby in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

that matter. At one point a little boy, named Jim Crow, comes in and he tosses raisins at him and tells him to pick them up. The b...

Frederick Douglass on Religion

us a clear distinction between religion of men and God. He indicates that when he was chosen for a particular master and job he fe...

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...

Beloved by Toni Morrison - An Analysis

play in the narrative, it is helpful to have an understanding of the overall plot and its major components. Plot Synopsis Altho...

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 ...

Slave Representation in Selected Political Speeches of Cicero and Mostellaria by Plautus Compared

time it happens" (DuCarme 95). It can be argued that this is precisely the fundamental basis behind the international end to slav...

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...

William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Relationships Between Master and Slave

In three pages Shakespeare's final play is analyzed in terms of the relationships between master and slave it features. Five sour...

An Analysis of Hegel's Master/Slave Dialectic

This paper analyzes German philosopher G.W.F. Hegel's works, Phenomenology of Mind, and Phenomenology of Spirit, with an emphasis ...

Historical Plausibility of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In 5 pages this great American novel is analyzed in an historical overview of the relevant 19th century issues including children'...

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...

Analysis of Sojourner Truth's Narrative

In five pages this paper examines the narrative that chronicles the amazing life of onetime slave and feminist activist Sojourner ...

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...

Reasons Behind 1787's Slave Emancipation Failure

In five pages this paper discusses the failed 1787 emancipation of slaves by the US Constitution. Five sources are cited in the b...

Slave Narratives and the Portrayal of White Europeans

as I thought, in so savage a manner; for I had never seen among my people such instances of brutal cruelty. The closeness of the ...

True Life Stories, Literature, and Issues of Gender, Sex, and Race

end, giving us a young woman who was never able to come to terms with her race, her sexuality, or her gender. She is the character...

What it Was Like to Be a Slave Before the Civil War

know that he was a slave and until he was old enough to experience the suffering and see the suffering endured by others. This ...

Nineteenth Century Slave Ownership

In twelve pages this research paper examines a nineteenth century plantation and slave owner in a consideration of economics, plan...

Gender Issues Involved in Freedom from Slavery

In five pages the gender differences regarding freedom and slavery issues are considered within the context of the writings Uncle ...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

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

American Slavery Reparations

In six pages this paper argues in support of the government making reparations to the African Americans who descended from slaves....

Olaudah Equiano's Life

In five pages this paper examines slave narratives with the focus being upon the biography of Olaudah Quiano. There are no other ...

Perspectives on Slave Narratives

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the living conditions featured in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass wit...

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...

U.S. Ethnic and Racial Groups

In five pages this paper examines ethnic and racial groups in America in terms of the influence of Native Americans within the con...

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 ...

Brilliant Public Speaker Frederick Douglass

In six pages the speech 'What to the Slave is the Fourth of July' is analyzed in terms of its structure and style along with a dis...

Plantation Mistresses and Slaves

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares how slaves and plantation mistresses were depicted in The Plantation Mistress by ...

Comparative Analysis of the Victimization of Protagonists Oroonoko and Heathcliff

Both of the primary mail characters are fundamentally powerless, as are the narrators of the stories. Ironically, a great deal of...