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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...

The Issue of the Extension of Slavery Reported in the American Whig

may be ill-timed or inhumane; it may be constitutional and yet smack of arbitrary power-of oppression: it may ... carry with it a ...

Olaudah Equiano

by his people, and reveals that the slaves were not forced to work any harder than anyone else in the community "even their master...

History: Slavery

level of success in society, they were few and far between and blacks were generally considered less than whites. They were brough...

Pro-Slavery Arguments

powerful and great civilizations of the past, the Greeks and the Egyptians and the Romans, all possessed slaves (Castillo, 2006). ...

How Revolutionary was the American Revolution?

enough to overcome racial discrimination or the claims of the south that it needed slave labor to work the plantations (Coombs, 19...

Slavery and Cash Crops in Virginia’s History

the 16th century, tobacco was already considered something of great worth. One author, Thomas Hariot, back in 1590, wrote A Briefe...

Risk And Reward In Supply Chain Management Article Review

organizations different opportunities. The organization examines its portfolio of sources, distribution points, and locations of a...

A Summer Bright and Terrible

It tells, in introducing the notion of experimentation and radar which will be a very important part of the book, of how many dang...

David Bailey, Photographer

as one of the principal influences and inspirations on him as an artist ("David Bailey, Biography"). According to Bailey, "The fir...

Misunderstanding Homosexuality and Gay Relationships from Psychological, Biological, and Social Perspectives:

of development and socialization. For Freud, homosexuality in men appeared to be an example of a phenomenon he labeled as inversi...

Renaissance Humanism and Michelangelo’s Sculpture of David

and soul. II. Explanation of the Philosophy ? Fundamental Philosophical Tenets Renaissance humanism began as an intellectual m...

Price: “Love and Hate in Jamestown”

had no particular skills (Price). Price notes that Wingfield arrived in Virginia accompanied by a number of servants and a haughty...

The Leadership of William Henry Gates

used his inspiration to create a business that would put his vision into full bloom. How did he do it? To a great extent, it was h...

O. Henry & Hemingway, Plus A Little on Faulkner

waiter, like the old man who is their customer, has no connections in the world. While Della and James have love and a deep inti...

Epitaph for a Peach: Planting Seeds

and also one who believes that change is often good, even if it is hard and confusing. He possesses an open mind and an eagerness....

Women in David Ferry’s Giglamesh

primary role was that of sexual object. But, at the same time it also illustrates that men did not like sharing their women with a...

U.S. Foreign Policy, Just War Theory, and the Persian Gulf War

late Sen. J. William Fulbright advocated neither morality nor realism. Instead, he advocated "humanism" as a primary American for...

Jacques-Louis David: “The Death of Socrates”

First, Socrates, who is obviously the focus of the painting, is sitting up, still teaching as shown by his raised left hand. Hes m...

Fukuyama, Wallace and Lobsters

of humanity. Furthermore, he argues that should any politician try to "exclude any group of people on the basis of race, gender, d...

Illegal People by David Bacon

the immigrants, creates a situation wherein they are seen as a problem rather than a beneficial source in the nation. This is furt...

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry by Edell and Schrieberg

truth is that as a population, we seem less able to tolerate even slight discomforts. In fact, we view such discomforts as real pa...

Richard Branson, Percy Barnevik and David Simon; Leadership Roles

a key role, and fits in with the idea put forward by Zaleznik (1977) where leaders will have followers and Kotter (1990) argues th...

'The Looking Glass' Article by Lawrence Weschler

In five pages this report examines the article that appeared in a January 2000 issue of The New Yorker in which American artist Da...

How Much Is Too Much?

2010). Hegemann feels that her medium is the "remix" and that she is entitled to use "anything at hand she feels suits her purpose...

David Cole’s Case Against the Torture Lawyers

inhumanity should stand trial with them. After making this point, Cole goes on to describe the memos that were written at various...

Exposition of a Trust Psalm

we should trust in the Lord at all times. 1. The Psalmist explains that men are lowly creatures and cannot trust themselves. 2. M...

A Tale of Amazonian Adventure

writer for "The New Yorker", David Grann becomes caught up in the legendary tale of renowned British explorer Colonel Percy Harris...

David Carter's Stonewall: Why is it Important?

slice of heaven for the LGBT community in New York City. It was a place to be able to cozy up to a significant (or not-so-signific...