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Autobiography of Oladauh Equiano

own people: he points out that the rape of girls "not ten years old" resulted in the perpetrators being disciplined, but it is cle...

17th and 18th Century America and White Slaves

German child sold as a mulatto" (Talty, 2000). There was even a case...

Colonization and 'King Leopold's Ghost'

gross exploitation of African slaves. That Leopold was wholly capable of stuffing his incoming ships with an abundance of ivory a...

John C. Calhoun and His Views on Slavery

On February 6, 1837 John C. Calhoun published an article titled "Slavery a Positive Good". The title of the article alone encapsu...

The Sometimes Contradictory Ideology of Thomas Jefferson

This paper assesses Jefferson's contributions and how they corresponded with his views on slavery and indigenous rights. There ar...

African American Subjugation and Slavery

This research paper offers an overview of the fundamental causes that motivated the implementation of slavery in the American colo...

Prison Labor in the United States: Capitalism or Slavery?

roots. Prison labor offers a way for prisoners to earn money while learning a trade, but with these prisons profiting on such chea...

A View of Life in Colonial America

was soon culturally established as a center for "moral guidance" in the lives of New England colonists. 2.) Why did slavery grow...

Life of a Factory Worker Compared with Life of a Slave

students of history shudder to read the horrible human rights abuses that were inflicted upon slaves in the antebellum South. Howe...

19th Century American History

slavery, a trend which leads towards the development of Sectionalism in the Southern states. 1830s: Southern states begin to seek ...

Education and Frederick Douglass

instruct me further, telling her, among other things, that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read. To use hi...

Would Black Reparations be Redistributive Justice?

our current system of redistributive taxation follows a set pattern that is characterized by an inherent inequality between those ...

The Honor Code of the Old South

relatively inconsequential. For those interested in the Old South, however, the book provides an insight that is not so easily ma...

Colonial To 1877 Slavery Effects

traditional culture and faith as a means by which to survive. Clearly, black men and American culture have long existed as a syne...

James Oakes, Slavery and Liberal Capitalism

the playing field level" (Zimmerman). This idea is still alive today, proposed by progressives who feel that everyone should get a...

Thomas Jefferson and the Slavery Question

people smoke cigarettes and eat buttered popcorn today even though they know these things are bad for human health. Similarly, Jef...

No Justification for Slavery

that the Chesapeake was good for growing tobacco, which is a labor-intensive crop, and more labor was needed for the plantations (...

Slavery in Brazil

that a police investigation into the distinctive practices of slave prostitution" that ultimately involved more than 200 women in ...

The African American Dream of Equality

and essentially left the white population of the nation still ignoring the impact of history concerning the African American peopl...

Slavery as Impacted by Western Expansion

well, however. Some believed that the southern states were involved in a conspiracy to destroy northern liberty. By the ninetee...

Slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska Act

the concept of popular sovereignty issues such as slavery were viewed as being justly determined by the people of Kansas themselve...

Frederick Douglass and Roots

of his people, and growing into a man prior to his becoming a slave. In these respects the reader gets a very different look at sl...

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn and Historical Background

In 5 pages this paper examines the depiction of slavery in the 17th century novel by Aphra Behn in terms of historical accuracy. ...

Slavery Writings

In five pages this paper examines slavery in the American South as it was described in various writings. Five sources are cited i...

Political Aspects of Slavery

"In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity" (Douglass 279). These men were better equipped -- intellectu...

Slavery and The Social Contract of Jean Jacques Rousseau

In sixteen pages this paper discusses slavery within the context of Jean Jacques Rousseau's social philosophical treatise, The Soc...

1820s and 1840s Age of the Common Man

to make their own destinies -- to follow whatever dreams they may have kept harbored deep inside for fear they would never be able...

Slavery Position of Frederick Douglass

union. This view was held largely because the issue was more than one of fairness or humanity. There was a great deal of money rid...

The Journey of Abraham Lincoln That Convinced Him Slavery Was Wrong

In 5 pages Lincoln's journey toward the presidency that led to his abolishment of slavery is discussed. There are 4 bibliographic...

Slavery and Women

This paper examines such slave narratives as Annie L. Burton's The Narrative of Bethany Veney: A Slave Woman and Memories of Child...