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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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Eudora Welty's Timeless 'Path'

In a paper consisting of five pages the theme of former slaves after the passage of the thirteenth amendment is considered within ...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Notes

In four pages this paper examines Douglass' narrative in terms of impressing upon white readers his situation as a slave in the So...

American Slavery Reparations

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

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...

Nineteenth Century Slave Ownership

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Life and Controversy of Nathan Bedford Forrest

In five pages this paper examines the life of farmer, slave trader, Ku Klux Klan formation role of Nathan Bedford Forrest along wi...

Harriet Tubman's Life and Activism

In five pages this paper discusses the life of Harriet Tubman, her life as a slave and her activism such as her Underground Railro...

History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

The transatlantic slave trade is examined in an historical overview of events and places in this paper consisting of five pages. ...

West African and East African Slave Trade

than one hundred slaves at a time and usually carried other type trading goods on their ships as well, such as ivory, spices, and ...

Slavery Aspects

In five pages such issues that are relevant to slavery such as 1950's Fugitive Slave Act, the Fourteenth Amendment, abolitionism, ...

Slave Culture Euro American and African Style

This paper consisting of five pages discusses by way of Nathan Irvin Huggins' 'Black Odyssey' how the combination of African and E...

To Be A Slave In Brazil, 1550-1888 by Katia M. De Queiros Mattoso

In five pages the slave trade and the foundation of cultural and historical racial prejudice it cemented are examined within the c...

Comparison of Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Octavia Butler's Kindred

perspective. Furthermore, the perception of people as human chattel is examined, as is the role of a patriarchal American Souther...