YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Slave Drivers by William Van Deburg
Essays 421 - 450
to by Jim in very earthy, concrete terms that nonetheless indicate that she is pretty. When she says that blue "is wrong for-roses...
the institution of slavery and as such the focus is on slaves, slavery and race relations. That is the theme of the work overall. ...
Indies-Britain route, called the transatlantic slave trade" (Baykudoglu). The traders sold slaves to plantation owners "in the Wes...
occasion, "his master had the nails of his fingers and toes beaten off" (Blassingame 331). A slave who accidentally bumped a white...
no uncertain terms gave all people unalienable rights including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? The American Di...
to develop a work force among Native Americans and white immigrants. Colonists, finding that Africans were cheap and relatively im...
first chapter, Goodell describes slavery as defined by the laws of various southern states; here we read things like this: "LOUISI...
order to fully understand the structure of Jacobs narrative, it is first necessary to see it within the cultural framework provide...
around the characters. Through the decaying setting, and also a setting that is quite dreamlike, the story begins on a very allusi...
into the business. After all, at least many of these venues are deemed legal. These sex workers just have to play by the rules and...
slaves of his own. It was the world he knew, the world he understood, and the business he was good in. To leave, to go north, to c...
scene begins Laura Wingfield (Karen Allen) and her gentleman caller Jim OConnor (James Naughton) are looking at Lauras "glass mena...
English who had come to steal corn and the result was that the English colony waited until 1613 before their leaders were sufficie...
of literature, and gave innumerable speeches for their cause" (African American Odyssey, 2005). There were some who argued and foc...
the one who is primarily the main focus of the play and it is her collection that bears the title of the story, as she collects gl...
"real" (insofar as theater can ever be said to be real) happenings, but a carefully selected group of scenes that illustrate the i...
fictitious biography for her, while a succession of real-life women portrayed Aunt Jemima at county fairs and various bake-off com...
his own discoveries, those that relate to his desire to aid the African American families that were so directly linked to his own....
in this stupefied condition they are carried aboard, stowed in a sitting posture, with the knees drawn up so closely that they can...
and sorrow" (Prince; 1). She was soon sold off to a master and then began to learn about being beaten and abused as a slave. Sh...
This was the condition of slavery for women. They were often seen as breeding machines that were good for little more than produci...
North was not quite as conducive to farming. Although it is true that perhaps the South might have become more prone to industrial...
know that he was a slave and until he was old enough to experience the suffering and see the suffering endured by others. This ...
of Yeoman Households" notes that in standard anti-bellum society, the white male plantation owner was the prime owner of everythin...
addition to their different attitudes, many of the women devoted their entire lives to the caretaking of their employers and their...
Tom rescues his daughter (Little Eva) from a drowning death. St. Clare is one who believes in paying his debts and, in fact, promi...
other Atlantic trades, particularly sugar and tobacco, and were therefore looking for more lucrative commodities. Others consider ...
German child sold as a mulatto" (Talty, 2000). There was even a case...
as the defining characteristic of an unmarried woman. In other words, according to the cultural definition of femininity a "good" ...
and a London that is perhaps anything but majestic and beautiful. Blake states that "I wander thro each charterd street,/ Near whe...