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Slave Cultures and Gerald W. Mullin's Flight and Rebellion

In five pages this paper discusses the views expressed in Mullin's book and compares them with those featured in works by David Wa...

Historical Context of the Term Slave and Frederick Douglass

In two pages this paper examines Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass with the focus being the use of the term slave in an ...

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 ...

Abigail Williams' Trial in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

In five pages this paper discusses the witch trial of Abigail Williams as depicted by Arthur Miller in his play The Crucible. The...

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 ...

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...

Uses of Symbolism in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares how the authors utilize symbolism in these respective works. Seven sources are c...

Exotic Dancers, The Ultimate Feminists, or Gender Slaves

the sociological elements that have supported the subjugation of women, and the perspectives offered by women who support the righ...

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...

Three Views of the Slave Trade in Africa

and time period under discussion. Eric Williams Williams begins his argument by pointing out that "unfree labor" in the New Worl...

Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire and 'the Kindness of Strangers'

In five pages the reasons why character Blanche Du Bois announced, 'I have always depended on the kindness of strangers' at the co...

Analysis of Narrative in the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

on the period of slavery in the United States. When one reads of the life of this chattel, he or she is forced to see the total i...

Comparative Analysis of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie

In four pages this paper analyzes human dreams in a contrast and comparison of these two award winning American dramas. Two sourc...

Historical Value of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

In three pages this essay considers the historical value of this text in terms of its firsthand descriptions of slave oppression. ...

The Attic in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

In five pages this paper examines the attic or tiny crawl space in which the author was forced to hide for 7 years to escape abuse...

Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Oppression

In five pages this paper discusses the importance of oppressive setting in each of these dramatic works. There are no other sourc...

The Boxed Slave Known as Aunt Jemima

fictitious biography for her, while a succession of real-life women portrayed Aunt Jemima at county fairs and various bake-off com...

Freed Slaves Staying in the South in Edward Jones' The Known World

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...

Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and Symbols

around the characters. Through the decaying setting, and also a setting that is quite dreamlike, the story begins on a very allusi...

Sex Slave Trade

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...

Southern Slave Codes

first chapter, Goodell describes slavery as defined by the laws of various southern states; here we read things like this: "LOUISI...

Antislavery: Slave Narratives And Abolitionists

no uncertain terms gave all people unalienable rights including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? The American Di...

Harriet Jacobs/Slave Girl

order to fully understand the structure of Jacobs narrative, it is first necessary to see it within the cultural framework provide...

Slave Experiences in the Middle Passage

in this stupefied condition they are carried aboard, stowed in a sitting posture, with the knees drawn up so closely that they can...

Edward Ball's Slaves in the Family

his own discoveries, those that relate to his desire to aid the African American families that were so directly linked to his own....

Comparative Analysis of 2 Slave Narratives

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...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and History

This was the condition of slavery for women. They were often seen as breeding machines that were good for little more than produci...

Resistance of African American Slaves and Native Americans

English who had come to steal corn and the result was that the English colony waited until 1613 before their leaders were sufficie...