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History's 'Longest War'

to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...

History's First Feminist Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz

who "led an extremely worldly existence in the convent" (Mack, 1996, p. 13), defiance of the system was a way of life. She was qu...

History's Origin According to Ernst Breisach

events surrounding the Peloponessian War, but also the views of other cultures which sometimes conflicted with his own sensibiliti...

Ancient History's Contemporary Social Influence

writing was the mainstay of civilised life. A seated scribe holding a papyrus roll was one of the most popular subjects in their e...

Civil Rights, Slavery Versus "Free" Citizens

When the Reconstruction Period arrived, it looked as though blacks were going to regain their inherent rights as free citizens alo...

Science And Religion: History's Ultimate Test

beginning of unique aspirations - as well as troubled alliances - within scientific and religious societies in relation to an orig...

Frances Anne Kemble's "Journal Of A Residence On A Georgian Plantation" - What Influence Does The Institution Of Slavery Have On The Slaves?

smallest nuance of kindness or understanding Kemble (1984) displayed was embellished into a lifesaving gesture speaks to the extra...

Kant/Speculative Beginning of Human History

A 3 page reaction paper to Immanuel Kant’s 1786 text “Speculative Beginning of Human History,” which draws on the Judeo/Christian ...

The New Chrysler LLC - An Analysis

silent transmissions, semi-automatic transmissions, different wheelbases, power steering, air bags, the first minivans, the first ...

In What Ways Is Reading Literary Works of Another Age Of Value To Understanding History And To Understanding One's Place In History?

age help to dispel myths and mistruths about the past that have erroneously been passed on as fact. Sometimes history is portraye...

Thomas Jefferson, Slavery, the Civil War, and 'the American Dilemma'

of effecting what is right" (The American Dilemma). There are many factors that can be cited as the cause for the Civil...

Frederick Douglass and Harriet Ann Jacobs on Male and Female Slaves

knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. My father was a carpenter, and considered so intelligent and skilful in...

Issues Featured in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

knows that it would put Mr. Shelby even further in debt and that he might be forced to sell off more of the slaves from his home....

Back to the Motherland

own lands(**). Reinsertion is accompanied, in most cases, with some form of aid which makes certain that the returning soldiers h...

American Slavery

boil over, and no attempts to quell this surging rage would have proven effective at averting what was to inevitably follow. ...

Slavery Reactions of Black Women

white freedom and black slavery. The link between whites and blacks would change considerably between the arrival of those first ...

Antebellum Southern Culture and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

culture to some extent. The culture is implicit in much of what goes on and is woven throughout the content of the book. Identity ...

Unnecessary for African Americans to Receive Slavery Reparations

during WWII. In part, the reason why one group should be compensated and the other not, is really due to timing. Some people who f...

North and South Conflict and Slavery

rights alongside the emancipation that had already taken place; however, it actually proved to represent a time of significant dis...

The Slave Mothers of Black Americans

slave Louis Hughes in his autobiography, Thirty Years a Slave (Hughes, 2001). In his account, he discusses how he was separated fr...

Ancient Greek Economics

in manipulating that world. It can also be contended, however, that each new technological development directly impacted the econ...

An Examination of Bacon's Rebellion

him. Soon released, Bacon gathered his supporters, marched on Jamestown, and coerced Berkeley into granting him a commission to co...

Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Slavery, and Freedom

Pilot and the Passenger (1956), vernacular language carries democratic social value" (Review). As difficult as it has been for A...

A Consideration of 'Three Negro Classics' in African American Literature

unknown to him. He grew up in a time where the country was changing. The Civil War had ended and he and his family possessed freed...

Kenneth M. Stampp's The Peculiar Institution

In five pages this paper discusses the author's acknowledgment of the profit motive associated with slavery. One source is cited ...

American Colonies and Slavery Origins

In seven pages this paper examines the origin of slavery in the colonies of North America. Six sources are cited in the bibliogra...

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

In five pages this paper considers the impact of slavery upon family ties. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Virginia, Cuba, and the Practice of Slavery

In fifteen pages this paper contrasts and compares how slavery was practiced in these two areas with slave treatment by each count...

Toni Morrison's Beloved Breathes Life into History

In 4 pages this paper examines the portrayal of slavery in Morrison's novel and the enduring psychological damage that resulted. ...

Frederick Douglass's Narrative, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Struggle

In five pages this report discusses the importance of struggle in these nineteenth century American literary masterworks that feat...