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17th Century America and Black Slavery

no sunlight and been fed only enough to keep them alive. This journey, however, was likely just the beginning of the trials and t...

American Society in Literature

This 16 page paper examines four books that are centered on American society. The books discussed are Joyce Maynard's To Die For; ...

Art of Slavery

Their purpose was to have Parliament abolish slave trade, rather than declare slavery to be illegal. As an incremental play, this ...

U.S. South Before the Civil War, Slaves, and the Role Played by Religion

conditions as they relate to the white man instilling religion into the slaves of the South. "In the 1780s, Methodists--who repr...

Slave's Life

In seven pages this research paper examines how various texts depict colonial and antebellum South's slave life. Five sources are...

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...

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

In five pages this paper discusses how gender slavery is the byproduct of the American patriarchy with references made to this 186...

American History and the Price of Freedom

In four pages this paper discusses the high price tag attached to freedom for slaves, women, and soldiers throughout American hist...

Colonial America, England and Atlantic Slave Trade's Role

early seventeen hundreds that the slave population was sufficient enough to make an economic impact, and hen it was centered prima...

Contrasting and Comparing Russian Serfs and American Slaves

This paper contains nine pages and discusses the similarities and serious differences between the Russian serfs and the American s...

American Literature and Multiculturalism

In five pages this paper examines how multiculturalism is represented in such American literary works as The Souls of Black Folk b...

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'...

19th Century American Slavery and Marriages

In five pages this paper examines 'jumping the broom' and other rituals that were part of the 19th century American slave marriage...

A Slavery Overview

In seven pages this issue is examined from the time of the American Revolution through the emancipation of the 19th century and in...

American Colonies and Lives of Slaves

In nine pages this paper considers what slavery was like in the American colonies with North and South differences duly noted alo...

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...

The Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on the American Colonies

to develop a work force among Native Americans and white immigrants. Colonists, finding that Africans were cheap and relatively im...

Free States and Slave Development Between the American Revolution and the Civil War

North was not quite as conducive to farming. Although it is true that perhaps the South might have become more prone to industrial...

W.W. Brown/Clotel

into the pen during the day. After the best of the gang were sold off, the balance was taken to the Exchange coffee-house auction ...

B.T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois

from high school early, received an undergraduate degree from Fisk University, accepted a scholarship to attend the University of ...

Economic Reasons For The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade And Its Abolition

nature than the concept of slavery. He endeavored to illustrate how oppressing one from living a free life inherently granted to ...

Jefferson & Contradictions

and a pragmatic one. From its inception, the Constitutional Convention was more concerned with economics than ideals. The majori...

Importance of Black History Month for African American Youth

of the white people. The history focuses on how the nation was founded, the Civil War, how the Depression affected people, the Wor...

Langston Hughes: Work and Worldview

the dawns were / young. / I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to / sleep. / I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyram...

Odessa, TX/Race Relations

the movie and book Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger, which describes Odessas fascination with high school football and was pu...

The Roosevelt Administration and the Black Cabinet

Depression"). They were paid $1.00 per day for their work ("FDR and the Depression"). The "Black Cabinet" was part of the New Dea...

The Plight of African Americans in the United States

people..." (p.88). It is an idea that makes sense. There are differences of opinion between people and a hatred festers. Similar t...

Representation of African Americans in Film: Rush Hour 2

enjoy his vacation but pushes aside that vacation to help his friend find retribution for the murder of his father. There are mome...

Article Analysis: Diversity

a "nigger drink" (How corporate America came to recognize diversity, one Pepsi at a time, 2007). One thing the article mentions ...

African American Artists: Alma Thomas and Romare Bearden

those years, Thomas drew upon all her sensory, childhood memories of rich vegetation, her own garden, the formal plantings of the ...