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- 111: Creative Writing: Slavery
- Creative Writing: Slavery It was 1865 when slavery ended, but I still look back at those days. I still remember being beaten by my master. There was nothing I could do because I was a slave all my life. Until slavery ended I was not free. All of us slaves were shy. We did not talk to each other. As a matter of fact, we only talked to people we knew. We barley had a ...
- 112: Abraham Lincoln 4
- Lincoln, Abraham,16th president of the United States, who steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War and abolished slavery. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, the son of Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln, pioneer farmers. At the age of two he was taken by his parents to nearby Knob Creek ... despite her somewhat difficult disposition, the marriage seems to have been reasonably successful. The Lincolns had four children, only one of whom reached adulthood. His birth in a slave state notwithstanding, Lincoln had long opposed slavery. In the legislature he voted against resolutions favorable to the "peculiar institution" and in 1837 was one of two members who signed a protest against it. Elected to Congress in 1846, he attracted attention because ... alarm at Senator Stephen A. Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act, he became politically active again. Clearly setting forth his opposition to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, he argued that the measure was wrong because slavery was wrong and that Congress should keep the territories free for actual settlers (as opposed to those who traveled there mainly to vote for or against slavery). The following year he ran for the ...
- 113: Kindred
- ... with the relationships forged between a Los Angeles woman from the 20th century, and slaves from the 19th century. Therefore, the mechanism of time travel allows the author a sort of freedom when writing this "slavery narrative" apart from her counterparts. Butler is able to judge the slavery from the point of view of a truly "free" black woman, as opposed to an enslaved one describing memories. On a more superficial level, the fact that the novel has been deemed as "science fiction ... black, 20th century black woman in the antebellum south. This provides a strong contrast in living conditions, as well as psychological patterns with those of the 19th century Dana sees and conveys the world of slavery around her with the background of the 20th century, "our world." This allows the reader to find a real connection with the protagonist, Dana. Dana describes in its gory detail the whippings she took: ...
- 114: Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham (1809-65), 16th president of the United States (1861-65), who steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War and abolished slavery. Early Life Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, the son of Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln, pioneer farmers. At the age of two he was taken by his parents to nearby ... despite her somewhat difficult disposition, the marriage seems to have been reasonably successful. The Lincolns had four children, only one of whom reached adulthood. His birth in a slave state notwithstanding, Lincoln had long opposed slavery. In the legislature he voted against resolutions favorable to the "peculiar institution" and in 1837 was one of two members who signed a protest against it. Elected to Congress in 1846, he attracted attention because ... alarm at Senator Stephen A. Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act, he became politically active again. Clearly setting forth his opposition to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, he argued that the measure was wrong because slavery was wrong and that Congress should keep the territories free for actual settlers (as opposed to those who traveled there mainly to vote for or against slavery). The following year he ran for the ...
- 115: Paul Dunbar Research Paper
- ... historical literary figure in our society today. Paul Dunbar wrote and created hundreds of works. Some were successful, and some weren’t as popular, but they all spoke about Dunbar’s feelings. Dunbar wrote about slavery, freedom, and his good intentions. His literature stays with us today, as well as his message against the persecution of the African Americans, and his views on our predominately white society. Paul Lawrence Dunbar was born in 1872 to two free blacks. Dunbar’s father escaped from slavery at a plantation in Kentucky, and ran away to Canada. Paul’s mother on the other hand was released from slavery due to the outcome of the Civil War. Both of them eventually made their way to Ohio, where they met, married, and gave birth to Paul. Paul’s career started out strong right from ...
- 116: Frederick Douglass
- By: Keeper Towns rederick Douglass was one of the most influential men of the anti-slavery movement. He stood up for what he believed in, fought hard to get where he got and never let someone tell him he could not do something. Frederick Douglass made a change in this country ... abolitionist meeting in New Bedford, Douglass saw William Lloyd Garrison, for the first time. A few days later Douglass spoke before a crowd attending the annual meeting of the Massachusetts branch of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Garrison saw Douglass's and thought he could be a speaker, so he hired him as agent for the society. His job was to talk about his life and to sell subscriptions to the Liberator and the Anti-Slavery Standard. "The paper became my meat and drink," Douglass said, For the next ten years Douglass was associated with Garrison and the antislavery movement. For three months in 1851, Douglass traveled with other abolitionists ...
- 117: 1984, The Book Vs. The Movie
- 1984 George Orwell's 1984, the book, presented the audience with a dreadful view of what the future looked like. He presented the future in one of the slogans of the Party: "freedom is slavery." All the citizens in Oceania were practically under a "microscope" the whole day, except the Proles, mainly to keep a close watch for any traitors of the party like Goldstein. The telescreens were the primary things to maintain order on the land, and this is where "freedom is slavery" is done. It is because of these screens that everyone's personal freedom is really like slavery. The people are always being watched and hardly have any free will to do anything they desire. Many scenes in the movie capture this message, or slogan, of the Party. One is when Winston ...
- 118: Morrison's Beloved: A Review
- ... it to be there: characters, plot devices, structure and pacing, tone, etc. all are ways in which the author says what he/she has to say. Morrison implements different characters and ideas to enhance the slavery of the time and its lasting affects. While the story is of heartbreak there are various representations of concepts. Which can be seen through realism and the characters of Mr. Bodwin and Baby Suggs. Mr ... Bodwin is a white abolitionist and has high hopes for blacks in the future. He spends the happiest years of his life struggling for emancipation of blacks. Mr. Bodwin represents a time in history where slavery starts to come into question. People (white) started to realize this travesty and begin to speak up and act towards the abolition of slavery. The abolitionists begin a process which will eventually end in the 60's where blacks will attain complete freedom. They begin a legacy of freedom fighters that will not stop till blacks receive the ...
- 119: Uncle Toms Cabin
- Uncle Tom's Cabin, also called Life Among the Lowly, was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is a realistic, although fictional view of slavery. The main characters in this story are Uncle Tom, Eliza and George Harris. Uncle Tom is a pious, trustworthy, slave. He never wrongs anyone and always obeys his master. A very spiritual person, Uncle Tom ... daughter. So it is on his return trip from Maine where he has picked up his cousin Ophelia who will care for Eva that Augustine buys Tom. Chapters 16-30 Unused to Southern customs and slavery, Ophelia tries to bring order to the St. Claire plantation, but the pampered slaves do not cooperate. Eva, who has always been frail, was dying and asks her father to free his slaves. After her ... is Eliza's mother. The two women go to Canada where Eliza, George and Harry had settled. Finally, the family is united. Uncle Tom's Cabin helped to turn the tide of public opinion against slavery in the 19th century. This controversial novel was initially written to question slavery and to convince people of its wrongness. It was the first book that brought the problem of Negro slavery in America ...
- 120: Uncle Tom; A Synopsis
- ... However, without his unbinding belief in God, Uncle Tom would cease to be such a Christ-like figure. The first method in which Uncle Tom’s faith allows him to cope with the hardships of slavery is socially. One must understand that Uncle Tom is constantly paralleled to Christ during the course of events in the novel. Tom is the social leader of the slaves on the Shelby plantation. Uncle Tom ... heart. Despite the austere conditions of the time, Tom uses his social gifts to be a light to those he comes in contact with. Uncle Tom also experienced emotional trauma due to the afflictions of slavery as well as social trauma. The reader learns that without his faith, Tom would not have acted in a Christ-like fashion. The point in the novel in which Uncle Tom is to be sold to Mr. Haley portrays how Tom’s faith enables him to endure the emotional aspect of slavery’s hardships. “No, no, - I an’t going. Let Eliza go, - it’s her right! I wouldn’t be the one to say no, - ‘tan’t in natur for her to stay; but you ...
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