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    always dealt with serious issues dealing with daily life struggles and lack of inefficiency for producing of certain items‚ leading to a better enlightenment of living and the beginning of the making of a nation made up of immigrants. Since the 18th century‚ the United States has funded dreams to come true for fleeing immigrants from socio-economic problems since the innovation of many brilliant inventors have come to play‚ to provide jobs for many at an easy cause effort. Many innovators such as

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    Igbo Slavery Slavery is the owning of another person and the person being enslaved has no free will and is property of someone who owns him. Many people back in the early days of civilizations had owned slaves or were slaves themselves since this was something common to practice and was perfectly legal. The Igbo people were one of the many African tribes to suffer from slavery and has a long and interesting history to it and is specifically focused during the 19th century. We will be focusing on

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    know began in New York in the early 19th century. "Reformation" was the goal of the founders of the system. During the colonial period and in the early years of the nation‚ long-term imprisonment was not a common form of punishment in prison. Instead‚ execution was the prescribed penalty for a wide range of offenses. People who committed less serious offenses faced public punishment such as pillorying‚ whipping and maiming. At the beginning of the 19th century‚ imprisonment had replaced public punishment

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    In the 19th Century slaves in the South were treated as property‚ worked to almost the brink of death‚ and mentally and physically abused by their masters. The life of a slave on large plantations was daily physical labor from sun up to sun down‚ six days a week. Cultivation of cotton was done year round‚ there wasn’t an off season. Not all slaves were crop workers‚ some dug ditches‚ built houses‚ worked as house servants‚ or any other form of labor their owner saw fit. At times slaves were outsourced

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    Slavery was “abolished” in the 19th century‚ at least that’s what people say‚ but unfortunately slavery still exists and it is now called “Human Trafficking.” Currently‚ this type of slavery happens all around the world‚ but more specifically in Europe. In the world‚ 30 million people are victims of human trafficking. Women and children are the most affected victims due to the fact that they are the most vulnerable people‚ in fact‚ 98% of the victims are women and children. The real question is…

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    caste system vs the three estates society divisions of france in 18th century 1. the society of estates was a part of the feudal system that dated back to the middle ages The First Estate was the Catholic clergy. The Second Estate was the Nobility The Third Estate was everyone else.However it was again divided into 3 groups Big buisnessmen ‚merchants ‚court officials‚lawyers ‚etc peasants and artisans

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    Slavery played a significant role in the 19th century which also contributed to the development of America. The vast majority of slavery occurred in the southern states‚ since the Missouri compromise prohibited slaves in new northern states. The south flourished economically through slave’s labor on the wide-ranging plantations. The social side of slavery in the South gave plantation owners a poor reputation. Politically‚ the south broke from the union to protect their slaves. The average southerners

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    Styles of the 18th century‚ reflected the increasing European trade with the Far East. Specific clothing were men’s dressing gowns and the mantua-cut for women’s dresses. Some of the textiles were oriental silk‚ brocades‚ damasks‚ and Indian Chintz‚ Calico‚ and muslin fabrics. The last quarter of the century‚ English styles for both men and women had an impact on Parisian fashion. As seen on vogue for simpler styles were women’s clothes were redingotes‚ a coat-dress that came from English men’s riding

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    were enslaved and not allowed to vote or hold public office. Since around the 15th century African Americans have been treated worse than other races‚ some even experienced brutal punishment for justifiable mistakes. The use of African American slave labor was an enormous contribution to agriculture and labor. It became a part of southern state’s economy within America. African Americans were forced or born into slavery where they endured harsh working conditions with zero pay and often times were punished

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    cusp of civil war‚ Southerners opposing abolitionism argued that the North‚ in the stead of black slavery‚ used slave labor of lower-class white people. As secessionist advocate Governor Joseph Brown suggested‚ abolition “would virtually enslave our whole people for generations to come.” This sentiment recurred throughout the 19th century‚ but the origins of “white slavery” anxieties lie in the 18th century in America. By establishing the similarities in conditions that black slaves and non-black servants

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