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    Willie Lynch The Sad Truth 294 years ago Willie Lynch of the infamous "Willie Lynch Letter: The Making Of A Slave" read his manual to those who were present that day in the Virginia Colony. In his letter Lynch spoke about how if his procedure is used correctly then "It will control the slaves for at least 300 hundred years". As of right now the year is 2006 and the effects are still felt and it is not even 300 years‚ reading Willie Lynch’s letter you hear some African American/Black people

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    ​The conflicts between liberty and equality in America have ranged between minor disagreements to full-out war. The most obvious contingent in the struggle between liberty and equality is slavery‚ but there was also friction in the women’s suffrage movement and various other attempts to provide equal rights under the law. ​While slavery in the United States always had its opponents‚ it wasn’t until 1787 that these detractors started to cause real obstacles for slave owners. During the Philadelphia

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    Nat Turner’s revolt embodied African resistance towards American tradition‚ as Turner sought to free his fellow slaves from oppression and achieve a sense of equality‚ as seen through the eyes of God (eblackstudies.org). As a result of enslavement‚ blacks became united in times of resistance‚

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    Our country has always resorted to violence to get a point across no matter whether it was for independence‚ civil rights‚ or other prominent movements. One of the first uprisings was led by Nat Turner in 1831‚ the results were the deaths of approximately 60 people‚ maining women and children (Kennedy 350). Turner wanted to get his message across‚ of which was to free those in captivity‚ he turned to violence to do so. This ideology of violence for a cause had a lasting impact on future generations

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    Controversy arouse in from the years 1793 to 1860 on a wide scale of topics regarding the Slavery as well as North and South arguments lead to impact America throughout these years. Controversy and discussion‚ even war‚ were brought about with how the topics such as how cotton developed the “Cotton Kingdom”‚ the aristocrats of the south‚ slavery and its systems‚ how slaves were treated‚ abolitionism‚ and the effects of antislavery on the North and South were handled. All of the topics discussed are

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    Second Great Awakening shed a new light upon slavery since it spread the thought of equality. Abolition was really taken seriously and fought for within the era of Antebellum. Many Americans opposed of slavery and ended up revolting against it. Nat Turner lead a rebellion in 1831 with fellow slaves that resulted in the deaths of 55 whites and ended when the whites retaliated by massacring the slaves. When violent‚ radical‚ and even peaceful abolition such as Frederick Douglass’ Bouchie 2

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    American Colonization Society was a group created with the mean to transport black mean that used to be slaves back to Africa. This group was really important because it led to the relocation of African Americans in West Africa. 2-Patroller was known as slave patrols was a group of white men who will make sure that all slaves were being monitored. Their main role was as a special police only for slaves. 3- Down the river meant to be separated from your family and a sentence of hard work. Most male

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    orientation selectivity: decoding conscious perception in V1 Epstein‚ R.‚ Kanwisher‚ N.‚ 1998 Apr 9. A cortical representation of the local visual environment Friston‚ K.J.‚ Holmes‚ A.P.‚ Poline‚ J.B.‚ Grasby‚ P.J.‚ Williams‚ S.C.‚ Frackowiak‚ R.S.‚ Turner‚ R.‚ 1995 Mar Georgopoulos‚ A.P.‚ Schwartz‚ A.B.‚ Kettner‚ R.E.‚ 1986 Sep 26. Neuronal population coding of movement direction Haynes‚ J.D.‚ Rees‚ G.‚ 2006 Jul. Decoding mental states from brain activity in humans. Haxby‚ J.V.‚ Gobbini‚ M.I.‚ Furey

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    The Appeal Abolitionist David Walker published the pamphlet‚ Appeal‚ which encouraged enslaved men and women to rebel against their white owners for their freedom. This pamphlet urged emancipation of all slaves in the United States and argued the idea of colonization. Walker’s audience in Appeal was intended for all enslaved men and women in the United States and around the world. Walker’s pamphlet Appeal caused a major controversy within slave owners and slaves but also inspired many future leaders

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    Bibliography: "The Story of Art: Pocket Edition Paperback – Bargain Price‚ October 7‚ 2006." The Story of Art: Pocket Edition: E.H Turner‚ Caroline. Art and Social Change: Contemporary Art in Asia and the Pacific. Canberra‚ ACT: Pandanus ‚ Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies‚ the Australian National University‚ 2005 O ’Brien‚ Elaine. Modern Art in Africa‚ Asia‚ and Latin America:

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