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    Slave Monologues

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    return to your quarters. Your presence is not needed at dinner tonight‚ the slave will serve you. That will be all.” And she promptly shut the door in my face. I was speechless‚ the gall of that woman‚ I could not believe. At that moment I missed home more than ever‚ it was so cold here‚ both the people and the weather. Emil was the only person I found I enjoyed. At home people did not own slaves‚ they just became slaves. And I suppose that was why I was here‚ to stop that. I crept down the stairs

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    African Slaves

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    shortage. In their search for other sources of labour the planters tried Chinese‚ Madeirans‚ even free African slaves but each of these options all had their disadvantages. After a trial and error period with many different labourers‚ it was found that the Indians were the ideal labourers. The Indentureship period was supposed to be a fair‚ humane and just system unlike the African slave trade and slavery on the whole but this was not the case. In many aspects of the Indentureship period‚ it

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    Slave Trade

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    Africans who have came to America were slaves who were purchased through the international slave trade. White colonists viewed Africans as uncivilized and ‘turned to the international slave trade to fill their labor needs.’ The white English settlers knew nothing of any other culture; people were thought to be white or Christian‚ anything else was ‘uncivilized’. Slavery served for two purposes; a labor system and racial control in a white country. The slave trade was important in building the colonial

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    SLAVE TRADE DATABASE Assignment QUESTIONS/QUERIES In 1732‚ the slave ship Diligent under Captain Pierre Mary purchased slaves from Jacquin and transported them to Martinique. In 1655‚ the slave ship‚ Witte Paard‚ arrived in New York with 391 slaves. From 1607 to 1650‚ how many voyages listed the principle region of slave landing in Mainland North America? 1 In what year did it arrive with slaves? 1628 What was the name of the vessel? Good Fortune How many slave voyages were listed for the

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    Black Ivory Summary

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    variety of functions and pleasures of the coffee houses that served as reading rooms‚ post offices‚ places of business and smoky conviviality‚ but also as the ’cross-roads of international trade and empire’ (p.3). Walvin also states that auctions of slaves have been held there. The main part begins with the author’s statement that the English coffee houses have been built on the production and importation of tropical goods from the British colonies such as coffee‚ tea‚ sugar‚ tobacco‚ chocolate and

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    Slave Oppression

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    Slave Oppression During the 19th century‚ slavery was an extremely dehumanizing period. The complete control over another human being’s life brought many hardships and disappointments. Families were separated and‚ for African-Americans‚ the slave era was extremely depressing. Slaves were often beaten‚ or killed for the simple incompletion of a task. Women had no rights and were used for cooking‚ for cleaning‚ and for the creation and nurturing of babies. There were often instances of lynching and

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    Slaves Outline

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    colonists to seek a more manageable alternative. The availability of these black slaves were in greater numbers by dealers seeking profitable gains. White men saw slavery as a means to better their own egos in society‚ as manual labor done by anyone other than a slave was noted as degrading. Since the slaves were taken from regions that were already accustomed to the extreme climates of the southern colonies‚ the African slaves were ideal workers in such conditions. B. Slavery in the southern colonies

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    Slaves no more

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    Slaves No More Back in 1979 Leon Litwack published a book called Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery‚ which featured the poem Slaves No More. This poem was very emotional and touching to me. Litwack expressed his feelings about the abolishment of slavery and some experiences he had being a slave in this poem. I will be explaining what this poem is about‚ what Leon Litwack was trying to say‚ and why I chose this topic to write about. First‚ I will explain my interpretation of what

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    Celia A Slave

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    The author‚ Melton Alonza McLaurin‚ wrote Celia‚ A Slave with the purpose to inform the audience of the treatment of slaves and how little rights they had. The story emphasizes Celia‚ the main character‚ who was sexually abused by Mr. Newsom‚ her master. She ended up mothering two of his children and one more child that is questionably his or another slave’s child. After 5 years of this behavior‚ she threatens him to stop. After the warning she accidentally murders him‚ with the intention only to

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    A Slave with a Birthday

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    said‚ “Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips‚ others by their restlessness and ambition.” In the children’s picture book Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and illustrated by Kadir Nelson‚ Ruskin may be proven right. This historical bibliography‚ published in 2007 by Scholastic Press‚ exposes children to slavery in its most potent era‚ where a young slave named Henry “BOX” Brown is stripped away from his family not only once but twice. Henry Brown was a slave. Since he was a slave he did not

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