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    In a modern-day‚ human trafficking forms of slavery involve the illegal trade of people for exploitation or commercial gain. Human trafficking is a hidden crime. Traffickers use violence‚ cheat‚ or threaten to lure their victims and force them into labor or commercial sexual exploitation. So‚ victims of human trafficking must be treated as victims. Firstly‚ half of the victims of human trafficking are children. Many children abandon one’s family or neglectful homes‚ are living on the streets‚ and

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    Avery Engleman Dr. Fourmy HIS 350R / AFR 350T 15 April 2024 SWS #2 Abolitionists faced a significant problem in trying to convey the atrocious realities of slavery. Those not affected could easily turn a blind eye‚ and even easier to believe slave-owning southerners who marketed the practice as a ‘necessary evil‚’ or even worse and often more commonly‚ a positive good. Pamphlets‚ books‚ and other writings were distributed in an attempt to inform and explain such a ‘peculiar institution.’ Written

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    Black Codes The civil war ended in 1865 May 10 when the confederates surrendered to the union. After the civil war was over all of the slaves became free. They were call freedman. In some states they were not one hundred percent free though. Even though the slaves became free white people still did not like them and they were very racist to them. In Mississippi they had black codes which restricted blacks to do many things. How did whites attempt to reimpose bondage on their former slaves? The

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    Abraham Lincoln is considered a hero for freeing slaves with his Emancipation Proclamation‚ yet if you were to take a long‚ hard look at Honest Abe‚ you would find that his reputation is quite skewed in relation to his true character. Considered the ultimate Abolitionist and a defender of enslaved blacks‚ Lincoln didn’t hold truly strong anti-slavery beliefs‚ and can actually be considered a racist and bigot by today’s standards. To judge Lincoln by today’s standards may be a

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    Thomas Jefferson was limited. I used to live in another county‚ and my History classes were about Simon Bolivar and Francisco De Miranda. Now‚ after these readings‚ and additional research‚ I could say that Thomas Jefferson was known as more than one of the American Founding Fathers; today people would call him a human rights activist. He fought for slaves seeking their freedom‚ and during his second period as president‚ he signed the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves. However‚ there are inconsistent

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    In the history of the United States there has been much controversy on the having juveniles charged with the death penalty for their actions.Recent research into the costs of the death penalty in Florida revealed the state is spending as much as $1 million per inmate just for incarceration and appellate costs.Which in much cases is not at the economic reach of most states.Trial costs would add substantially to the state’s total. Florida has over 400 inmates on death row. By taking these inmates

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    Thomas Jefferson was a man who was against slavery and believed in freedom. His thoughts of slavery was it was a destruction to America . Jefferson also saw slavery as an abolishment of the right to personal liberty. During the time of the American Revolution‚ Thomas Jefferson was very involved in the legislation in hopes it would result in the abolition of slavery. As Jefferson began to abolition slavery‚ the population of slaves began to rise. Instead slavery became more widespread and profitable

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    John Brown Abolitionist

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    brown the radical abolitionist who believed in the violent overthrow of slavery. Brown was born in Torrington‚ Connecticut and he spent most of his childhood in Ohio. Brown’s father‚ was a very religious man‚ whose Calvinism formed the pillars of this family’s household. His professional life and some business failures which made him go into bankruptcy at age 42 and making him have more than 20 lawsuits filed against him. During the bleeding Kansas Brown led attacks on pro slavery and justified his

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    However‚ a big misconception of Lincoln was that he was a lifelong abolitionist. Lincoln did think slavery was wrong‚ but if the Union was preserved‚ he was willing to tolerate slavery. Lincoln even admitted that the main purpose of the war was not to free the slaves but to keep the Union intact. The point is that Lincoln abolishing slavery was a welcome byproduct of preserving the Union‚ not the goal. Lincoln evolved his view on slavery throughout his lifetime. Throughout his life‚ Lincoln seems to

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    Art Black Iris

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    chose is “Black Iris” dated in 1926‚ by the Wisconsin born female artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Black Iris is an oil on canvas painting with the dimensions of 91.4 x 75.9 inches. The majority of her paintings are influenced by images of flowers‚ which is the main theme of the Black Iris painting. With what visually seems like the opening of a flower‚ the color contrast between light and dark is the standout of this piece. As with a lot of her other paintings‚ the "Black Iris" is an art piece of a

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