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    was yes‚ kind of‚ or maybe so‚ that is wrong. No one could know what they went through except for the people who were slaves because you weren’t there and you don’t know. I use to think that I knew what the women‚ children‚ and men went through in slavery but I didn’t until I read Incidents in a life of a slave girl. Jacobs’s purpose for writing Incidents in a life of a slave girl was to show other women how she was treated and how hard it was to escape the gasp slavery had on her. Think of a time

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    north and the south already because of their different ways of life. The north focused on mass production whereas the south’s biggest trade was agriculture. Slavery allowed the south to prosper‚ their whole economy was based off of it. Though change was inevitable two documents that sped up the war process were the Fugitive Slave Act and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Fugitive Slave Laws prohibited the harboring of run away slaves. It was first passed in 1793 but was amended later to reduce

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    Letters from a Slave Girl Letters from a Slave Girl is a fictional biography by Mary E. Lyons. This story is about an eleven year old girl who’s name is Harriet. Harriet is eleven when she starts to write letters to her mom. In her letters she tells her mom about her first owner‚ Margaret Horniblow‚ that had died. Margaret made a promise to Harriet’s own mother on her deathbed and Harriet hopes that Margaret will free her in her will. But‚ Harriet is upset to find out that Margaret has left her

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    Americans were enslaved to serve the white people. African American Women had the worst conditions since they would be sexually harassed by other slaves or by the white owners. Slaves would have to work in the fields under the sun for hours in the heat without a break or a glass of water. Slaves were not allowed to eat the products that they were harvesting. Slaves had unacceptable living conditions that caused them to get diseases and die due to lack of proper treatments. African Americans had it rough

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    Life of a Girl

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    “A man’s face is his autobiography; A woman’s face is her work of fiction” OSCAR WILDE Therefore‚ do all girls think themselves blessed in this regard – they can hide their emotions‚ on the contrary it is a benediction that no one can read their feelings in their face. A woman’s life is itself so complex‚ so subtle‚ so precise and has a very microscopic dimension of vision. This I’ll spare your brain‚ every action of any or rather all woman is so

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    Female Writers I believe that Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672)‚ made major contributions to early American Literature through her poetry. Her poems stressed the daily struggles and stress of Puritan life. Bradstreet had struggled with the validity of the Scriptures‚ but through her life experiences she developed a strong belief in God. Bradstreet paved the way for future female writers. She used her poetry and writing skills to break through the stereotypes and the strict moral code that was placed

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    an incident in my life

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    Describe an incident that you have ever experienced in your life Every person’s life is full of incidents . Some are funny or interesting‚ some are embarrassing. For me ‚ the most unforgetable incident in my life is a big lie from my good friend in April’s fool day last year. That is 1st‚ April‚ 2012 which people called fool day n made lie together‚ but i never noticed it. It was a bit cold in outside ‚but a nice day . After finishing dinner‚ i got a message from my good friend

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    The Life of a Field Slave VS the House Slave Slavery was a ruthless and dreadful way of life for all slaves. Yet there were differences in rank between slaves. Minor class slaves were “field slaves”. Superior class slaves were “house slaves”. The daily routines of these slaves differed to a great extent. Field slaves only function was production. Their duties were to plant and cultivate the crops‚ clear the land‚ flame the undergrowth‚ roll the wood‚ split rails‚ transport water‚ restore fences

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    Slave Life in the South

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    the slave trade and be put into slavery‚ but people were forced to‚ even by their own people. Life as a slave in the Southern English colonies was not good‚ whether one was a plantation slave or a city slave. Despite their treatment‚ the slaves were able to keep some of their culture and contribute positively to the development of America. How good a slave’s life depended on his master and what kind of slave he was. There were house slaves‚ skilled slaves‚ and field hands. House slaves worked

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    Slave Life In The 1800s

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    What did slave life “look like” when it expanded in the south after the introduction of the cotton gin? Why? There are many perspectives of slave live‚ from the young children to matured adults‚ Saltwater Africans had one thing in common which was heartache. The shipment of slaves coming from the upper to lower parts of the south was a domino reaction by the invention of a disarmingly simple machine that processed as much cotton in a single day as fifty slaves cleaned by hand‚ created by Eli Whitney

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