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    Africa to North America‚ and accepting the fact that she was a slave and overcoming it. Aminata was born in Bayo in Africa; she was raised by two loving parents and had many friends such as Fomba and Chekura‚ who were with Aminata for some parts of her story. Aminata learnt many things from her parents which contributed to her survival in the new world. Her mom’s teachings in childbirth aided Aminata and helped make an effect in her life. “My mother taught me how to reach inside a woman- after coating

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    The Atlantic Slave Trade

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    decline of the Atlantic Slave Trade. The Atlantic Slave Trade has an extensive time line lasting from 1502 until around 1830. The first event to happen in the slave trade was in 1502 when the first reported African slaves came into the New World. In 1640-1680‚ the introduction of African slave labor in the British Caribbean for sugar production became much more realistic on a very large-scale. In 1791‚ the Haitian Revolution begins. This revolution brings with it a slave uprising in the French West

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    Eng305 Prompt 3 November 13‚ 2013 The Flapper Girl and the Gibson Girl At the end of the nineteenth century and into the early part of the twentieth century there were two predominant styles of dress and manner for women. The Gibson Girl was popular from about 1890 until the end of World War I which then gave rise to the Flapper Girl of the 1920’s. They were different in most things‚ except that they both promoted the sense of what the time thought the “modern woman” was. They both

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    Abolition of Slave Trade

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    The main reasons for the abolition of the slave trade The trading and exportation of slaves has been a large part if Britain’s history since the early 15th century and the British Empire had been partly founded on the basis of exchanging slaves for goods and foreign products. 400 years after the slave trade began and people were finally realising how morally wrong the exchanging of humans actually was and on March 3‚ 1807‚ President Thomas Jefferson signed into act a bill approved by Congress

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    A Girl Is Shunned

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    In the story “Shunned‚” a girl is shunned from society because she is different and has gone against what everyone else believes in. She was shunned “to keep bad things from happening in a community. But it doesn’t correct [her] life gone wrong” (Hall 50). Society shuns all the time without knowing it. It is done because it is how people have always done it. Looking down at those

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    Ranch Girl

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    Overly Attached Daughter In the short story‚ “Ranch Girl” by Maile Meloy‚ the author illustrates a very ordinary girl who is not given a name. The author shows that once you are a ranch girl‚ you are a ranch girl the rest of your life. Here‚ the story clearly demonstrates that the people who live in the ranch settings are all overly attached to their roots‚ and cannot let go. The main character is a very smart girl academically‚ has the opportunity to go out to live in the city and pursue a better

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    Atlantic slave trade

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    Write story about a slave point of view going from west africa acros the atlantic to the america and include facts. Atlantic slave trade Reproduction of a handbill advertising a slave auction inCharleston‚ South Carolina‚ in 1769. Slavery The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across theAtlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast majority of those enslaved that were transported to the New World‚ many on the triangular trade route and its Middle

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    “Do I see 110? Do I hear 120? 125? Going once‚ going twice‚ sold for 125 to the tall man in the back.” Throughout the nineteenth century‚ buyers bargained for African American slaves to work on plantations. Slaves went through inhuman acts of torture. The traveling that slaves went through was unimaginably remorseless and would forever be a part of their lives. Being auctioned off in areas where their surroundings were no longer the same as they were in the past was mortifying to them. Health

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    Girls Inc

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    Young girls today are growing up in homes with single moms‚ distant dads and a world that is screaming at them to be a certain way. Girls are in need of consistent relationships and safe places to share their experiences and fears. When a girls feel secure in her environment it easier for her to be successful in education‚ health and self-esteem. One program here in San Antonio focuses on girl issues like I mentioned above. Girls Inc of San Antonio inspires girls to be strong‚ smart and bold.

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    The Girl Growing in Gossip Ivy “Keeping track of the shifting friendships‚ jealousies and turmoil in this wealthy and complex world isn’t easy‚ but it’s what Gossip Girl does best.” Many famous websites discuss like this. Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar. This drama‚ narrated by the omniscient blogger "Gossip Girl"‚ is presented to audiences. The TV series play an important role in people’s daily life

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