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    "Gun control has been a controversial issue for years. A vast majority of citizens believe that if gun control is strictly enforced it would quickly reduce the threat of crime. Many innocent people feel they have the right to bear arms for protection‚ or even for the pleasure of hunting. These people are penalized for protecting their lives‚ or even for enjoying a common‚ innocent sport. To enforce gun control throughout the nation means violating a persons Constitutional rights. Although some people

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    CBS NEWS By STEPHANIE CONDON / CBS NEWS/ August 30‚ 2013‚ 5:52 AM Can Obama strike Syria without Congress’ consent? President Obama has yet to say what course of action he’ll take to respond to the alleged use of chemical weapons by President Bashar al Assad’s regime in Syria‚ but his administration has previewed the justification it will use if Mr. Obama decides to take military action. Mr. Obama on Wednesday said he has "no interest in any open-ended conflict in Syria." However‚ he added

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    near Edenton‚ North Carolina. She enjoyed a relatively happy family life until she was six years old‚ when her mother died. Jacobs’s mistress‚ Margaret Horniblow‚ took her in and cared for her‚ teaching her to read‚ write‚ and sew. When Horniblow died‚ she willed the twelve-year-old Jacobs to her niece‚ and Jacobs’s life soon took a dramatic turn for the worse. Her new mistress’s father‚ Dr. James Norcom (“Dr. Flint” in Incidents)‚ subjected Jacobs to aggressive and unrelenting sexual harassment.

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    Before you begin reading “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” you’ll notice that there are prefaces‚ notes from the author‚ and an introduction to the story that most people just look over and ignore. They don’t realize how important these excerpts are to the story line. Harriet Jacobs uses alias’ throughout her story‚ and she refers to herself as Linda Brent. Her stories are very personal and true. She chose to make her story public in the hopes that it could be beneficial to advancing the Anti-Slavery

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    are four incidents from‚ In The Life Of A Slave Girl that have enhanced‚ challenged‚ reinforced and enlightened me. The first quote deepened my understanding‚ the second enhanced and deepened my thoughts‚ the third reinforced previous notions and the fourth enhanced my understanding of slaves ways of coping. This book in general has made me second-guess my previous thinking‚ solidified other ideas and challenge new ideas. One of the first quotes that stood out to me in Incidents In The Life Of A Slave

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    There is one thing that happened in my life that changed it forever. This is the day my stepdad‚ Taylor‚ died.     It started as a normal school day my freshman year. No one came to school because we were about to get off for a holiday‚ so everyone that showed up went to the auditorium to watch movies. A teacher came looking for me and said that I had to go to the office. I thought I was in trouble or something. When I walked in and saw my grandma and my aunt‚ I knew something was wrong. They

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    were maybe idealized but never brought about before them due to the Puritan ideals getting in the way. We as the readers see imagination‚ intuition‚ idealism‚ inspiration‚ and individuality from the authors of the Romantic period. The story‚ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself by Harriet Jacobs displays a major innovation that occurred during the Romantic period. Women according to the Puritans were inferior to man and never had much of a say. Through Harriet Jacobs writing she

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    very deep subject in American history. Writing about such an outstanding woman‚ fighting for her right as a human being‚ a woman‚ a mother‚ makes me feel pride – not as a white person‚ but as a woman. 1.1. The Author Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ Written by Herself I can testify‚ from my own experience and observation‚ that slavery is a curse to the whites as well as to the blacks. It makes white

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    Blythe Dana L. Shaw An Analysis of “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself” by Harriet A. Jacobs‚ The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press‚ Cambridge Massachusetts‚ and London‚ England‚ 2009; Introduction by Jean Fagan Yellin Harriet A. Jacobs‚ a former slave‚ in “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself”‚ offers a poignant and unique perspective on women and mothers in slavery. One woman’s first-hand account of slave life and the trafficking of human beings

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    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the story of Harriet Jacobs‚ an African-American writer who escaped slavery and was eventually freed. Harriet Jacobs begins by discussing her childhood‚ under a pseudonym‚ Linda Brent. We learn that she does not know she is a slave until after her mother dies when Linda is only six years old. She enjoyed her early childhood until she is given to the daughter of Dr. Norcom and his wife. Dr. Flint‚ the fake name for Dr. Norcom‚ was wealthy and cruel‚ and Linda

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