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    with staying motivated in the online classroom. GCU enriches a student’s life by providing the resources and contacts I need to stay motivated. Having access to the tools that I need to succeed helps me to stay determined to stay on track. Collaboration to me in online course is working as a team. Working on group projects gives me the experience I need in my chosen career field. Collaboration is important in my career field because it helps groups to work effectively. Working as team allows others

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    Slave Girl

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    In her slave narrative‚ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ Harriet Jacobs makes the case that “[slavery] is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.” (Jacobs #) According to female slave narratives like Incidents and The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave‚ it is worse to be a female slave because‚ in addition to the brutalities endured by all slaves‚ enslaved women are also victims of a sexist and patriarchal society where they are victims of sexual abuse and exploitation

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    The Glory Field

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    The Glory Field The Glory Field is a story of a black family who was fighting for freedom and equality. The story starts with Mohammad Bilal who was the founder of the Lewis family. The eleven years old‚ Mohammad Bilal was captured in 1753 as a slave. Mohammad Bilal’s difficult journey started from the ship when they brought him from Sierra Leone to South Carolina. In 1864‚ Joshua and Lem who were the great grand children of Mohammad Bilal tried to run away from slave. However‚ Lem was caught

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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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    in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ by Harriet Jacobs‚ she describes her early years with a very happy view yet‚ with an unaware sense. She was sheltered and protected‚ from her evil reality for six years. That was until her kind mistress died and Jacobs began to mature and realize she was just a piece of property. While‚ everyone she knew and cared for were slowly leaving her. Over time‚ Jacobs describes her developing consciousness of her own condition as a slave when more tragedies in her life took place

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    Tanjala Harris Dr. Albert Farr AML 1600 29 September 2014 Slave Narratives The Influence of Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Harriet Jacobs‚ in the preface to the book‚ wrote: I do earnestly desire to arouse the women of the North to a realizing sense of the condition of two millions of women at the South‚ still in bondage‚ suffering what I suffered‚ and most of them far worse. I want to add my testimony to that of abler pens to convince the people of the Free States what Slavery

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    this was not common for many of the slaves‚ and it is the reason why she used the name “Linda” to talk about herself during her stories‚ because if by any chance her master knew that she could read and write‚ she would have had the punishment of being whipped and put in jail. During the first chapters of her book we could notice that not all her years as a slave were miserable. In fact the first six years of her life were happy‚ because she didn’t know she was a slave‚ once she grew up her innocence

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    Roman Slaves

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    A Brief Outlook on Roman Slaves 4th May‚ 2017| Ancient History - Roman Society| C.J. Hawkings “As many enemies as there are slaves.” - Spartacus Rome. One of the most well known places in the ancient world. The culture was best known for their gladiators and their marvellous architecture. There is a part of the culture is touched upon but is never delved into with much detail. These were people that served their masters but were not thoroughly acknowledged. Here is a look at a brief outlook

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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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    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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