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    Made in India

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    Made in India There are about 65 million scooter owners in India. Families are forced to pile onto scooters‚ or make several trips to commute. Clearly‚ this is not an ideal form of transportation for most people. However‚ the low income in India has prohibited individuals from purchasing a vehicle than can cost more than $10‚000. Is India’s Tata Motors new four-door‚ four-seat‚ rear-engine car for $2‚500 a good alternative plan for transportation in India? In an article‚ “No‚ No‚ No‚ Don’t

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    slave on the block

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    a seemingly upper-middle class married couple living in New York City during what seems to be the 1920‘s. We‚ the audience‚ immediately are immersed in their love of black culture. They own a number of records and manuscripts‚ have met a number of black individuals‚ and have ventured into the life of Harlem. Ann was an artist‚ taking great pride in her work. Her favorite muse was that of the “black soul”. She loved to paint them‚ finding the paint able to make work that other inspirations where dull

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    Hammonds Slaves

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    To what extent were Hammonds’s slaves able to resist the oppression of slavery? Was the plantation an all powerful institution that made slaves helpless and passive‚ or did slaves have opportunities to exercise power? When James Henry Hammond’s marriage placed this plantation in his possession he had 147 slaves he had to control. He made a "system of roguery" to dominate his slaves. He discouraged slave society and their culture and created a system to destroy the base of black harmony. He

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    Celia, a Slave

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    Celia‚ a Slave is the epitome of the relationship between slaves and their owners and also the slaves and other whites in the 1850’s. This is based on her interactions with her owner Robert Newsom and her reactions mainly with the community involved in her court case. These relationships affected more so the women slaves rather than the men slaves because of their weaker nature as perceived by the sexual differences of the time period between men and women in general. Slavery is questioned by the

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    Celia, A slave

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    would suggested a different answer. In the book Celia‚ A Slave‚ the author‚ Melton A. McLaurin‚ argues that Celia’s story demonstrates “Stanley Elkins’ contention that slaves were powerless to protect their most basic humanity from the predations of the master‚” as opposed to later scholarship that emphasizes the slaves’ ability to resist despite living in such an oppressive society. 1 I believe that this argument made by McLaurin is true. Slaves tried many different tactics in order to separate themselves

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    Ex Slaves

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    Not a single person answered him so Dolfman said‚ "We have ex-slaves here who should know about the Thirteenth Amendment". After saying this‚ he also referred to himself as an ex-slave considering he comes from a Jewish background. The black students in the class took offense to this and eventually took it far enough where Professor Dolfman was asked to leave the University for two semesters. Dolfman’s explanation to saying those words made sense. He said that he only said it to get the students

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    Petition of Slaves

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    Petition of Slaves to the Massachusetts Legislature On January 13‚ 1777 seven African-American men in Massachusetts came together to go to the courts and their goal was to gain freedom. These men were slaves and in order for them to be set free they had the choice of running away‚ with the possibility of getting caught‚ or gathering a petition to take to the Massachusetts court. Just because these men had a petition does not mean that it would be passed. The Massachusetts colonial government had

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    The Slave Auction

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    The Slave Auction Analysis Imagine being ripped from your mother’s chest at a young age knowing you’ll never see her again. Listen to the screams of the little children around you as you hold on to your lover’s hand for dear life praying to every god imaginable that you two won’t be ripped apart.-- “I got a nice wench starting at 800”.-- Your grasp gets tighter as they examine you from head to toe. The bids are getting higher and higher‚ tears stroll down your face. You look at the stone cold

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    Artisan Slaves

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    Artisan Slaves Taylor Longmore October 11‚ 2014 Period 4 Mr. Gallagher In the 1700’s when slavery was a big business. Most slaves were treated horribly‚ beaten‚ raped‚ and whatever else the master could think of. There were few slaves who were more than just common field slaves they were called artisan slaves. Artisan slaves were slaves who were paid for their services. Having skills such as being a blacksmith‚ carpenter‚ cooper‚ shoemaker‚ tanner‚ spinner‚ weaver etc. These specific slaves

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    Mistreatment of Slaves

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    Since grade school‚ students have been taught in their respective history classes about slavery. They were taught about the various aspects of slavery for example‚ the lack of formal and informal education‚ their mistreatment‚ abuse‚ both verbal and physical‚ and the everlasting slaughter of innocent slaves. Though there are occasions where one hears that there was a master that didn ’t mistreat and abuse his slaves. Those types of master-slave relationships were extremely rare. According to many

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