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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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    Slave Rebellions

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    "Slave owners had the right to beat‚ whip‚ brand‚ or imprison slaves for petty offenses or for attempted escape. Owners vied with each other in creating imaginative punishments‚ as historian Kenneth M. Stampp relates: A Maryland tobacco grower forced a hand [slave] to eat the worms he failed to pick off tobacco leaves. A Mississippian gave a runaway a wretched time by requiring him to sit at the table and eat his evening meal with the white family. A Louisiana planter humiliated disobedient male

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    slave trade

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    SLAVE TRADE DATABASE Assignment QUESTIONS/QUERIES In 1732‚ the slave ship Diligent under Captain Pierre Mary purchased slaves from Jacquin and transported them to Martinique. In 1655‚ the slave ship‚ Witte Paard‚ arrived in New York with 391 slaves. From 1607 to 1650‚ how many voyages listed the principle region of slave landing in Mainland North America? 1 In what year did it arrive with slaves? 1628 What was the name of the vessel? Good Fortune How many slave voyages were listed for the

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    Made In America

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    Made in America” The trend towards outsourcing overseas and the slowly decreasing of American manufacturing has made it very difficult to find American-made goods‚ but not impossible. There are a few small businesses that are still dedicated to manufacturing goods in the United States‚ but in today’s society‚ they are hard to come by. Buying goods manufacturing in the USA is something that us consumers‚ business owners and even the government can do to support these businesses that manufacture

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    The Slave Community

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    John. W. Blessingame‚ The Slave Community: The Plantation Life in The Antebellum South (Oxford University Press‚ Inc: 1972‚ 1979). John Wesley Blassingame was a scholar‚ historian‚ educator‚ writer‚ and leading pioneer in the study of American slavery. He received a bachelor’s degree at Fort Balley State College in 1969‚ a master’s degree at Howard University in 1961‚ and a doctorate at Yale University in 1971. He then became a history professor at his alma mater in 1974 at Yale University.

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    Slave Monologue

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    When your mother decides to sell you at the Slave Market‚ there’s not much you can do but comply. Especially when you’re a naïve five-year-old still dumbfounded over her father’s death. A slave’s first auction is nerve-wracking. It’s all insensitive‚ whirling crowds‚ and harsh noise‚ under the sweltering light of the summer sun. There’s career slavers‚ frowning down their purposeful‚ aquiline noses at the young child about to be sold. It’s not unheard of‚ but unusual for this region of Moria. Usually

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    Slave Monologues

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    said it was raining‚ I would have said so too‚ but now‚ looking back‚ I realize it was different that day. There were no raindrops‚ but tear drops instead. Like the sky was crying for you. Training drills were cut short that day‚ because of the water and mud‚ and I was invited for a meal with the others. I didn’t have

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    fellow friend . today I want to discuss about the GADGET. Today‚ everyone have a gadget . the age are not matter to have the gadget. More surprising ‚ a children also have the gadget such a tablet. Some parents teach their toddlers to use tablet for learning in young time. It is currently is very advanced. Everyone ‚ what the meaning of gadget ? A gadget is a device or appliance having a unique purpose and function. At the time of invention‚ a gadget is often way ahead of its peers in terms of novelty

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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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    The Slave Monologue

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    His breath caught. He looked at her and said‚ “Though I have not said his name aloud in all these years in memorium of our friendship. I think he’d understand this situation and approve. His name was Marco and he was nine. He was just a boy from the village and so my grandfather saw only a commoner. I’ve long since come to scorn that mentality though. For years after I reach my majority I looked for him and never found him. Though with the slave trade being what it is‚ I suppose that’s to be expected

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