“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” is a very moving piece about what the Fourth of July means to slaves. The speech was given by Fredrick Douglas in Rochester‚ New York‚ on July 5‚ 1852. His use of ethos‚ pathos and logos made this an extremely effective speech. The speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” opens with Frederick Douglas explaining how he was asked to give a speech on the Fourth of July. He then gives a brief statement about how hard his journey has been and now he
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have to work tremendously hard to get by in life while others seem to have everything handed to them. James Healy‚ born as a slave‚ came from nothing. To make things more confusing‚ James was mixed race and didn’t look like either his white Irish father or his mulatto mother. Even though he was ¾ Irish because James had some “black blood” he was considered black‚ and a slave due to the one drop rule in Georgia (anyone with 1 drop of black blood‚ was black) (blackpast.org). “The rigidity of racial
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In "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"‚ Harriet Jacobs writes‚ "Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women" . Jacobs’ work presents the evils of slavery as being worse in a woman’s case due to the tenets of gender identity. Jacobs elucidates the disparity between societal dictates of what the proper roles were for Nineteenth century women and the manner that slavery prevented a woman from fulfilling these roles. The book illustrates the double standard of for white women
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souls. Why we feel bad‚ we no have no souls? We want to be free very much.” This is a part of a letter that Kale‚ an African of the Mendi tribe‚ wrote to John Quincy Adams. Kale‚ coming from nothing‚ learned enough English while abroad then Amistad Slave Ship. Africans of the Mendi tribe struggled to regain freedom after Spanish abuse. Sometime in January of 1839‚ hundreds of Africans were captured near Sierra Leon. The Africans were beaten and blindfolded. They were then boarded onto a Portuguese
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In The Heroic Slave by Frederick Douglass‚ Madison Washington claims that “the ocean‚ if not the land‚ is free.” In part four‚ a shipmate and a man named Jack Williams have a conversation about just that - while the latter underestimates the power and strength of enslaved persons‚ the former makes his case about the difference between the land and the sea and how enslaved persons behave accordingly. Washington and the shipmate are correct - the ocean makes it easier for the enslaved to revolt or
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Socrates’ demonstration with the slave boy‚ is an effort to use mathematical reasoning to illustrate the process and the importance of keeping an active mind. Simultaneously he is using mathematical reasoning to illustrate how a similar process of reasoning is used in virtually every decision that we make. When Socrates asks the slave boy to find the length of a side of the square with the area of 8‚ he finds that the answer can neither be 2‚ nor 3. The manner in which Socrates poses this question
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out of the country” (Zinn 42). The majority of lower-class people were forced into serving those of a higher-class with no pay. Like the involuntary servants of the slave rebellion in the 1700’s‚ these people who had to suffer substandard treatment would not stand for it. Their uprising began with Bacon’s Rebellion‚ “joined by slaves
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Harriet Jacobs Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl and Phillis Wheatley On Being Brought From AFRICA To AMERICA‚ both seem to slap reality into their audience’s faces. These two female authors set a pathway for so many other authors‚ who were also slaves‚ in order for their side of the story to be told. Their stories were so inspirational that they inspired so many generations to come. These two authors really push the idea of being equal and freedom throughout their text; however‚ Phillis Wheatley
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true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States‚ Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor)‚ a free black man from upstate New York‚ is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner‚ portrayed by Michael Fassbender)‚ as well as unexpected kindnesses‚ Solomon struggles not only to stay alive‚ but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey‚ Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist
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Extra Credit Movie Analysis: 12 Years a Slave The movie is based of the life and times of a man named Solomon Northup‚ who was born a free man in Minerva‚ New York‚ in 1808. In the movie‚ the book‚ and his life‚ little is known about his mother‚ because they never gave her name. However in all three we know of his father‚ a man named Mintus‚ who was originally enslaved to the Northup family from Rhode Island‚ but he was freed after the family moved to New York. In the movie‚ a now young man‚ you
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