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    I am 10 years old. Life as a slave in the plantation is terrible. I do work from 7 am to 9 pm. I have to chop and grow cotton at the plantation. I have been at this plantation for at least 5 years. I had a mom‚ a dad and 2 brothers but I got taken from my brothers and parents when I was around 5. I’m escaping so I’m free and I might be able to find my parents and brothers. I will escape with Harriet Tubman. I will leave tomorrow saturday January 25th. I will leave at night because most people

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    class. “Money and justice are what’s needed to end our suffering” is what the workers sang and believed in‚ especially Jose’s grandmother Ma Tine who was his biggest supporter. She knew that the only way to escape a life of misery in the sugar cane plantation was through education. She always believed in her grandson and his capacities in school and never let him work in the fields. The old village man Medouze also believed and mentored Jose. He played a big role in Jose’s education by teaching him of

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. SECTION PAGE 1-Introduction......................................................................................................... 2-Literature Review................................................................................................. 3-Data Collection Methods..................................................................................... 4-Presentation of Findings

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    Name: Romario McLeod Subject: Caribbean Studies Center #: 100088 Candidate #: Topic: The effect of dancehall music on teenagers in Tawes Meadows INTRODUCTION Jamaican dance hall originated in the 1950s‚ when young adults would gather at outdoor locations to dance to music. Over time‚ it went from being a small music form to rivaling the more popular reggae music. Dance hall culture involves women wearing little clothing‚ music with deep bass and even competitions to determine a dance hall

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    Slavery on Southern Plantations When we look back on American history there are many things that we are proud of. Americans are worldly known for being proud of their country and are considered to be full of them selves by many. However‚ our hands are not clean. For hundreds of years Americans had made African Americans their personal slaves and forced them to do manual labor and be servants. Even after the emancipation proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln‚ African Americans were persecuted

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    Peasantry Peasantry in the Caribbean dates back to 1838. Technically‚ peasantry is a combination of the cultivation of a variety of goods and the raising of a variety of animals on fairly small pieces of property without the aid of hired labour and largely for subsistence purposes. Brierly and Ruben (1988) describe peasants as typically economically deprived people at the lower strata off society. Characteristics of Caribbean peasantry • Historically existed on the crevices of society

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    Sugar Plantation John Barrett‚ an 18th-century plantation owner in Trelawny‚ Jamaica. February 14‚ 1782 The slaves are quite busy as we are at the height of the crop season. Late last year‚ the former owner did some renovation to the various factory buildings including the boiling house‚ the distillery‚ the curing house and the trash house. These various buildings play an integral role in the manufacturing process for sugar. The boiling house is important as this is where the sugar cane juice

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    Name: N. Ricketts Topic: Newer Industries Caribbean economies from their earliest periods of colonization were essentially agrarian based (during slavery). Economical activities included livestock farming and small farming done by the peasants. There were also trading and commerce which included the establishment of shops‚ inns and taverns. Large plantations were worked by a mass of slaves with the premier crop being Sugar Cane. When the colonizers first came to the West Indies they mainly grew

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    The excerpt from William Bradford’s Of Plimouth Plantation tells the story of the journey on the Mayflower and the arrival in the New World. Before the disembarkation‚ the settlers dealt with “the vast ocean and a sea of troubles before in their preparation.” Along with their battle with the ocean‚ the pilgrims experienced misfortune before‚ during‚ and after arriving in the New World. Bradford uses nature both literally and metaphorically in order to recount the trials and tribulations that the

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    Jane’s discussion of the social environment of the Samson plantation continues in this chapter‚ after her brief interlude on Huey Long‚ the one time governor of Louisiana. Jane then runs through a series of schoolteachers who worked on the plantation. None of them fit into the unique rural culture‚ however. Finally Jane arrives at Mary Agnes LeFarbre who‚ with Tee Bob Samson‚ is the major character in this and the next section. In this section‚ Tee Bob falls in love with Mary Agnes. Mary Agnes’s

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