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    During slavery the slaves were treated cruel‚ inhumane‚ and brutal. We have saw in the past the way the white men did the African Americans slaves when they put them in cages‚ stack them on top of each other‚ and stuffed them on boats basically leaving the African slaves for dead. Also we seen in the past how the white men took the African family’s split them apart and sold them off to other white men like they were food. In addition to that the white men even raped some of the African women. So

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    Studies Slavery Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold‚ and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture‚ purchase or birth‚ and deprived of the right to leave‚ to refuse to work‚ or to demand compensation. Slavery began in prehistoric times and has been practiced ever since. The slavery of ancient times reached its peak in Greece and the Roman Empire. During the middle Ages‚ slavery declined. Then‚ during the

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    Slaves in the Antebellum South had many restrictions placed on them‚ including on their marriage. According to Tera W. Hunter‚ New York Times author‚ “Back in 1860‚ marriage was a civil right and a legal contract‚ available only to free people. Male slaves had no paternal rights and female slaves were recognized as mothers only to the extent that their status doomed their children’s fate to servitude in perpetuity” (Hunter). Slaves were forced to live under the terms of their master that controlled

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    realize that slavery still exists. Yet without realizing we are supporting slavery. How is this possible? Around the country there are factories that are run by slaves‚ brothels where travelers go and have an “escort” for a week. There are thousands of people in slavery today and many of the countries don’t want to admit they have them. So what is really going on and how can we stop it from happening anymore. To figure out what can be done we have to look at the different aspects of slavery such as

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    The Semantics of Slavery and the 13th Amendment In today’s society‚ the idea of slavery is something that happened long ago‚ and it is an idea that today‚ we would consider taboo and most certainly illegal. This is because the very root of slavery is twisted and muddled. Slavery was caused by economic factors of the English settlers in the late 17th century. Colonists continually tried to allure laborers to the colony. The head right system was to give the indentured servant‚ a method of becoming

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    The experience of slavery was terrifying to both African men and women. These Africans had their culture‚ homes and families taken from them without explanation. Enslavement of Africans was attractive to Europeans in providing forced labor because of their civility‚ location‚ and weakness in warfare. Therefore it was nearly impossible to break the chains of colonist and fight slavery. In addition‚ most Africans all came from different tribes and spoke different languages which made it hard to communicate

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    The renaissance period was geological time period whose the meaning the of art humanism in past and present day. It was a blowup of estimation and knowledge. In addition‚ it was reincarnation of rediscovery of ancient written work and giving the European culture painting a new meaning as a whole. At that time female were not appreciated‚ as artist whether the male were realizes as such .This was the society for woman artist at that time. They for the man were well recognize for their art like

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    Sylvester Graham‚ though not as well-known as some of the other Antebellum reformists‚ influenced not only 18th century culture‚ but culture today. Graham was born on July 5‚ 1794‚ in Connecticut. His father was 72 when he was born‚ and died when he was barely a toddler. His mother suffered from emotional and mental trauma later in his life‚ resulting in Graham being brought up in various households. Eventually‚ he turned to the ministry‚ and became a Presbyterian clergyman before becoming a leading

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    types of slavery going on right now. All over the world there is torcher‚ hate‚ beatings‚ and forced sex. Three main forms of slavery currently existing today is human trafficking‚ forced marriage‚ and forced labor. Slavery is exhausting labor‚ your restricted from freedom‚ there is beatings‚ blood‚ and a lot of forced work and you do not get paid. Slavery is something that will never stop going on‚ because of greed‚ money‚ and the world we are today. There is all types of different slavery going

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    Slavery has been in the United States early as 1619. Slaves were brought to America for one thing and one thing only‚ money. Tobacco took a great amount of work to harvest‚ but with the slaves help it all got completed. Slaves cost at least three more times than a regular servant for the reason that slavery was their life‚ it was their job. Regular servants finished their ‘slavery’ time in about 4 years. Slavery really got across the whole country as time passed‚ and in 1670 the crop‚ tobacco‚ took

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