century‚ the northern states were industrially and commercial advanced compared to the southern states. They had dense cities‚ developed technology‚ and steam powered factories. Most northern cities housed free blacks that could have owned a thriving and successful business‚ but racism was common and interracial marriage was illegal. The Southern states were more agricultural and rural than the northern states. Southern landholders had black slaves work the land. Even though the north population outnumbered
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high demanding textile material. Plantation owners couldn’t work the whole plantations by themselves. The southern states depended heavily on slaves to work their plantations. The south depended heavily on slavery‚ and slavery was vital to the south because they needed the slave’s labor to work their plantations. This why slavery was so important to the southern political leaders. If the southern states didn’t have slavery their plantations would have most likely failed and they couldn’t produce anymore
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required bringing in food raised elsewhere. But‚ to continue the King Cotton economy on that scale in the absence of mechanization‚ slaves had to be continually purchased when “natural increase” could not supply labor demand. 2. Slavery encouraged the Southern economy‚ especially in the Deep South‚ to specialize in intensive agriculture‚ cotton in particular. It was a labor intensive crop and could only be profitable if pursued on large scales with vast armies of workers. Investment in this one crop and
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Southern Slavery versus Wage Slavery There are various accounts in the world in which the setting or time period plays an infinite roll‚ but in Harriet Jacobs‚ “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”‚ and Rebecca Davis’s “Life in the Iron Mills”‚ the characters make all the difference. From the amazing role of Hugh Wolfe‚ to the vital words from Harriet Jacobs‚ we will explore how these stories have shaped our past‚ present‚ and future. Most people have experienced challenges in life that cause
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from the southern perspective. Although many northerners and southerners were ambivalent toward splitting their organizations and‚ as a result their resources‚ division was nonetheless the eventual result. The two sections could not reconcile their conflicting priorities‚ so the only logical answer to them‚ even in light of their shared religious beliefs‚ was to go their separate ways. This separation would have long-lasting repercussions in Baptist life. Even to the present the Southern Baptist Convention
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(Declaration of Independence 1776) The southern States now stand almost exactly in the same position as our ancestors did some 85 years ago. The difference is that Great Britain made no pretense that we were equal and had an equal say in matters. The Northern States‚ having the majority in Congress‚ claim the same power over us in legislation as the British Parliament did. The government of the United States has become a consolidated Government‚ and the people of the Southern States are compelled to meet
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‘In Gothic texts‚ women are either hopelessly submissive or significantly absent.’ Consider this statement in the light of the female characters in Frankenstein. The novel Frankenstein is dominated with male characters amidst female characters often being used to fill minor roles. For a female character to be ‘hopelessly submissive’ we would expect the character was pre-determined to be passive with no chance of progressing from the ‘submissive’ role. However in Frankenstein we see female character
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An Analysis of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter‚ by Carson McCullers‚ is written in third person point of view. However‚ the perspective switches between five characters. This novel is classified as a Southern Gothic novel. It explores isolation‚ religion‚ and race and racism. Throughout the novel‚ we see the characters’ isolation from society and the affects of isolation on these characters. The theme of religion is also portrayed‚ mainly in the character of John Singer
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Brittany Luckey Mr. Clements American Literature 21 March 2013 Grotesque Characters What is a grotesque character? In literature‚ a character or location that is irregular‚ extravagant or fantastic in form. When used as a device‚ the purpose is often in the style of expressionism‚ making the grotesque a parody of human qualities or a distorted reflection of a familiar place. In many ways grotesque characters have some kind of problem in society‚ and example would be a veteran who lost a limb
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from her description that although she is from a prominent family‚ Emily does not fit the mold of a southern belle “We had long thought of them as a tableau; Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background” (Faulkner‚ 2010‚ p.538)‚ “So when she got to be thirty and was still single‚ we were not pleased exactly‚ but vindicated” (Faulkner‚ 2010‚ p.538). Faulkner fulfills the southern gothic characteristic by exaggerating the appearance of Emily throughout the story. It is when the town alderman
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