The first Africans that were brought to America were not slaves. ... In 1619 twenty slaves arrived who had been taught the English language and given Christian names. ... One African, Antonio Negro, survived a massacre and went on to own 250 acres of land. ... Still these African American slaves pressed on against something truly evil. ... The 17th century produced African Americans that would change some aristocratic whites assumptions of African Americans. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The first Africans that were brought to America were not slaves. ... In 1619 twenty slaves arrived who had been taught the English language and given Christian names. ... One African, Antonio Negro, survived a massacre and went on to own 250 acres of land. ... Still these African American slaves pressed on against something truly evil. ... The 17th century produced African Americans that would change some aristocratic whites assumptions of African Americans. ...

• Word Count: 529
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• Grade Level: High School

I would then like to insert the argument that the area of literature in which Wheatley published her works was highly censored since she was first African American slave to be formally recognized as a writer. ... In Wheatley's poem, "On Being Brought from Africa to America", the similarity of her writing to the message of the spirituals is apparent in carefully placed lines throughout the poem. ... In her poem Wheatley reminds not only her fellow African American's but Christians as well that all Christians, black and white, are admitted into heaven. Wheatley's poems an...

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• Grade Level: High School

The African resistance in the United states was much different than that of African resistance in other parts of the world. ... Culturally they would continue to practice their native dances, read moral narratives, played music, kept their native language patterns alive, built and maintained families, practiced their own spiritual beliefs, and even did magic. "The slaves made European forms serve African functions." ... The free Africans also helped the cause. The free Africans were also being mistreated and abused. ...

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We must give reparations to African American descendents. ... Government had benefited from the slave labor of African Americans. ... America today as we know it was built off the free, skilled labor of African American Slaves. ... They were stripped of all dignity and culture being taken from Africa. They couldn't keep their culture because there are so many different tribes in Africa and they all spoke different languages, and when they were all mashed together in America how could they communicate? ...

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(Twain 16) African Americans always have been talked down and they are just as equal as a white man. ... Kids now days do not go up to an African American and call them a nigger. ... The reason that people get so mad at this novel is because of the language. ... Jim, an African American slave in the novel was introduced as a lower class civilian who stole. ... Most African Americans had nothing to eat and they had to steal if they wanted something to eat. ...

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Providing housing, food, and work for the poor and uneducated Africans brought into the United States. ... Another benefit that affected the slaves would be that when they got their freedom they had learned the language and the culture of the white man. ...

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His achievements in government had cleared a path for other African Americans to follow. ... Frederick Douglass would encourage many more African Americans to fight for the Union Army, "Who would be free themselves must strike the blow.... ... Nearly two hundred thousand African Americans were estimated to have served the United States Army and Navy by the end of the civil war. ... Not only did these achievements pave the way for other African Americans to follow, but they also weakened the stereotype that African American people are an inferior and sub-human type of being. ... After th...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Emerson is noted for his skill in presenting his ideas eloquently and in poetic language B. ... He taught modern languages at Bowdoin from 1829 to 1835. ... During Lowell's lifespan of 72 years, one of his many accomplishments was becoming the professor of modern languages at Harvard after Longfellow retired. ... Robert Frost (1874-1963) - American poet, who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech. ... He is known for his innovative language and precise detail, as well as attention to line breaks. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Sojourner Truth Life was very hard in the days of slavery for all African Americans. ... Her first language was Dutch, and she would speak with an accent all her life. ... She eventually returned to New York City, where she lived quietly and attended the African Zion Church, until 1843, when an inner voice told her to change her name to Sojourner Truth. ... You"d think that some wealthy white women would have stood up for their rights before a former African American slave, but I guess that is a great example that shows African Americans are underestimated in our world. ... It was not eas...

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Lincoln believed that the slaves should just be sent back to Africa or killed or saved or whatever as long as keeping the union peaceful was the number one priority. ... The author of this film made the language easily understandable so that the audience could easily keep up with the intricate details of the story line. The language was modern and very to the point without the unneeded fillings, which cause boredom. ...

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With the Civil War in the United States, everyone said the war was about states" rights when the deeper meaning of the war was mostly about the slavery of African -Americans. ... In a foreign war, interacting with the guards doesn't occur as much due to the fact that not everyone speaks the same language but if they do get close to their guards then it makes it harder to be disciplined with the inmates. ...

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Douglass's devotion to abolitionism led him to confer with Abraham Lincoln during the civil war and after the war he fought for the rights of women and African-Americans alike. ... In this first part we are going to see how acquiring language provided Douglass with a sense of self. In order to demonstrate that we shall first explore the relationship Douglass established between language and identity. In fact, Douglass puts strong emphases on language and through the first half of his Narrative he spends a great deal of time exploring the impact of literacy on his sense of self. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Its goal was to send the free slaves to Liberia, Africa. ... He often wrote in corse and blunt language that left no room to be misunderstood. ... Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass, (1818-1895), was the leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800's. ... Harriet Tubman - Harriet Tubman was an African American whose daring rescues helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom. ... Douglass, an eloquent ex-slave from Maryland, was the leading African American spokesperson of the time. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Compare your own language , extracted from your Declaration of Independence, with your cruelties and murders inflicted by your cruel and unmerciful fathers and yourselves on our fathers and on us--men who have never given your fathers or you the least provocation!!!!!!... Not only were peoples feelings on slavery changing but so were they're views on African-Americans. ...

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