Through his narrative we are given the opportunity to follow Douglass from child hood to his life as a free man. ... This essay will explore Douglass" critique of slavery, as well as the ways in which Douglass uses his story to appeal to his audiences. ...
Its goal was to send the free slaves to Liberia, Africa. ... Abolitionists became important to the Free Soil Party in 1848. ... This helped slaves that were trying to get to the free states or to Canada. ... She became the most famous leader of the underground railroad, which aided slaves fleeing to the free states or to Canada. ... In 1831, Maria Stewart began to write essays and make speeches against slavery, promoting educational and economic self-sufficiency for blacks. ...
Introduction The Middle Passage is the crossing of the Ocean from Africa to America of African people, who passed from the state of liberty to the state of slavery, and took place between the XVI and XIX centuries. They were captured from the tribes situated on Africa's West Coast: Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Senegal, etc. and they were shipped in the southern area of North America (Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida). The Diaspora gives birth to a new human being: the African American, who links together the African and the Ame...
