The fear of being executed caused Celia to burn the body in her fireplace. ... Gender roles in slavery were always different from the part that male had to play. Typically females got the easier of the jobs like picking cotton, cooking, cleaning or taking care of the main house; whereas males were forced to do more strenuous tasks. Even with working on the plantation both males and females were subjected to certain mistreating's they had to endure. Males if misbehaved were subjected to whippings; females were subjected to them too but not as often. ...

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Aristotle states that those who possess natural insight should rule those who use their body for labor, and that this relationship is beneficial to both. ... He compares how some people rule over others to the way a soul rules over a body. ... He states that a statesman rules over free people, a master rules slaves, and a household is ruled by the eldest male. ...

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Females were made out to be inferior to the male, but forced to exemplify better morals than them. ... Linda Brent decided to enter into a relationship with a single, white male to stop the sexual advances from her master. ... Female slaves in the South did not have the luxury to own their own bodies, minds, or rights. ...

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Imagine that you, yourself, are a slave. Your body, your time, your life- belongs to a slave owning farmer. You have nothing. You spend at least six days a week tending to the fields of a farm. You have never even had a glimpse of freedom. You never expect to. You can't even imagine being free to do...

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Male African Americans can't be forgotten as they were hung and whipped as well, but the story of Beloved gives us insight to the will of a woman. ... She is taught from her that the slave owners may use and abuse their bodies, but that still doesn"t make them their property. What keeps them free is knowing that their mind, body, and will is their own and they need to appreciate it. ...

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My time periods start in the 1850's to the 1900. Every owner is different. One master may give their slaves rest period once in awhile, while others may work slaves to their limits. There were some slaves who were punished for little things and some were barely punished at all, but they all did g...

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The chief employment in all these countries was agriculture, and both males and females, as with us, were brought up to it, and trained in the arts of war- (54). ... Just as nature gives each man an absolute power over all his limbs, the social pact gives the body politic an absolute power over all its members; and it is the same power which, directed by the general will, bears, as I have said, the name of sovereignty."" ... He compares this pact as having power overall the people as a man would have over his body. ... Hence by the nature of the compact, every act of sovereignty, tha...

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Here in the United States, many women are mentally enslaved to the idealism of having a perfect body, always having the newest makeup collection and having the nicest wardrobe to be acceptable in society's eyes. ... In various places across the globe freedom is stifled, whether it's a male, female or even an animal. ...

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Leading the pact is poverty due to the lack of education and employment making the sale of something readily available, such as your body or your child more enticing. ... About 98% of people trafficked into sexual exploitation are female and 2% are male. ...

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Serfdom is a labor system under which most European agricultural workers lived during the Middle Ages. The term "serf" is derived from the Latin word "servus", meaning servant or slave. Most people are familiar with the term "slave" and when it is spoken of, nearly all people think back to the south...

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The Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1963 by Abraham Lincoln. Many enslaved Americans were thought to be freed. slavery still exist today all over the world. This form of modern day slavery is called human trafficking. The United Nations defines human trafficking as "The recruitment, transpor...

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