Tom Quick was a strong, agile, cunny white man who lived among Native Americans. His closest friend was Delaware chief's son, Mushwink. He learned the native ways with his Dutch family. ... Colonies of Virginia, Maryland and Carolina claimed some rights and privileges as English men and woman, while they denied those rights and privileges to Native Americans and African slaves. ...
In Red Leaves Faulkner tells a story Native Americans who own slaves on their plantation. The group talks of the death of their chief and how his son was taking over. ... A lot of dialogue in this story is talking about the chief's son and the passing of gossip along to each other. The dialogue also gives clues about how they culturally live, not so much like Native Americans but more like white men, though the Native American's talk about both with distaste. ... In Red Leaves the Native American characters interested themselves in talking of the chief's son and his habits. ...
Benjamin Franklin was quoted for saying "Why increase the Sons of Africa, by planting them in America, where we have so fair and opportunity, by excluding all blacks and tawneys, of increasing the lovely white or red?"... What they found when they got there were the natives they called Indians. ... (Poole 1542: 8) These words are very strong and can only make people imagine what the native Indians had to go through as America was raped. ...
Cotton is native to tropical regions, making the southern states of the U.S a perfect breeding ground. ... Brown had his five sons fighting by his side. ... He hoped that the local slaves would help him but none for the slaves showed up to help him and his sons. Brown and his sons with the help of local townsmen's faced the U.S. ... In the fight Browns sons were killed and he was sentenced to death. ...
Sorrow is a mongrelized slave, Lina is a Native American slave, Florens is an African American slave, and Willard and Scully are white indentured servants. ... Readers see how Florens is in desperate need to receive the love from the blacksmith, until she realizes his priority and love is directed towards his adopted son, Maliak (Stave and Tally 111). ...
