Analysis of the novel reveals that being white was the safest position to be in during the pre-Civil War Era. ... During the pre Civil-War era, whites were able to control blacks by keeping them uneducated and ignorant. ... Butler does an excellent job of recreating the life of slavery in the pre-Civil War era. ...
Analysis of the novel reveals that being white was the safest position to be in during the pre-Civil War Era. ... During the pre Civil-War era, whites were able to control blacks by keeping them uneducated and ignorant. ... Butler does an excellent job of recreating the life of slavery in the pre-Civil War era. ...
The Slave Revolts or Rebellions numbered over two hundred and fifty from 1663 through 1860, however they accomplished very little in the way of earning slave freedom. There were only a handful of major revolts and most of them ended in a massacre of the revolting black slaves. This coupled ...
Around that time Butterfield was honored with the Pulitzer Prize as a member of The New York Times team that published the Pentagon Papers, the Pentagon's secret history of the Vietnam War, in 1971. ... He goes on the record for saying that "The high homicide rates that characterize the United States really have a geographical origin in the white, rural pre-Civil War South" (Booknotes, 1989). ...
SECTION 1 - Short Answer 1) Ida B. Wells maintained her anti-lynching campaign throughout her life despite her constant fear of death by her oppressors. When the entire passage is taken into context, it explains her actions and the amazing courage that she possessed. "I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. ...
