TITLE From Anti-slavery Sentiment to Eradication; Reasons for the Abolition of Enslavement From the Missouri Compromise to the Emancipation Declaration SUMMARY The drive to end slavery gradually became the dominant American reform movement from 1820-1863. ... Harriet Beecher Stowe: The most powerful of all abolitionists propoganda was Hariiet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin," published as a book in 1852. ...

• Word Count: 748
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The summaries in this paper examine several unique and sometimes conflicting perspectives that, taken together, give the reader of Native Son a deeper understanding of the novels purpose. Finding the purpose of the novel is a challenge, because the initial reaction is one of shock and dismay. ... I found that the novel revealed to me an existence that I had never considered before. ... Interprets Native Son as a naturalistic novel incorporating, as a major idea, the theme of escape. ... It offers a unique interpretation of the novel and generates deeper understanding about the con...

• Word Count: 2755
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

He is the author of six novels including the widely acclaimed Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. ... He also read novels dealing with life in the American South, which he found "untrue and unreal." ... Summary of plot Jane Pittman is born into slavery on a plantation somewhere in Louisiana. ...

• Word Count: 1538
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The novel opens up with a first-person narrative by Florens, a teenage slave. ... The end of the novel is a first-person narrative from Florens' mother, explaining why she had to let Florens go. ...

• Word Count: 1190
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Colour Purple Chapter 1 The first few pages begin Walker's narrative of the life of Celie, a fourteen-year-old black girl who lives with her dying mother and her sister, Nettie. Her stepfather, Alfonso, is portrayed as the villain of the narrative, first demanding sex from Celie's sick mo...

• Word Count: 4341
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School