In the eyes of Englishmen the slaves were not merely seen as individuals with own rights. ... Although there were some individuals who opposed slavery, most of the Englishmen viewed slaves as strangers and they commonly referred to them as savages, pagans, and uncivilized, often comparing them to animals (Foner 97). ... The coupling of the Protestant religion and freedom in the European colonies gave slaves a window of opportunity to join the Protestant faith, in an attempt to gain their freedom and basic rights. ... Although slaves were converting to Christianity, they were still not good eno...

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As a result, the US Supreme Court and the Chief Judge ruled in favor of the infamous Dred Scott Case that as far as they were concerned, blacks were only 3/5's human and therefore had no rights that the white man was bound to respect. ... When the European used the word "nigga" towards blacks, it was used as a mental whip to force blacks into the image they had created blacks: mentally dead and equal only to the animals of the plantation. ... Like, Bunny Plaskett who remembers the pain of life in the United States before the civil rights. ... The Civil Rights Era in America was about B...

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African and Native groups also held similar ideas about animal spirits, the guiding presence of ancestors, oral traditions, a living world, and extended family relationships" (IndiVisible). ... Shortly after the Civil War in 1866, a treaty was signed that granted citizenship rights to the Freedmen. ... This decision has stripped rights of around three thousand African American Freedmen, including access to completely free health care, food distribution for those suffering from poverty, and low-income assistance (Kellogg). Obviously, this controversial move encouraged protests from the Freedme...

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For decades they were viewed as animals with no access to inalienable human rights. ... It led to no immediate legal changes but it was amongst the first to regard Africans as humans who deserved their individual rights and freedom. ... Once people of color could claim equal protection under the law, they would predictably use their civil rights victory to help undermine the institution of slavery" (Jones, p. 25) Howard's prediction is correct. The case encouraged African Americans to fight for their individual rights and not only to undermine the institution of slavery but to gain ...

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As we know, English wild man has deep roots in English literature and popular culture and encompasses a remarkable variety of types-from fully human to almost animal, from essentially moral to irredeemably corrupt, which may all be the similarities to Caliban; therefore, the interpretations of Caliban are abundant and various. ... Since people in that day firmly believed man as a rational animal who can and should control his baser passions, Caliban, the epitome of the darkest side of human nature, naturally earned no sympathy or appreciation. However, this view began to change toward the e...

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Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. The originality of the system resides i...

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