While he could never change the fact that he was indeed African American, what he wanted basically was what all the other African Americans who trudged the land like him desired and that was a sense of belonging and respect in their person. ... It usually has to take something really great for the Anglo-Saxons to show any form of interest in the lives of these people who share the same land. ... As Jacobs said, "slavery is bad for men, but it is far more terrible for women" (Jacobs, 1861). ...

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This observation is especially important to Douglass because it further enabled him for the opportunity to manipulate his way out of the oppressions of the slaveholding religion of the land. ... Douglass writes: "What I have said respecting and against religion, I mean strictly to apply to the slaveholding religion of this land, and with no possible reference to Christianity proper; for, between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference- so wide, that to receive the one as good, pure, and holy, is of necessity to reject the other...

• Word Count: 1984
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. The sectional divisions between the North and South caused tensions leading up to the Civil War, but the issue of slavery would ultimately lead to war. Tensions evolved between the North and South before the Civil War due to their difference in econ...

• Word Count: 3046
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate