The book has to main themes, "Remembering the Past" and "Reinventing the Present.... In the final chapter, Iyunolu Osagie studies how the "unthinkable" in American jargon silences the African and African American voices in Steven Spielberg's movie Amistad. ... I really enjoyed this book. I chose this book because in class I had previously heard of a slave ship revolt but I was not certain if it was the Amistad revolt. ... In conclusion, I think the author, Iyunolu Osagie, did an excellent job in achieving her task based on her purpose of writing the book. ...

• Word Count: 725
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Betty Wood introduces her book, The Origins of American Slavery: Freedom and Bondage in the English Colonies, by raising two conceptually-related questions: 1) What made English colonists believe they had the right to enslave West Africans and; 2) What prompted them to do so? ... In Chapter 2, Betty Wood stresses that the racism shown toward West Africans was based on the religious beliefs of the English. ... In chapter 5, Betty Wood says that slavery became a very important part of the social structure. ... Throughout this book, Betty Wood focuses mainly on the economical reasons that...

• Word Count: 982
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Other historians may disagree with Fiege's standpoint on said claim, but Fiege proclaims this point well throughout the book. ... To expand on physiological nature, one should begin with the chapter of "Satan in the Land." This chapter shows the use of the nature lens to be useful in the way such that Fiege describes as the supernatural and disorder. ... In this chapter, Fiege talks about how nature plays a role into explicating slavery. ... Finally, the chapter of "Nature's Nobleman" explicates the human nature and how it is useful in analyzing American history. ...

• Word Count: 1349
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The first and most interesting point worth examining in William Wells Brown's narrative is how the title of his book is written. ... In Chapter XI, Brown writes of his first attempt to escape slavery by traveling to Canada and then adds, "American democracy behind, liberty ahead....

• Word Count: 541
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In addition, the narrative was also divided into twelve chapters, which lucidly relate Douglass' experiences as a slave through the beginnings of his career as an abolitionist. ... As we have seen the book cover contains some external cues that are quite important for the reader such as the book title and the author's name and then contains you have another key element which is the portrait or photograph of the subject of the narrative and then you have an authenticating testimonial which it is the preface. ...

• Word Count: 2277
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 5359
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate