In the public eye, slaves demonstrated a docile acceptance of this enforced religion and acted eager to learn the biblical texts concentrating on obeying their masters. ... However, in the minds of blacks, America took on the role of Egypt in the Exodus story and is well illustrated the words of Maria Stewart, a free black reform activist: America, America, foul and indelible is thy stain! ... Levine's study, Black Culture and Black Consciousness, suggests there was a "widespread conversion of slaves to Christianity by the time of the Civil War".15 More recent opinions however state th...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Following in this report will be the laws and regulations that have been applied to abolish this act in Australia and also some of the debates, history, effects, and opinions on this very sensitive subject. ... On the contrary though, in many of these cases, criminals to be convicted of the death penalty are mass murderers or have committed terrible crimes, and even with time they cannot be rehabilitated and if ever set free will repeat whatever they had been convicted of again. ... The deterrence theory proposes that a sane person will avoid criminal behavior if the severities of the puni...

• Word Count: 3217
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate