When Americans traveled to Africa to buy its people they did so because African's had strong bodies that will provide the labor plantation owners needed to sustain the American economy. ... Black males are pulled over often, along with Mexicans and minorities alike, by law enforcement for simply being a person of color. ... They believe African American males from the ghetto are the wrong doers in this country and that is a result of the slave trade because, as mentioned earlier, the mental illness of racism has managed to trickle down over the generations. ... As stated by the male par...

• Word Count: 2862
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Not only did another own the produce of her labor, but her body and her reproductive power as well. ... According to DuBois, an American Negro has " two souls, two thoughts, two un-reconciled strivings; two warring ideals in the same dark body- (DuBois, The Souls Of Black Folk). ... These issues that ranged from sexual harassment to unwanted children from rape, were absent in Douglass" narrative, as well as the other narratives written by males. ... She also talked about the attempts made by (white) men to gain control of her body, psyche, and baby producing aspects. ...

• Word Count: 1740
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was not enough that the produce of her labor was owned by her master but her body was his as well.Thus, Jacobs's narrative constructed it's own primary audience of white middle classed women from the North, who were considered the moral guardians of the nation and were horrified by slavery's threat to woman's virtue. ... In conclusion, whether the narrative was written by male or female representative of the African-American race it still conveyed the unanimous and irrefutable message that slavery is an abomination and should be abolished. ...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate