Previously, slavery had existed in hierarchical societies in which the slave was at the bottom of a social ladder, the most inferior in a society of unequals. ... Some believe that nation-state will disintegrate into smaller more cultural units, and others think that the nation-state is still the most sensible solution to some problems of social and economic order. ... While some historians believe that these immigrants were held in slavery from the beginning, most think they were given the status of indentured servants. ... To counter this, a series of acts were passed which legally establish...

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African Americans have constantly been inflicted with the social status of their low income level in contrast with that of White Americans. ... However, there is a huge wealth gap in social status among blacks and whites; because of oppression, discrimination and racism toward the modern day contemporary black. Whether, anybody wants to admit it, there is still a glass ceiling (status barrier) against African Americans. ...

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Lastly, the Aztecs possessed more of an independent common class, which was one of the most populace social classes, than the Incas. ... Not only was the Aztec government a simple system, but the social classes were simple as well. At the top of the social scale was the hereditary nobility. ... Because of the system of labor in the Incan society, eventually the social class of mita-laborers would rebel against the system to try and change their status in the society. ... On top of a remarkable system of labor, the Aztecs had a way of giving the common social class a vast amount of independ...

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The legend grew up because the word slave did not appear in Virginia records until 1656, and statutes defining the status of blacks began to appear casually in the 1660s. The inference was then made that blacks called servants must have had approximately the same status as white indentured servants. ... During the early colonial period, many planters resisted to adhering to the idea of converting slaves to Christianity out of a fear that the act of a baptism would change a slave's legal status. ... There wasn't a dramatic change in the status of slaves up until the end of the civil w...

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Many slaves in the colonies had to change their mindset about their own position and status. ... Bacon's rebellion was probably one of the most noteworthy rebellions throughout United States history because of its strong unity, the cooperation between two different racial groups and the ignorance of their own social status. ...

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Douglass held many prestigious titles in government and business, his social status helped break the barrier for other blacks to enter into the government and gain similar positions. ... Frederick Douglass broke the barriers placed around the black man's social status and weakened their inferior stereotype. ...

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They were also burdened with more complex tasks of household management and lived in greater isolation; thus reducing the female companionship of emotional support and social gatherings. ... However, after reading The Plantation Mistress, I have come to realize that the leisure status of the planter's lady is a fairy tale that I scooped up. ...

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As their position in society became more apparent, blacks became victim to an outline that represented a status of inferiority, along with derogatory remarks that make up what we now know today as "racism" (Zinn 24). ... The social stigma of racial injustice has and will always be a lingering factor in the progression of our nation. ...

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From spring 1775 until the fall of 1776 the rights and status of the black slave in America were closely questioned. ... Lord Dunmore was aware in 1775 that the offer of freedom to the black slaves could challenge and successfully disrupt the economic and social infrastructure of the colonies. ... The status of the black slave - and their means of employment - was not improved even after their enlistment in the British army. ...

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The Enlightenment ideas of liberty and equality inspired the oppressed classes from the social structure of these colonies to rebel against their oppressors. ... This social class along with the Mestizos (descendent from a Spaniard and an Indigenous) had built up anger from being ignored by the "original" Spaniards or "Peninsulares". ... Whereas the Mexican Revolution was not conducted by only one social class, but by the leading Creoles and the Mestizos that followed them. ... Every single person that is part of this world's society, has to work on being better with o...

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However laws were quickly passed stating that converting religions does not necessarily change a status of slave to a free man. ... This new hierarchy on the other hand advocated it and the slave masters started to take interest in converting their slaves and using religion as a means of social control. ...

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In the story, Withering Heightes, by Charlotte Bronte, the characters weave together to provide a picture of the culture of 1947, as influenced by the economic system of the time. As critics before have noted, Withering Heightes is steeply infused with a dramatic sense of class and place. There...

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But, it should be noted that Black American women were undervalued for a doubly-disadvantage; apart from their race, there also exists the fact of their sex, female being in a patriarch society, women have been always considered in a lower status than men. ... Nevertheless, she was not alone, there was in her offspring, other members of her family who had struggle to gain social equality for Canadian blacks; as his father, Abraham Doras Shadd, who strike against racism in Canada establishing masonic lodges there. ...

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Social behaviors and stereotyping were the main obstacles in objective description of black Africans. ... The reason for this is stereotypical thinking of Europeans that Africans' "black skin was almost uniformly condemned "6 and equated with their inferior legal status, meaning that they were destined to be slaves7. Stereotyping resulted in change of social behavior of Europeans, as people with black skin provided a cultural context for prejudice " "sneezing when a black African appeared was in Spain a primitive practice for warding off the devil "8. ...

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In response to these changes, the states organized efforts to limit the political, social, and economic status of the freed slaves. ... Happening in the beginning of the story well before the riot, the meeting symbolizes the strictness of past social policies regarding race. ...

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Few slaves rose from their original status to the ranks of the slave elite or even the free-black. Slaves gained status among themselves by the work they did for other slaves rather than that which they did for their owners. ...

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African-Americans, though legal slavery has been abolished for over 100 years, still have not completely achieved the respect and status of the dominant group in the United States. ... Authors suggest that "reparations should take the form of capital transfers and African status in the International Monetary Fund" (Mazrui, 22). ... Surface solutions, while some may claim they are "a good beginning" or perhaps just a token of our apologetic state, will only further social damage and entrench abusive African regimes. ...

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This narrative is a real life demonstration that the social structures placed on nineteenth-century women to maintain piety, purity, and submissiveness were only applicable in certain ideal settings for white women and an impossible code for slave women to follow. ... She suggests that women be judged by different standards than those applied to other women, and in doing so develops a moral code that addresses the specific social and historic position of captive, black women. ... Due to slavery and other prejudices that existed during Douglass" era, there was no resolution to his complex socia...

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Storytelling, music, and dance have all played a central role in African culture, because they help preserve history and religious and social customs. ... In the foreword, Hirsch best sums the tradition up when he states "the dynamics of cultural and social history, the relationship between individual and the community, tradition and change, social structure and social conflict are captured in the relationship between the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the stories the slaves tell" (Botkin, xii). ... Many also contain social commentary. ... Still, despite their tenuous status, familie...

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Whereas, India had social issues such as famine and Latin America did not have the land capacity for the colonial powers to invest. ... Within Europe, the industrial revolution had created social distress and unease on the population. ... Colonial Rule in Africa It is important to know for clarification that racism within the colonial context was a form of biological determinism.3 This means that the colonial state could determine the status and capacities of different human populations based on their genetic makeup. ... The British Missions was primarily segregated in all forms of living when...

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What would you do if you woke up one morning and your daughter was missing? Whether figuratively or literally, there are estimated to be over 100 million girls missing in Asia due to female infanticide, sex selective abortion, sex slavery, and human trafficking. All around the world, populations ar...

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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. ... In exchange, the latter had to allow them social precedence. ... CONDITIONS OF THE SLAVES The only group that would have an interest in overthrowing the social order were the slaves of the father's household, in alliance with the bâ- dolo ("those without power," socially speaking, the poor peasants). 2 Indeed, it is ...

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The communities of New England often kept a close watch on the families that lived within them, which supported the "English system where governance, socialization, and social welfare and economic activities all fell within the purview of the domestic household."4 "Town fathers" often kept a close watch on the families, especially in the case in which a family was having trouble, or could not pay its bills. ... As the eighteenth century went on, it became more and more difficult, however, "to support a family on farming alone," and many had to resort to working in factories or shops as well ...

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According to Howard Jones in the book Race on Trial, "Black people had brought suit on behalf of their rights as human beings and, whether on the basis of law or morality, went freeIf they [blacks] found equality before the courts, the momentum would develop for their achieving the same status outside the courts. ... This always irritates me because I believe that if people continue to section themselves off from others that are not of their ethnicity then they are only contributing to racist ideologies as a social symptom. ... With that said, I believe that in order to cure this hostil...

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Within some African societies females were highly prized, as they were the means by which status, kinship and family could be acquired. ... Female slaves could be significant links in kinship networks, with their importance in the social system enhanced. ... "An African-American female slave would be effectively head of household even where there was a known and partially responsible father any master or mistress-supplied child welfare assistance went through the mother, and therefore strengthened the role, power, and economic position of the mother (internet)" The bonds developed by man...

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