The piece by Olaudah Equiano definitely seems to reveal more of a raw emotion than any intended spin with the purpose of distorting what occurred. ... Q: With each document seemingly taking a different angle on slavery in general and keeping in mind the social position of each writer, is it fair to pick and choose what we want out of the separate pieces? ... So while both Equiano and Jones were mainly primary sources, Kulikoff's piece is very much secondary. ...

• Word Count: 555
• Approx Pages: 2

The women were separated from their children when they were still very small. "My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant- (2). ... They were not seen as human beings as they were they were just seen as a piece of property. ...

• Word Count: 626
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Horrible things went on at a Slave Auction causing children and married couples to separated and or pulled apart. ... I could not imagine how disturbing it could have been to watch your child be sold and just separated from you. ... After reading this African American Literature piece, it showed me the horrible conditions of the slaves were and which pain and sorrow they had to live with. ...

• Word Count: 748
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

I was someone's property, much like a pair of trousers or a piece of land would be, and it was up to them to do what they saw fit to do with me. ... Slaves could not spend their times in leisure, nor did they have the choice to spend their nights with their families, they were belongings, to be separated and sold at the whim of their masters. ...

• Word Count: 504
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Vince Vail COLI 214B The Intentions of William Garrison When an author decides to compose a piece of literature, the author usually has a purpose in mind for that piece of work. ... The preface of a piece of literature can sometimes be just as important as the story itself. ... First of all, slaves are separated from their mother at birth by their owners (Douglass, 48). ...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Miss Watson has no remorse when it comes to Jim being separated from his family. ... Jim always kept that five-center piece around his neck with a string and said it was a charm the devil gave to him with his own hands and told him he could cure anybody with it and fetch witches wherever he wanted to, just by saying something to it. (110) But as the story goes on, Jim is seen as a human individual rather than just the stereotypical slave. ...

• Word Count: 908
• Approx Pages: 4

William Faulkner touches remarkably on all of these ideas in his piece entitled Wash and another work, Victory Mountain. ... Though marginally separated financially they still operate on the old southern ideas of class. ... Though there was a change after the war, they were inside and Sutpen was now in a chair while Wash was sitting on any piece of scrap left, the change was only minor. ...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In writing this piece, Frederick Douglass wanted to "shine the light- on slavery, revealing the horrific things which are bestowed upon the innocent slaves. ... Young Frederick was separated from his mother when he was very young. ... Frederick Douglass also had a reason to write this piece. ...

• Word Count: 1899
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Or he could lease out a piece of land from a planter and pay rent, but he might have to make his own food and build his own house so this was not the most desirable option. ... They bought a piece of land in town and lived there for the rest of their lives they called it "Daniel Clocker's Hould ". ... Once they reached the Americas the slaves were sold at auction to the highest bitter, whole families separated forever. ...

• Word Count: 1798
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Historians have pieced together that she was born in Kent in 1640, and she was the second daughter of a barber, Bartholomew Johnson, and a wet nurse, Elizabeth Denham [ CITATION Bio15 l 1033 ]. ... By composing a factual piece of such political intelligence and gruesome portrayals, Aphra Behn allowed people to believe in her words while simultaneously gaining respect from Restoration era audiences. ... As readers progress, they find that Behn continuously rejects the notion of a democratic society or equal authority by intentionally separating Prince Oroonoko from the rest of the slaves. ...

• Word Count: 2238
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Separated from family at early age 3. ... Frederick and his grandmother were separated, never to see each other again. ... Acquiescing to her husband, she no longer regarded him as any other child, but as a piece of property. ...

• Word Count: 1950
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The past and the present are not separate within "Beloved"; they appear as a single entity, without any means of distinction. ... Like an improvised jazz piece, there is no past and present, only individual perspectives that combine to create one harmonic statement. ... Such a preverbal language seems to emanate from the very language and style of the novel itself; further juxtaposing its lyrical and melodic technique to the style of a piece of jazz music. ... A jazz musician will construct his improvisation within such a context: the double bass, or "narrator" of the piece creates contin...

• Word Count: 3100
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

Slaves would also hold separate meetings to hear from slave preachers, even though these meetings were illegal. ... Slaves also tried to raise a few vegetables on the little piece of land, which was assigned to him in order to provide a little more for the family. ...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

After families are separated from one another, sold to abusive plantation owners, and made to work on their land, a sense of no hope sets in. ... Even as far back as the 15th century, the Spaniards made slaves an important piece of their societal puzzle. ...

• Word Count: 2927
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Most owners looked upon the slave as an expensive piece of property, one not to be abused or mistreated. ... There were many ways slaves would rebel such as running their own religious groups, maintaining family ties even when separated, striking or speaking back, or helping others escape to freedom. ...

• Word Count: 2162
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School