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

Pretty nearly 11 to 16 million slaves were brought to the Americas originating from a few piece of Africa. ... While African Americans were ensured rights amid the Reconstruction period, once it finished a large portion of those rights were taken away after the U.s Supreme court ruled "separate however equivalent" offices were sacred in the 1896 Plessy V. ... They didn't need white and African Americans to sit in the same room there were likewise separate theaters for minorities individuals. ... The Court chose that state laws obliging separate however equivalent schools damaged the Equal...

• Word Count: 2190
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography

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

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

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

Centuries later, even after the Civil War (the war that was so called fought to "free slaves" but in actuality was fought over power and control by two separate factions of the ruling class) Africans were still resisting. ... In this document, a police officer gives his account of the women's reasons for striking, "They swear they will never wash another piece for less than one dollar a dozen, but they will never get it and will soon give in....

• Word Count: 1964
• Approx Pages: 8
• 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

Abraham Lincoln is a perfect example of leadership and legacy with his greatly successful job of ruling the United States of America and without him slavery may still be around today in some parts of the United States and the Confederacy likely a separate country, broken away from the US. Raised up squatting in a piece of public land after his family lost their cabin in a land dispute, Abe had a hard and tough lifestyle growing up. ...

• Word Count: 2022
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate