With the northern and western states populations growing due to the mass migration, the southern states felt threatened at the thought of slavery being outlawed by the rest of the country. ... By this time, the northerners were quite opposed to the idea of people being considered property, and those people (property) being counted as part of the population. They believed that all southern slaves should be emancipated. ... The U.S. had put a tax on all incoming goods that was so high; people would buy their goods from the north. ... Over all the freeing of the slaves was merely a by-prod...

• Word Count: 1668
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

He was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1808, the son of a slave woman, and in all likelihood, her white master. ... Apart from being a personal revelation the autobiography was also published as antislavery propaganda. ... For this reason, in all of his subsequent autobiographies, Douglass replaced Garrison and Phillips' endorsements with introductions by prominent black scholars. So you have the title, the signature, the photograph and the preface which all function as a confirmation of the author's existence. ... Now that we have t...

• Word Count: 2277
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As a result of men having more access to educational opportunities pre and post emancipation, many historical events and tragedies such as slavery has often been viewed from a male's perspective. ... "3 Therefore, this means that Nanny was able to thwart the planter's efforts to prosper financially from the profits of slavery. ... As stated by Beckles and Shepherd, "As a Baptist deacon he was given freedom of movement in western Jamaica and had built a solid reputation as an intelligent, articulate and compassionate man.... The man that says slaves be quite happy in slavery...

• Word Count: 1917
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate