Letting America Be In the beginning of the poem, "Let America Be America Again," Hughes writes about America as if it were once a country which people were able to "dream," and be "free," or never did "scheme." ... Where does the word free fit into a place such as that? ... Hughes urges the people of America to join together and unite before America will never be. ... We may dream dreams, sing songs, hold hopes, and hang flags but it will not make a person free. We may call them "any ugly name" yet they were the ones who built our country. ...

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Frederick Douglas has become a free man and that he is saying slavery was wrong to him. ... We later find out that the Mr. ... Made me as I said before a better person. ... Fair and easy were always my main goal. ... I told him he can be free, but he should fight for his freedom. ...

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The slaves in the confederate controlled South could run away to the north and be "free", but if they were caught in the act, they were to face almost certain death. ... They were still called the same hateful terms, but blacks were fighting back. ... Nearly 100 years had passed before the slaves were truly "freed". ... Society's ideas of racial stereotypes haven't changed much over the years, but the culture we live in has changed drastically. ... The topic of the free slaves can be debated for a long period of time. ...

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Frederick Douglass writes The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass during the time before the Civil War, surprisingly as a freed slave. As a slave there were many obstacles that had to be overcome to write a narrative of this sort and Douglass is very successful at doing this. ... He does not write in the vernacular, which is very deviant from the way a freed slave at the time would write. ... He makes many comparisons of slavery to the free wharves to increase the effect. ... He does this so that the reader can compare with the narrative before and read this passage and truly feel all of its ...

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But yet we place them together as so to justify one another. ... Many blacks were free and owned large amounts of land and assets equivalent of white owners at the same time. ... "Anthony realized that he and the local justices shared certain basic beliefs about the sanctity of property before the law. ... They also played a huge role in the families that were free. ... By the 18th century the distinction was clear that all whites were free and all blacks were slaves. ...

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Linda Brent has a strong relationship with her grandmother who instills the morals that Linda lived by before she sacrificed in hopes that she would be freed. ... Her grandmother was a free woman but chose to stay near Linda because of the role she played in her life and the strong bond they had. ... We can see that they were a significant part of her life when Linda felt "humiliated" after what she had done but ultimately it was slavery that forced her to make the choices she did. ... Without these morals, we would not have known the significance of Brent's decision. ... T...

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These people were labeled "indentured servants" which meant that they were to serve anywhere between 4 to 7 years as free labor, and in exchange would have free passage from Europe to America. The problem with this was that once they were free, they became competition. ... So we ask, why and how did the change occur? ... They only had to serve for a limited amount of time before they were let free in the colonies to live their own lives. ... There were a lot less free blacks then there were whites, which made them easy to find. ...

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These people were labeled "indentured servants" which meant that they were to serve anywhere between 4 to 7 years as free labor, and in exchange would have free passage from Europe to America. The problem with this was that once they were free, they became competition. ... So we ask, why and how did the change occur? ... They only had to serve for a limited amount of time before they were let free in the colonies to live their own lives. ... There were a lot less free blacks then there were whites, which made them easy to find. ...

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Indians and Africans were here long before pilgrims. ... Through the readings so far in the book African American Literature I have learned that African slaves would tell stories to keep hope of becoming free someday. ... In the last paragraph it says that no one remembers the word now but maybe one day someone will wake up with the word on their tongue and "we will all stretch out our arms and take to the air, leaving these blood-drenched fields of our misery behind." I think stories like this were told to keep the idea of becoming free in the slaves minds, to keep hope alive so no one wou...

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Washington were both extremely influential black leaders, who were remembered for their beliefs, on the lives and freedoms that were deserved by the freedman during the late eighteen hundreds. ... Washington was born four years before the civil war had begun, Dubois was born three years after the civil war had come to an end. ... Washington worried about the high tensions that existed between the conservative white man and the newly freed black man. ... They both felt very strongly about there beliefs and the rights of the freed black man. ... Even though they had different ideals the...

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The issue of slavery has been debated between the North and South since before the colonization of the thirteen colonies. ... Consequently, they were well suited for plantation agriculture. ... Now the balance of 11 free states and 11 slave states was in trouble. Maine also applied for statehood in 1819, in which it was admitted as a free state. ... (Abbott) Throughout the rest of time before the Civil War, slavery remained in the Southern states. ...

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All the while thinking they are free. ... The author's point of view is that we are not free.The author cites excerpts from George Orwell's book 1984. ... The slaves were set free and spent a year recieving Christian training in Conn. and were sent back to Africa. ... The real Cinque never appeared before the Supreme Court. ...

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But while he was helping the ones who needed to be free there were the whites who disagreed with his beliefs because they believe that blacks are meant to be slaves in this world. ... Once we were going to the mall and on our way our car got broken down. We started asking each person for help and to tell you the truth no one bothered to help us because we were different from them. ... We watched it in school and they were teaching us the importance of Racism. ... People should think before they act. ...

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Eventually, he ends up free. ... Some of these things may affect the information we get, but we seem to get the same information as if we were in the situation. ... Slaves were usually traded among a community of plantations. ... The book goes through many years, leaving him as a free man. ... It is essential to know the type of reading that you like before choosing this book. ...

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Reparation to African-Americans is not a new topic, but it has never been this hot before, and it's only going to get hotter. ... How can we deny something that is staring us right in the face? ... We must give reparations to African American descendents. ... America today as we know it was built off the free, skilled labor of African American Slaves. ... The Japanese-Americans were compensated by the U.S. ...

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We have been a witness to so many different acts of conflict. ... Before the usage of African-Americans Indentured servants were used. ... Some would even die out before there term as an indentured servant was up. Although the times were hard they were allowed to be free after a certain amount of serving time. ... America is the land of the free. ...

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This blacksmith is the counterpart of Florens, who is a black man but has never been a slave before, and is paid for his work. Willard struggles with the blacksmith because he sees a black man who is free and paid, while Willard is a white man who is not free and does not get paid. ... The mother also commented on slavery, repeating the word "we" to emphasize the role of black women in society. By using "we" it shows the unity and bond of the black women and that they are all treated the same. ... Free. ...

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Autobiographies were extremely popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, because people were looking for models. ... A movement towards freeing the black population appeared long before the Civil War. ... We must keep in mind that these autobiographies were possible partially because many of the slaves in the period were indentured. American slaves that were literate were becoming more and more interested in becoming a model for their race. ... We are introduced to a dehumanized universe, in which punishment without judgment was frequent for the slaves. ...

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People fail to understand that education is the foundation upon which we build our future. ... When we don't have literacy we don't understand the different ordeals that are going on around us. ... Douglass was determined to learn at all costs, even if the consequences were severe. Before Douglass could read, his mistress taught him the alphabet but she had to stop because her husband forbade her from teaching him. ... In order to be free of the world's chains, we have to have knowledge. ...

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Mean while Tom starts off with the slave trader,He and Haley board a boat.At the same time we learn that Eliza and Harry are at a Quaker settlement where they are reunited with with Eliza's husband George. ... Eliza,Harry and George leave the Quakers and are soon confronted by Loker and his gang but they manage to once again evade them.George proclaims to them that he will stop at nothing and will become a free man.At his new home Tom is given the responsibility of keeping his masters books.Also he is spreading his good word by trying to reform his new master,who we learn feels he isn...

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Mean while Tom starts off with the slave trader,He and Haley board a boat.At the same time we learn that Eliza and Harry are at a Quaker settlement where they are reunited with with Eliza's husband George. ... Eliza,Harry and George leave the Quakers and are soon confronted by Loker and his gang but they manage to once again evade them.George proclaims to them that he will stop at nothing and will become a free man.At his new home Tom is given the responsibility of keeping his masters books.Also he is spreading his good word by trying to reform his new master,who we learn feels he isn...

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In other words they were treated almost as "slaves," whites were allowed to lynch them (burn them alive, or kill them in front of the public). ... In this play we are given some insight to what it likes to be caught up in racist battles over stereotypes, and accusations. More so, we are drawn into the reality of the problems our society faces with these issues. ... He can't be free from heritage of slavery and she can't be free from the heritage of oppression. ... This sends Clay a clear picture of her real persona, that he was trying to figure out before. ...

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There were some people who were trying to make a successful bid of me. ... Immediately, we started to work master's morning speech. ... Since we do not have freedom we are not able to attained a true freedom. ... No one complain it besides me, but I want people treat me like a free man and I want to go wherever I want to go. ... #4 Before Independence Increased in runaway slaves during the Revolutionary War. ...

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Harper was born in Baltimore to African American free slaves. ... I believe slave auctions were just wrong. ... Before the bidding began, if any bidders decided to come up onto the platform to inspect the slaves closely, they could. ... The Whites said that we was not a race and we were ignorant. ... Slaves were brutally beat just because of their skin color. ...

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Born as a slave and died as a free man, but he also became a well-known abolitionist leaders. ... Slaves were not happy and they were not allowed to show emotion. ... By showing no intimidation slave owners felt they would be to scared to get free. ... By being prejudice we are still not allowing the chance of equality. So what happened many years before still has an impact on us today....

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