His eloquent words about his treatment as a slave were a powerful weapon against slavery; however, as his oratory grew more polished, audiences began to question whether he had ever been a slave, which gave Douglass another reason to write his book. ... Frederick Douglass' narrative is a highly expository book concerning the subject of slavery. The book is very political, in that it is written to advocate the cruelties of the institution of slavery, and gain support for its abolition. ...

• Word Count: 1650
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Book summary - Up From Slavery The book, Up From Slavery, written by Booker Taliaferro Washington, profoundly touched me when I read it. ... Booker started teaching in Malden. ... I strongly agree with what Booker T. ... People all over were followers of Booker T. ... This book was a very enjoyable book to read. ...

• Word Count: 1450
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Washington, DuBois, and Racial Discourse As the dialogues on race wear on - and as America, as a country, continues to suffer from racial fractures that run deep indeed - the historical figures (meaning just that - the figurative modern representations) of Booker T. ... So to view Dubois" narrative we must first turn the page back, as it were, to Booker T. ... The strangest - and most important - feeling that one takes away from Up From Slavery is that the book isn't at all about Booker T. ... In order to gain entrance to the school, in order to get an education to further free himself,...

• Word Count: 2122
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This book was banned for two big reasons and a few smaller reasons. ... The lexile level of the book is 870 which falls around eighth grade reading levels. When students read this book, it is usually because it's in their school curriculum their junior year. ... It's understandable why this book was banned but it shouldn't have been. ... Overall, this book was tough but great and it should not have been banned. ...

• Word Count: 1428
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Roots is made into a movie, and a mini series covering the story of the book. ... The characters of Roots show how the movie is very similar to the book. ... The major characters in the book are all in the movie. ... In the book, Kunta is captured trying to make a drum for himself. ... Roots, the movie, is almost parallel to the book. ...

• Word Count: 1665
• Approx Pages: 7

Well-written and organized, the book is enjoyable and informative to read, although it does not go into detail about any facet of Stowe's life. ... Harriet was offered a book deal, and finally her financial difficulties ended for good. ... Most readers did, but there were those in the South who were angered by her book. In certain regions, there were even attempts made to ban the book from being sold. ... Harriet wrote a second book, in which the hero was modeled on Nat Turner. ...

• Word Count: 1635
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The main thesis of Gates's essay deals with the idea that a book or story can talk to its reader. ... Gates makes an interesting point that "18th century slave narrators revised the trope of the talking book" and "subsequent writers in the black tradition have repeated and revised figures, tropes and themes in one another's work". ... Gates writes of the fact that a book should "speak". The voice that the book speaks with, or for, can define the genre that the book can fall into. ...

• Word Count: 1334
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

The book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave is a powerful reminder of the impact the institution of slavery had on American life, especially during its twilight years in the mid-1800s. ... Because of this graphic nature, and because of the raw emotion that comes through in Douglass" writing, this book can be difficult to endure, but both of these were done in the interest of pointing out the cruelty and inhumanity of slavery; in essence, Douglass had to shock his readers in order to make them sit up and pay attention. ... While Douglass makes remarks from time to...

• Word Count: 1751
• Approx Pages: 7

Though Equiano trust in masters is sort lived for the fact that he is once again traded, which continues to happen throughout the book. ... Earlier in the book one could start to believe threw Equiano's observations that he disliked the trade although found some happiness in the treatment of few masters. ... His descriptions are present throughout the book therefore making it impossible to analyze them all within this essay. ... Through the setting that this book was told I saw that the past as a place that was quick to find new things but when found, ownership was a major factor. What ...

• Word Count: 2057
• Approx Pages: 8

In the book, "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara, the soldiers on both sides fought for reasons of their own. ... Throughout the book, Lee makes many remarks to his faith in God. ... Furthermore, leading to his repeated statements by putting it "in the hands of God" throughout the book. ... However, throughout the book, we find that they seem to fight to help free the slaves rather than fighting for one another. ... The contrasting views are presented in the book by a Southern minister. ...

• Word Count: 1753
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

At age thirteen Douglass bought his first book, The Columbian Orator, consisting of various essays and speeches having to do with democracy and liberty. ... To prove his legitimacy Douglass published his first book in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Upon publishing the book became a bestseller, his message was expressed widely across America, Frederick's popularity and viewpoints furthermore promoted the abolitionist movement. ... Since Douglass had manifested his experiences as a slave in his book and had augmented in popularity, he was afraid the Fugitive Slave ...

• Word Count: 1350
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Fred D"Aguiar's book "The Longest Memory" is about one man's account of being a slave in the Americas, how he was treated and how it affected him. ... The main characters in the book "The Longest Memory" are Whitechapel, Mr Whitechapel, Chapel, Sanders Senior, Cook, Lydia and Sanders Junior. First of all the theme of this book is about corruption, slavery. ... This book shows us that the institution of slavery corrupts everyone involved in it. ...

• Word Count: 1254
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Wilmington (Wellington) Race Riot, the core of Charles Chesnutt's book, was surrounded by the controversial elements of the Jim Crow South and the growing hatred of the Black community. ... This is evident in the book immediately following the robbery and murder of Mrs. ... During this particular scene of the book, he was asked to end his conversation with Dr. ... All in all this book lead me to believe that no matter how hard you try, due to the concept of white supremacy if you are a person of the wrong race you must forever be submissive to the white man's needs. ...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, because Prince's book relied on personal experience that depicted the brutality, inequality and suffering of the slaves, it altered the mines of many individuals. She explained and debunked the myth in her book that the enslaved favored the usefulness of being a slave by stating that: I have been a slave myself--I know what slaves feel--I can tell by myself what other slaves feel, and by what they have told me. ... As a result, her book had an instant effect on public opinion and was published in three editions the first year. ... This means that they felt that Prince's bo...

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

Although the book used crude and offensive language towards slaves and gave a cruel depiction of the South, it would be hard to argue that the depiction was a horrible distortion of the truth. ... However, if Twain's classic were to be truly appreciated as a real fiction novel, the book must be broken down into two separate ideals; the real and the fiction. In the book, Twain depicts a realistic attitude toward slavery through Jim, the runaway slave, while simultaneously giving the reader a wild ride of the moral growth of the orphaned boy Huck. ... It was understood by the s...

• Word Count: 2137
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

In the book the Slave Next Door Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter gives an example of a woman named Lakshmi.... In the book the Slave Next Door Lakshmi was an example of a poor girl who ended up becoming a domestic slave. ... In the book the Slave Next Door Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter writes about several cases that are not in favor of a human trafficking victims. ... In the book the Slave Next Door Ruth was a human trafficking victim who smuggled to the United States from West Africa. ...

• Word Count: 1564
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

An example of this is found in the book, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. ... This book was written to teach slaves and slave owners the importance of equality and what slavery is doing to people as a whole. ... But Douglass writes in his book that this is a wrong way to treat other human beings. ... Now that he could read, Douglass had to take every chance that he got to open a new book. When he was told to go and run an errand, Douglass would hurry and finish the job so that he would have time to read a book. ...

• Word Count: 1998
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Although this novel presents the issues of racism and slavery, it could possibly be considered an anti-slavery book because of Huck's actions and transformation. ... He is the moral center of the book and is a man of nobility and courage, who risks his freedom and life for the sake of his friend, Huck. ... The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not a book solely about racism, but rather a book that represents a variety of issues and items that need to be changed or modified in society. ...

• Word Count: 2378
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Likewise, there have been other second sources on Frederick Douglass's book "The Narrative" that concurs with Douglass's stand on his religious beliefs during the times of slavery. ... Even though Douglass states how religion was used in a negative way towards the slaves in his book, he does however differentiate Christianity identity. ... In the same way, author Booker T. ...

• Word Count: 1984
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Professor Henrik Clake's book Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust, he speaks of the African religion as a deep rooted stem.... In his book columbus and the African Holacust, Dr henrik Clarke speaks about the fact that the Africans had travelled way beyond the African coast. ... Thornton again and again keeps referring to the paractic of Santeria in his book Africa and Africans in the making of the Atlantic World Santeria is a well known religious (christian) practice among the Hispanic culture, espically the blakcs of the domician Republic. ...

• Word Count: 1957
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

African-American author Abigail Thernstrom stated in her book Americans in Black and White, " No group in American history ever improved its position so dramatically in so short a time." ... "Randall Robinson's book on reparations, The Debt , which is the manifesto of the reparations movement is pointedly sub-titled "What America Owes to Blacks" (Horowitz 2). ...

• Word Count: 1314
• Approx Pages: 5

In Frederick Douglas book, My Bondage and My Freedom tells of spirituals, like Tubmans that implied coded messages to help the slaves escape. Douglas, in his book states that Negro spirituals was a favorite air, and had a double meaning. ...

• Word Count: 1424
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Laurent Dubois illustrates the impoverishment that followed the uprising in his book Haiti: The Aftershocks of History. ... In the book Haiti: The Aftershocks of History, Laurent Dubois argues that Haiti's distress are caused by a "legacy of political leaders and institutions, inside and outside the country, [who] have ignored and suppressed the aspirations of Haiti's majority" (Dubois, 369). ...

• Word Count: 1261
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The book by Miguel Barnet, Biography of a Runaway Slave is a strong account that can be used to explore how Africans changed their perception of each other, and how this change influenced the lives of Africans in the Americas. ... In the book The Biography of a Runaway Slave, Miguel Barnet recorded the narrative story of 105-year-old Esteban Montejo. ...

• Word Count: 1350
• Approx Pages: 5

Gods and Generals is a movie based on Jeffrey Shaara's book "Gods and Generals," and is the prequel to the movie "Gettysburg.... Seeing as the movie was created from a book, based on fact, the details are merely in the director and writers hands. ...

• Word Count: 1373
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate