The author, Iyunolu Osagie, is from Sierra Leone where the slave ship "Amistad" took slaves. ... " In the introduction the author guides us through her history of Sierra Leone and how she never really heard the story of the Amistad revolt, as she would have liked too. Since the incident is a successful story against slave trading the author thinks it is something to be proud of and told more frequently to the communities of Sierra Leone. ... This story made me think further and wonder what would have been of the slaves if Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montez had chosen to sail the boat ea...

• Word Count: 725
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Irony is another way some authors of slave poetry illustrate their points to their audience. ... One difference between the last poem, "Middle Passage," and the other two are that the authors of the previous poems lived during the time of slavery and had personal experience with the peculiar institution. Robert Hayden was one of the best twentieth century poets and was the first black poet to be chosen as a consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress a position commonly referred to as the American equivalent of the British poet laureate designation. ...

• Word Count: 846
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The author of the book is Joseph Conrad and his writing style differs to the ones of others. I like how the author has written this book on his own beliefs and experiences because it is really hard to write on your own experiences rather than writing about others beliefs. The author has chosen a very good and entertaining title for the book because when you read it you think the story is about something else. ... The author has done a good job on picking his conflicts because it relates with our real life and also in our "distinct society." ...

• Word Count: 1164
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Instead, it was documented that representatives chosen by misrepresented southern parliaments happened to be, and remained to be, firmly pro-slavery. ... Principally, the authors of the Constitution adjourned the dispute for about twenty years, in which the period for debating should improve. ...

• Word Count: 818
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Economic necessity alone does not justify the reason West Africans were "chosen" to be enslaved, as opposed to Native Americans or anyone else. ... However, the author says that the Native Americans were viewed to most resemble the English because of the lighter skin and hair color, and because of the religious traditions and hierarchy established in the Native American's way of political and social lives. ...

• Word Count: 982
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate