It was apparently not an uncommon practice for white masters to commit adultery with some of the female slaves in their charge, probably in most cases simply to further add to their slave holdings; in a sense, a master could take the easy route and add free workers, serving "the double relation of master and father" (pg. 49). ... Even children were not immune to this mindset of slaves being less than human: "It was a common saying, even among little while boys, that is was worth a half-cent to kill a "nigger," and a half-cent to bury one." ... Auld was able to do her own work, and a slave see...

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This story is very valuable in that sense, because very few others had the ability to do so. ... This is noticed by the reader because of the general familiarity of the bible to the common man. ... Michael's, including Captain Auld, it is common practice to whip and starve their slaves while raising their eyes to God. ... In a sense, Captain Auld crucified Henny, who was stripped naked, tied up, and beaten for hours. ...

• Word Count: 1650
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• Grade Level: High School

Many would refer to Lincoln as the "Great Emancipator"" because of his role in the passing of such a profound bill and it is a common belief by many that Lincoln had always been in favor of the abolition of slavery right from the beginning. ... It would appear in this sense that Lincoln is not deserving of the title "Great Emancipator"." ... However based on the actions taken by those in Congress, in contrast to those of Lincoln, it appears that Lincoln's role as a emancipator is less significant than that portrayed by the common belief. Therefore in this sense he is not deserving of this...

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Such details as birth dates, family ties among slaves and parentage, which are basic for constructing an identity, were withheld from slaves in order to prevent them from establishing a sense of self that could lead to alliances or organized rebellions. ... Jacobs starts her story and states in the preface that she wants to "arouse the women of the North to a realizing sense of the condition of millions of women at the South, still in bondage, suffering what I suffered"(Jacobs XIV). ... Thus she understands that some common ideals of womanhood cannot be applied to black enslaved women, and the...

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"Chattel slavery" is one of the most common, where people are born, captured, or sold into permanent service. Debt bondage is a common form for immigrants; they must work off an insurmountable debt to their captors and endure horrific conditions. ... They are prime targets for human traffickers who play upon their sense of duty and then exploit them. ... Another common form of modern slavery with growing popularity is the case of indentured servants. ... One common form of human trafficking is the rising industry of international adoption. ...

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Family gave slaves a sense of identity and a purpose to life. ... Folktales were also common way for voicing resistance to slavery. ... Illness was also a common peril, an average of 20 percent, and sometimes up to 60 percent, of all the slaves on a give plantation could be ill at one time. ... Physical uprising and speaking back were the most common forms of opposition as they were the simplest and most practical. ... They gleaned off of the sources at their disposal and learned how to more than survive by fostering strong family ties and having a common bond at church meeting which also...

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I do not remember that I had, in all that time, one thought that so much as tended either to looking upwards towards God, or inwards towards a reflection upon my own ways; but a certain stupidity of soul, without desire of good, or conscience of evil, had entirely overwhelmed me; and I was all that the most hardened, unthinking, wicked creature among our common sailors can be supposed to be; not having the least sense, either of the fear of God in danger, or of thankfulness to God in deliverance" (Defoe 120). ... Again, Defoe is using Crusoe to exemplify that unanswered prayers are a common...

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Examining the role that religion played in the African-American community, primarily pre-civil war, can be a difficult task due to the limited amount of evidence available.1 While it is a common notion that slavery life was embedded with Christian ideals, a Christian-like ideology is likely more accurate.2 Syncretism occurred with the combining of African tradition and Christian principles to create an African-American spirituality specific to its people. ... The blood of her murdered ones cries to heaven for vengeance against Thee You may kill, tyrannize, and oppress as much as you choose,...

• Word Count: 1954
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Thus we can say that, Douglass' Narrative feats very well Lejeune's definition of classical autobiography not only because it is written from the first person singular perspective but also because the author, the narrator, and the protagonist share a common identity. ... Thus, we can say that the autobiography was also a kind of introspection in which Douglass tried to make sense of some significant experience. ... For this reason our concerned in this part is to study how out of this nothingness, this non-identity, Douglass was able to forge his own sense of himself. ... In this f...

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"It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood. ... Douglass's final construction of the idea of family was the conclusion that all men are "children of a common Father". ... This sense of family and self-worth was the ultimate factor in a slave's goal to escape. ...

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Whereas for the Europeans "wearing clothes was not a matter of choice but a sign of civility "9, it was common for Africans and Caribbean inhabitants to only hide their private parts. ... Unlike for black Africans, there was a sense of understanding for Caribbean inhabitants, because there was nothing unnatural in their way of living. ... Many reports by observers have records of the practice of circumcision in Africa, which was know to be common among Jewish men, not Christian. ...

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In "A Troublesome Property," Stampp rejected the common portrayal of American slaves as being inherently deceitful. ... They also disproved the common assumption that sons of planters took overseer functions. ... Fogel and Engerman believed these common misconceptions were due to the views being based on inferences derived from a biased sample of evidence. ... Slaves could have essential roles within plantation hierarchy and common assumptions made by other historians were inferred from biased sources, making their views less reliable. ...

• Word Count: 1868
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But marry one who's good and kind, And free from all pretence; Who, if without a gifted mind, At least has common sense. ... Also find a man with an education, or at least, common sense. ...

• Word Count: 2134
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The African-American and His Majesty's Army in the Age of the American Revolution "And I do hereby further declare all indented servants, Negroes, and others, (appertaining to Rebels), free, that are able and willing to bear arms, they joining His Majesty's Troops, as soon as may be, for the more speedily reducing the Colony to a proper sense of their duty, to His majesty's crown and dignity." ... In 1774 there was a common misconception within the African-American slave community that Great Britain was the Israel for slaves; they believed that they could gain their freedo...

• Word Count: 1913
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Douglass undermines the common argument that southern whites, who live and work among the blacks, know their "servants" (or simply their "people") intimately, and thus have for them a deep affection which the ignorant Northerners simply could not begin to comprehend. ... Douglass also points to another unfair argument that no master with sense would expose his valuable human property to damage. ... To the common white person, blacks were a race inferior to whites not only in intelligence, but in moral and emotional development as well. ...

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He was treated the same as all the other children, except the other children had schooling and more opportunities to learn good social skills and develop their own common sense to further their lives (Douglass 40-42). ... He started from the bottom of the ladder, worked and earned his way to the top, educated himself on the world and the common good, overcame the highest system in the United States, at the time, slavery, and became famous because of it. ...

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In slavery it was very common, before puberty, for a slave child to play with the master's children. ... Like he did earlier with Lucretia and Daniel at the Wye House, Frederick felt a sense of family. ...

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Music provided a sense of comfort and led the slaves to dance for exercise purposes. ... In addition, one of the most common practice among slaving captains was to remove the shackles of the slaves as a reward for their cooperation. ...

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Jackson epitomizes the common man, the farmer, the politician, military prowess, and the democracy of the period. ... These philosophies however, weren't alike in any sense. ... His followers presented him as hero, as a rough-hewn frontiersman and a prime example of a common man. ... He was common to them; a farmer, a slave owner, a westerner. ...

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Links via relations to other family members in other villages created the kinship ties and the same sense of identity similar to slaves in North America. ... All of this adaptation was necessary to the survival of the slaves but did not eliminate the slaves need to maintain a certain sense of their own cultural identity, achieved by learning to integrate their own norms of behavior and beliefs with those of the dominant white master class. ... Arriving in America from an assortment of different societies with varying religious beliefs slaves from West and Central Africa shared common charac...

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The bigoted individuals of this society see whites as the superior race, and blacks are owned as property, and are slaves to common people. Lynching was a common occurrence for this time period and Tom makes mention of it as if it was a casual event. ... Although Huck enjoyed his company he still saw Jim as only a petty slave who possessed no sense or intelligence. ...

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Upon witnessing such phenomena, the mariner comes away from the experience with a newly-found sense of appreciation for nature. ... This is a significant sign that the mariner is being punished for being a part of slave trade because the manner in which he's being punished gives attention to the fact that leprosy was one of many viral infections common in Africa and the Caribbean. ...

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The story of female slavery is the story of survival of Black women and their construction of a definition of womanhood that made sense to them. ... Despite their common bondage, men and women did not experience slavery the same way. ... Black women were neglected because of the common assumptions that they were less fragile, gave birth more easily, and therefore needed less care than white women. ... The most common form of female self-defense was feigning illness. ...

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Although some may say in the business to rise to a sense of power, almost all people that are trafficked have their freedom taken from them and transported illegally across international borders to be sold into the sex trade. ... In many poverty struck countries forced marriage are a common way for the parents to feel like they are pushing their child to a better life while getting paid for it at the same time. ...

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Puritanism in the New England colonies also provided a sense of unity because everyone was concerned about their peers in the communities. The middle colonies made an impact in the Americas because the soil was fertile; therefore, heavy exports of grain were common and kept the colonies thriving. ...

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