One can easily imagine the state of mind of a warrior or any freeman whose condition through defeat in war radically changes from one day to the next, as he becomes a slave: as in classical antiquity, prisoners of war were automatically subject to being sold. ... As can easily be seen, the slave of the father would become the scapegoat for the society. ... As gérs , belonging to the same level as the prince, the latter found nothing dishonorable or debasing in pillaging their goods, however small they might be. ...

• Word Count: 5359
• Approx Pages: 21
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Articles of the Confederation was found to have serious problems. ... The invention of the cotton gin made it possible to easily separate the cotton seed, "[ ] this made slavery in the South more profitable, slavery then became an important part of the Southern economy and soon became an institution that Southerners felt bound to protect (Harrison 2)". ...

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Others found their way into the galleys and royal mines, perhaps the most physically demanding of the jobs that slaves had to perform. ... When someone is forced to do anything against their will today it is easily forgotten about, but in the early 18th and 19th centuries not doing what you were told (even if you did not feel it is right) could result in a severe beating or even death. ...

• Word Count: 2927
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School

The English businessman and financier Cecil Rhodes founded the modern diamond industry and controlled the British South Africa Company, which acquired Rhodesia and Zambia as British territories. He was also a noted philanthropist (working for charity) and founded the Rhodes scholarships. ...

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This taboo of a topic found itself well-versed throughout the country in many publications. ... He easily assimilates with the white race as Eliza is one of the few slaves with beauty and mannerisms lacking the uncultured pretenses the rest of the slaves have. ...

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The Native Americans and Africans Slaves are two prominent groups seen in the Colonial Era with great influence, difficult challenges, and cultures that shaped the colonies into how we see them today. Both, the African Americans and Native Americans were challenged by the hardships of the whites thr...

• Word Count: 2660
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Book Review Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas: An American Slave Written by Himself Introduction: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born around 1818 into slavery in Talbot Country, Maryland. No one knows the exact date when Douglass' was born. Later in his life Douglass choos...

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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the years, slavery has played a dominant role within the Cherokee Nation, inevitably affecting thousands of African Americans, American Indians, and Europeans alike. Within the last decade, a vicious battle has come alive between the Cherokee people and freedmen. These freedmen, who have ...

• Word Count: 2752
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The trans-Atlantic slave trade was the largest long-distance coerced movement of people in history and, prior to the mid-nineteenth century, formed the major demographic well-spring for the re-peopling of the Americas following the collapse of the Amerindian population. Cumulatively, as late a...

• Word Count: 4994
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: Undergraduate