All slaves knew work associated with their culture and not the American culture, left them with nothing, so when freed in the late 1800's they had no other trade skills. ... Peace in the early 1800's. ... Names like Nubian, Kamite, Axumite, Ashanti, Mandinka and Kushite all carried proud legacies of civilization that Europeans knew they had to erase it all from the African individuals mind. ... That's why I propose the solution that schools teach students more about black history. ... African-Americans need to demand that people respect their past, their present, and their futur...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Emancipation Proclamation was one major event in history that forever changed our country. ... He presented himself to a teacher to be admitted. ... One example of how much these followers appreciated Washington is through raising money for a trip to Europe. Not just anyone went to Europe in those days. ... Washington had on the African American civil rights that are present in the United States today. ...

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Various points were made by the people who defended slavery which included economics, history, religion, legality, social good, and even humanitarianism. ... Such claims have been documented and show how even the most educated men during the 1800's could defend slavery. ... Calhoun states in his speech that, "Never before has the black race of Central Africa, from the dawn of history to the present day, attained a condition so civilized and so improved, not only physically, but morally and intellectually. It came among us in a low, degraded, and savage condition, and in the course of...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School