With the famous phrase, "Man is born free; but everywhere he is in chains," Rousseau asserts that these "chains" are the constraints placed on the freedom of citizens in modern states. ... In this quote the brigand is the force and "to yield to force is an act of necessity, not of will", but because "we are obligated to obey only legitimate powers" he is not "obligated" to give up. ... The following quote describes Rousseau's point of view on the so-called right of slavery. ... As the preceding quote declares, slaves lose the desire to escape or to be free and eventually they begin to lov...

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Benjamin Franklin was quoted for saying "Why increase the Sons of Africa, by planting them in America, where we have so fair and opportunity, by excluding all blacks and tawneys, of increasing the lovely white or red?"... However, Benjamin Franklin was not the only famous person to have had racist thoughts and spoke openly about them. ... In the Douglas debates he was quoted saying "there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race."...

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It becomes easier to understand why many felt that slavery should remain in tact through Robert Higgs quote of Senator Stephen Douglas saying "There is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. ... " This quote illustrates the fact that southern whites saw abolition as a threat to their way of life. ... The same famous president who coined the phrase "All men are created equal" still was unable to separate from his peers and stand up against slavery. .....

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A famous director, writer, actor and producer, Spike Lee said, "All I'm going to say is that it's disrespectful to my ancestors. " I agree with him because this movie portrays an ideal/fantasy version of slavery which isn't how it actually happened. ... Reed states, and I quote, "You really have to suspend disbelief for this movie. " I agree with him because some of the actions and events that took place in the film were not true or did not happen. ...

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Concerning this issue he declared I quote "In a little less than four years, therefore, after becoming a public lecturer, I was induced to write out the leading facts connected with my experience in slavery, giving the names of persons, places, and dates, thus putting it in the power of any who doubted, to ascertain the truth or falsehood of my story." ... For instance, as a boy, not yet ten years old, Douglass learned the importance of knowledge when he overheard Hugh Auld chastising his wife Sophia for teaching a slave to read I quote "a nigger should know nothing but to obey his master -...

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The most famous was the use of whipping and other forms of punishment given to slaves who did not complete their jobs successfully. ... Stampp did that was great was he used real quotes of plantation owners from that time to back up his examples as well as real documented beatings, murders, trials, escape attempts, and states codes and laws. ...

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The quote shows just how important the land that they had discovered was to them because of all the new materials. ... This quote shows how Equiano was passed from master to master and all the resources he encountered. ...

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One Virginia slaveholder was quoted as saying, "It is a pity, but slavery and tyranny must go together." ... Perhaps the most famous of all revolts was the Prophet Rebellion or Nat Turner's Revolt that occurred in August 1831. ...

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Also, Douglass soon became the leading black abolitionist and one of the most famous orators of the time. ... Douglass gives an excellent example of such hypocritical actions: "I have seen [Captain Auld] tie up a lame young woman, and whip her with a heavy cow skin upon her naked shoulders, causing the warm red blood to drip- (61); and, in justification of the bloody deed, he would quote this passage of Scripture - "He that knoweth his master's will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes...

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The author of the article is a very famous Newspaper, and seems to be looking to slavery through an excessively stated prejudice that commonly states that slavery was and it had always been in the hands of the Europeans. ... Moreover, to my advice, is very closely related, in content, to the documents we have red in class, which are also quoted throughout the text. ...

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Examining both narratives reveals differences in the purpose of the narratives, the similar and contrasting experiences and reactions of the two captives, how religion played a role in both experiences and the elements of literature used in the two famous works. ... Either of the quotes could be used to persuade the reader to think of how unbearable the author's situation is, or how difficult it is to be on a slave ship during the voyage, and how fearful it would be to be held captive by Native Americans. ...

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Work hard and you can raise yourself to the level of the current whites, he says - although, as demonstrated by his famous fingers-and-fist "separate-but-equal" speech in Atlanta, he is unclear - in fact, is willfully evasive - about integration and, more specifically, about the individual. ... (p. 51, DuBois) Contrast this with Washington's statement, quoted earlier, that a disadvantaged black man is, in his view, at more of an advantage, as he is held to a lower standard already. ...

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Race is a classification system that divides people into groups based on descent, ethnicity, culture, geography, history, language and/or socioeconomic affiliation. Race can be related to history. In history, there are multiple perspectives on every issue. In race, there are multiple components to ...

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One of Clarkson's most famous works was when he used propaganda to get his point across to the working-class. ... This quote means that although they require no wages they will be very poorly motivated as they are working for nothing. ...

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