One of the more famous literary works from the Puritan age was A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. ... Numerous times throughout her story she quotes scripture. ... While the Indians were mocking her slow, staggering steps, she quotes Isaiah (p.51) "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee." ... Either way, the very fact that she quoted scripture at all in her story reflects her sense of self in relation to society. ...

• Word Count: 1778
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

One of the more famous literary works from the Puritan age was A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. ... Numerous times throughout her story she quotes scripture. ... While the Indians were mocking her slow, staggering steps, she quotes Isaiah (p.51) "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee." ... Either way, the very fact that she quoted scripture at all in her story reflects her sense of self in relation to society. ...

• Word Count: 1835
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

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. .....

• Word Count: 1706
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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 -...

• Word Count: 2277
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 1791
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1650
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1490
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In a quote by Washington that stated, "The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women" (26), he described the importance of gaining wisdom from interactions with accomplished people. ... Something that he would later install in his famous Atlanta Exposition Address, a speech that would change the outlook on African-Americans from the white man's point of view, which at the time was that of an ill manner. ...

• Word Count: 2105
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School