Walker and Marshall write about an identity that they have found with African-American women of the past. ... Walker identifies with this potential and she expresses their creativity and culture through her own writing. ... In her essay, Marshall identifies with her mother and the African-American tradition that her mother expressed. ... It is as though all of her worries are gone and it is just her and the spirits: She stayed to the night service - "love feast" - which was very warm and full of spirit. In the emotional winds her domestic trials were borne ...

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• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

The Kansas-Nebraska Act dealt with the problem of Slavery in new territories. ... The National Head is bowed down, and our face is mantled with shame and confusion. ... We have sown the wind, only to reap the whirlwind. Against argument, against all manner of appeal and remonstrances coming up from the warm and merciful heart of humanity, we have gone on like the oppressors of Egypt, hardenin! ... over all departments of Government and now, as our reward, this slave-holding power comes with sword, gun, and cannon to take the life of the nation and overthrow the great American Government (Long ...

• Word Count: 4026
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School