Prince and her female contemporaries - many of whom also wrote slave narratives - used their voices to promote change and question the tenet England's civilized. ... Each of these texts challenged the beliefs of English colonialists and abolitionists alike, while rendering strong anti-slavery messages that transcend controversy and exemplify the how invaluable the female voice was to the campaign. ... As with the other criteria for her writing, Prince complies with Pringle's demands for an image of Christ-like piety. ... The idea that a slave being raped by her master is a reflec...

• Word Count: 3051
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School

I think it is important to begin with a look at how emancipation was arrived at, as it was not a simple process, due to the efforts of one man. ... Even Chase, the most radical on emancipation, was impressed at how far Lincoln had reached." ... It I believe is clear that there is no absolute view of how Lincoln approached emancipation. ... He was faced with many groups with different aims. ... Thus Lincoln was required to be very careful about how he managed the question of emancipation. ...

• Word Count: 5422
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography

The delegates had to decide; how big the government should be, what type of government, what powers it should be given, and what powers it should not have. ... The Northern shipping industry could still make a lot of money with the continuing slave trade. ... The south did a lot of business with England and France. After the invention of the cotton gin the south increased their production to keep up with the demands from overseas. The high demand for cotton and how easy it was to produce discouraged the growth of southern industry. ...

• Word Count: 3329
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By the 1840s and 1850s, North and South had each evolved extreme positions that had as much to do with serving their own political interests as with the morality of slavery." 4 This once again, demonstrates how the economic differences between the Northern and Southern states, led to serious tensions between the two. ... Jefferson addresses the issue of state rights in his writings "As the federal government grabs more and more power, the question arises: what's the point of having states? ... Under the Constitution, the Articles were replaced with a political system that consisted o...

• Word Count: 3046
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Aunt Chloe's cooking of various tasty dishes adds to the serene environment of the cabin and as we see Uncle Tom learning how to read and write from his young "Mas'r George,"" it seems as though there are no worries, hardships are unknown, and an utopia exists within the walls of the cabin. ... His name is Kunta Kinte and with the progress of time, we learn that he is bright, tenacious, bold, confident, and honest. ... In fact, Haley shows that these people showed great respect to their elders and to their ancestors with strongly established morals. ... One begins to question how Unc...

• Word Count: 4104
• Approx Pages: 16