A question needs to be asked, is this really necessary? ... A question that should be addressed is that of why should American citizens be forced to pay for the actions of their ancestors? Representative Henry Hyde, along with many other politicians agree on the fact that, "I never owned a slave. ... With figures of that magnitude, how would America be able to pay off reparations and continue to fund all the various programs that are taking place? ... But to whom exactly that money would be paid and how is up for debate. ...

• Word Count: 885
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

" In the introduction the author guides us through her history of Sierra Leone and how she never really heard the story of the Amistad revolt, as she would have liked too. ... She connects the Amistad revolt to Charles Johnson's novel "Middle Passage" and Melvin Tolson's poem that has the same name. ... By connecting the Amistad revolt with other major slave revolts led by Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner, Iyunolu Osagie reminds us that these actions symbolized the "unthinkable" for a European and American structure that had no place for African support or humanity. ... S...

• Word Count: 725
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These people were labeled "indentured servants" which meant that they were to serve anywhere between 4 to 7 years as free labor, and in exchange would have free passage from Europe to America. The problem with this was that once they were free, they became competition. ... So we ask, why and how did the change occur? Well in order to answer this question we have to look at some crucial events and changes that happened within the colonies. ... They would relay messages as to how they were being treated in America. ...

• Word Count: 941
• Approx Pages: 4

These people were labeled "indentured servants" which meant that they were to serve anywhere between 4 to 7 years as free labor, and in exchange would have free passage from Europe to America. The problem with this was that once they were free, they became competition. ... So we ask, why and how did the change occur? Well in order to answer this question we have to look at some crucial events and changes that happened within the colonies. ... They would relay messages as to how they were being treated in America. ...

• Word Count: 934
• Approx Pages: 4

Without question, one of the major driving forces behind the rapid expansion of the British Empire was colonization. ... Even though Columbus' control of territory in America had nothing to do with Britain, his methods and justifications for this colonization provided an insight about how the British Empire dealt with these same situations. ... The British believed that only with their help could savage societies eventually become civilized. ... The passage about making nests from brush tufts evokes monkey and ape behaviors (Fausto-Sterling, p. 36).... One quintessential example of this ...

• Word Count: 1200
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate