America is the nation it is today because of slavery, and although at the time the Declaration of Independence was not made with the slaves in mind, it later became the key reason for their freedom. ... These indentured servants were people who voluntarily surrendered their freedom in exchange for passage to America. ... Diseases like measles and smallpox were common on the ships, thus causing many deaths; the chances of the slaves to complete the middle passage and make it to the New World was one to five. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5

It is clear that colonialism is a theme used to move the plot forward and to characterise key figures, not to critique the racial prejudices of the day. ... This 'presence of oppression' is key in showing that the role of colonialism is almost for use as cannon fodder in mocking the British aristocracy, as though it is a given that the 'dark races' are bad and to compare one with them is insulting at the very least. ... From this passage we can draw the conclusion that race in very much linked with satanic and animalistic behaviour. ...

• Word Count: 2218
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

So in order to have those certain resources in your nation and have power over trading and other countries, exploring new land was key. ... The portion of this exchange consisting of taking slaves from Africa to the New World is the Middle Passage. The Interesting Narrative tells a story of a slave that travels to through the Middle Passage and explores all different parts of the world. ...

• Word Count: 2761
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

African Agency and Resistance If demand for slave-grown produce, social identity, and the Atlantic environment were three key factors shaping the traffic, the agency of Africans comprised a fourth major influence, but one which has received less attention from historians. ... Early Slaving Voyages With the key forces shaping the traffic briefly described, we can now turn to a short narrative of the slave trade. ...

• Word Count: 4994
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The second step and the one that cost the lives of so many African slaves were the crossing of the Atlantic or 'the middle passage'. ... The total number of slaves imported by the Portuguese is estimated at around 4.2 million- excluding those who met their fatal end during the middle passage- and their economy dramatically flourished during their time as the leader of transatlantic trade7. ...

• Word Count: 2679
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Book Review Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas: An American Slave Written by Himself Introduction: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born around 1818 into slavery in Talbot Country, Maryland. No one knows the exact date when Douglass' was born. Later in his life Douglass chooses to celebrate it on February 14. All his childhood he lived with his maternal grandmother and her name was Betty Bailey. Douglas was selected in live in the home of the plantation owners eventually the owners became like his parents. ...

• Word Count: 2694
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Writers differ in the purpose for which they write. Some aim to entertain, but the more serious and skilled writers usually have the goal of expressing a serious idea. Writers such as Hariet Beecher Stowe and Alex Haley are writers who write for more than mere entertainment. Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, had a political purpose. Stowe intended to help America realize the inhumanity of slavery and the pain it brought upon African-Americans by writing a melodramatic novel. ...

• Word Count: 4104
• Approx Pages: 16