Auld spoke assured Frederick that reading was the key to his freedom (Mabee 86). ... The idea of truth became the main theme in Frederick's later speeches, debates, and interviews in the north. ... He later pursued a job in caulking, but found prejudice to stop him in his tracks. ... Douglass then began reading William Lloyd Garrison's "Liberator," an anti-slavery journal. ... In the later 1840's, Douglass protested against segregated seating on trains by sitting in cars reserved for whites. ...

• Word Count: 5595
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Jacob's first edition of her book was written in 1857 by herself and was later published in 1861. ... In 1821, New York gave freed slaves the right to vote, and 6 years later declared slavery illegal. ... She is later able to self-publish it by using the pseudonym Linda Brent in 1861 and had it edited by Lydia Marie Child. ... Louisa later helped with the organization of meetings of the National Association of Colored Women. ... Jacobs eventually reunited with both of her children a few months later. ...

• Word Count: 2508
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Late 19th - Century American Literature Mark Twain's novel Pudd'nhead Wilson as a critique of 19th Century hierarchies based on racial segregation Mark Twain: Mark Twain was born on November 30th of the year 1835 in Florida, Missouri. ... After brief service in the Civil War he started writing as a journalist and later as an author. ...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Time On The Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman's book Time on the Cross, analyzes the Southern economy before and after the Civil War. The book's purpose is to show how important African Americans were to the Southern economy, and tries to "correct t...

• Word Count: 3223
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Slave owners and other Anglos felt that hindering Blacks from doing anything (reading, writing, and escaping) gave them the upper hand on life and freedom. ... He then traveled to Canada, served for a while with the French in their war against the English, and later passed over into the United States, to become a well-known American. ...

• Word Count: 2927
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

To placate her Southern plantation owners, Stowe has two generous slave owning families take in Tom, and for the sake of abolition propaganda, she places Tom under a particularly brutal ownership later on. ... Besides, from reading Douglass became what slave holders feared most: a slave who opposed to slavery. ...

• Word Count: 2701
• Approx Pages: 11

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