American literature as know it has come along way. ... Also many events have led to the literature as we know it also, like women's suffrage and emancipation for African Americans as well as many wars that have been fought in the history of the United States. ... Along with these new found freedoms for minorities, many events caused literature to change and be what we know it as today. ... Some even gave people in America sort of an optimistic outlook for the future to help them get through hard times. ...

• Word Count: 270
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• Grade Level: High School

The book offended some members of the black community; however it helped a Negro statues bringing attention of many sophisticated New Yorkers black and white to Harlem exotic and exciting night life. It also attracted society towards African American literature. ... Second, was that African American literature plays an important part in shaping American literature. Third, is that African American literature is put into the same category as "white" literature. There is a reason that makes black literature "black." ...

• Word Count: 2368
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Americans yearned for a uniquely American expression of themselves through their literature. ... A cry for a national literature rang throughout the country. ... The call for a national literature that praised individualism had begun. Philip Freneau genuinely portrayed the American individual in his poetry and helped to develop themes that were uniquely American. ... The simple act of understanding and facing these issues made the country exceptional and helped to create an American identity and a uniquely American voice....

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His great oratory skills left the largest impact on Civil War time period literature. ... Frederick Douglass played a major role in the redefinition of American literature in the Civil War time period. ... He wrote three significant autobiographies that helped define the way literature developed during the Civil War time period. ... All of Douglass's achievements combines with his great literature to redefine the writings of the time. ... He changed many people's lives, and helped to earn the respect of African American's, as well as whites today. ...

• Word Count: 1277
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She attended the Academy for Negro Youth, a school run by her uncle, until the age of 13, and then found local work in a Quaker household, where she had access to a varied amount of literature. She also helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad and wrote several articles for anti-slavery newspapers, receiving her reputation as the mother of African American journalism. ... After reading this African American Literature piece, it showed me the horrible conditions of the slaves were and which pain and sorrow they had to live with. These past few weeks, I have be studying and analyz...

• Word Count: 748
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Douglass, as a former slave, single-handedly redefined American Civil War literature, simply by redefining how antislavery writings were viewed. ... One must not overlook Frederick Douglass's oratory skills when looking at his literary career; however, it is Douglass's form which left the largest impact on Civil War time period literature. ... Douglass's Narrative was known as being a brief, descriptive, and easy to read piece of literature. ... Frederick Douglass played a major role in the redefinition of American literature in the Civil War time period. ... In the South, aboli...

• Word Count: 1987
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She was an avid reader, and authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Maria Cummins sparked her interest in literature. ... American literacy realism was almost unknown until Davis's literature. ... Davis also started the progress of women writers in literature, she stated that " It is but reasonable to expect that all the avenues now open to women who can hold a pen will be crowded.... " Davis wanted her movement to be carried on, "they will help themselves and the world by so writing...and will paint as they only can do, for the next generation, the inner life and hist...

• Word Count: 1151
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The free Africans also helped the cause. ... Therefore they tried tirelessly to help the cause. ... Literature was written, narratives were produced, boycotts were organized and basically failed, legal defense for slaves was implemented, vigilantism was practiced, and probably the most famous effort to free slaves, the Underground Railroad was built. In this time period, the slaves, thought to be less than human, and free Africans came up with many different and ingenious tactics to help begin their anti-slavery movement. ...

• Word Count: 579
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• Grade Level: High School

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. Harriet wrote the book to awaken people to the horrors of slavery. Uncle Tom's Cabin is the best selling piece of American literature of all time. The book starts in Kentucky on the farm of Mr. Shelby. Mr. Shelby is a kind man who cares for his slav...

• Word Count: 606
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

This book was one of the first works of literature that provided the north with which they thought was an accurate look at the institution of slavery. It however was fairly accurate, taking into account that Harriet Beecher Stowe had never visited the south, she had only heard what slavery was like from second hand accounts from run away slaves, which gave the book a anti-slavery feel, it still gave the south the chance to make the argument that slaves were actually treated quite well because they were an investment that their masters took care of, it also helped abolitionists spread the argu...

• Word Count: 550
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When the Mississippi river flood of 1927 happened many lost whatever they had such as their houses or belongings it was time where people needed a boost and help. ... After the "The Great Migration" African Americans started getting settled in their new homes away from the racism and lynching's down south to central/northern states, according to "blogs.long.edu"due to the migration it led to the "Harlem Renaissance" which was a great thing that happened to African Americans in music, art and literature. ...

• Word Count: 598
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass both challenged their legitimacy of slavery through their literature. ... During the time of Stowe and Douglass literature, slavery was a big issue, which was taking over the south. ... Once Douglass escaped from slavery, he wanted to help other people who were stuck in slavery. He also used his story to reach out to the Northern people in hope of help. ... Once he had escaped, he felt like he must give back to those who helped him. ...

• Word Count: 1590
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

IT included where he traveled and who helped him. ... This book is valuable to the railroad history because it's taken from other sources of literature and put together in one book. ... The title didn't help much. ...

• Word Count: 956
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Document J is an example of literature showing people the real life experiences of slaves. ... He was risking his career and everything he has to help Samuel Bayard. ... He wanted to help Bayard and his family as well. ...

• Word Count: 657
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Types of literature she wrote A. ... She helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). ... She helped the founding of the NAACP and was an active crusader against lynching. ... The main thing everyone should understand about this woman is that she would never relinquish and by her not quitting she helped to form America to what it is to day. ...

• Word Count: 1282
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Whitman's defiant break with traditional poetic concerns and style exerted a major influence on American thought and literature. ... In being both traditional and skeptical, Frost's poetry helped provide a link between the American poetry of the 19th century and that of the 20th century. ... There, in 1925, his literary skills were discovered after he left three of his poems beside the plate of American poet Vachel Lindsay, who recognized Hughes's abilities and subsequently helped publicize Hughes's work. ...

• Word Count: 1931
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• Grade Level: High School

Women's literature was considered awful. The century has seen such remarkable characters as Dorothea Dix, who helped women in jails, Margaret Fuller, who advocated that women could pursue any career they want and Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in the US. ...

• Word Count: 2277
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• Grade Level: High School

He not only wrote hundreds of poems and stories, but he also won many awards and helped spark a style of writing in the 20th century. His writings have had a huge impact on American literature when he was alive, and it is still continuing today. ... He helped establish a new writing style of the 20th century and he didn't even know it. ...

• Word Count: 1144
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• Grade Level: High School

Douglass, as a former slave, single-handedly redefined American Civil War literature, simply by redefining how antislavery writings were viewed. ... Many people needed direction when it came to the issue of slavery, and Douglass was just the person to help create that much needed foundation in a person's heart to become an abolitionist and help to put an end to slavery. ...

• Word Count: 1899
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Many of the stereotypes of African American women oriented form popular literature. ... The legend was not the only selling point of this product, sure it helped but what did the legend and the Aunt Jemima "mammy" really represent? ...

• Word Count: 1143
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• Grade Level: High School

In addition, the Church of Christ in Christian Union preached a strict moral code which forbade drinking, dancing, movies, swimming, swearing, popular literature, and moral injunctions against violence and war. ... Governor Prentice Cooper approved Alvin's endorsement by naming him chief executive of the Fentress County Draft Board, and appointed him to the Tennessee Preparedness Committee to help prepare for wartime. ... Evins to establish the York Relief Fund to help cancel the debt. ...

• Word Count: 1575
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• Grade Level: High School

She also helped set up hospitals all marked with a yellow flag, in churches, hotels schools, and everywhere she could find help. ... Through reviewing scholarly literature related to Dix, as well as impressions of her as recorded by several female diarists during the Civil War, one might conclude that she was either a truly strict, abrasive person, or that she was merely pushing as hard as she thought necessary to enlarge the scope of "acceptable" duties to be handled by nurses during the War and in the future. ...

• Word Count: 1973
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Anti-Slavery movements and abolition movements from great abolitionist helped to end slavery in the United States. ... In my research I explain the great impact of the abolition movement and those who helped to end slavery. ... This helped slaves that were trying to get to the free states or to Canada. ... Their homes often became stations on the Underground Railroad, which helped slaves fleeing to the free states or to Canada. ... Harriet Tubman - Harriet Tubman was an African American whose daring rescues helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom. ...

• Word Count: 2903
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually...

• Word Count: 7511
• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: High School

Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. Some of these reasons are just, however many of them are not. There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a politica...

• Word Count: 4263
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School