"At this moment I resolved, for the first time to go to my master, enter a complaint, and ask his protection" (Qtd. ... In Sime, and McCambridge, 426) What occurred between Frederick Douglass and his "master" Mr. Covey in this excerpt is a true account of an experience not at all uncommon among slaves and their masters. ... Any hostile actions taken by whites toward blacks were looked upon without any feeling of remorse, whites had the freedom to act in any way desired toward blacks and to do so without regard for law or morality, unlike blacks who had the freedom only to think hostile thou...

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The video begins with shackled tribal people from throughout the African continent being herded onto a French four-master. ... The movie is historically factual, and meant to touch the morality and righteousness of every viewer. ... Morality. ...

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Little did the masters know that while they were sleeping most slaves had secret communities during the night where they would teach themselves to read and write, play games and dance, and pretend as if they were free people. ... However, no matter the number of justifications, the South had their definition morality of the situation that never dimmed as well as their opponents, the abolitionists, and soon, the South's defense of the institution of slavery helped contribute to the South states secession from the union. ...

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Africans were brought to America solely for the purpose of bolstering the wealth of their white masters. ... Butler proves that the late colonial period's economic boom produced a materialistic American culture directed towards the pursuit of wealth (sometimes at the expense of morality) that endures to the present day. ...

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I have always enjoyed the history of New York City; in particular that history which surrounds the Five Points in lower Manhattan. In this paper I will examine the class structure of the Five Points beginning with geographic and architectural significances that assisted in the class structuring; then I will examine the archeological evidence which further sheds light on the lives of those who resided in what became known as America's first slum. The Five Points, called so because of the five corners of streets that merged together within the ward; Mulberry Street, Anthony (now Worth Stre...

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The third of the great Greek historians, Xenophon, was more devoted to the purely storytelling aspects of history. 5 The influence of Thucydides was early in the ascendant, and the two important Greek historians of the Roman period, Polybius and Dio Cassius, more or less modeled themselves on that master. ...

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