Captivity narratives of Americans relate the experiences of whites enslaved by Native Americans and Africans enslaved by Americans. ... This compromise leaves him torn between his adopted Western beliefs and his native African values. ... After taken into captivity by the Native Americans, she conveys her strong Puritan values by criticizing and demeaning the Native's religion, or what Rowlandson illustrates them as heathens with complete lack of values, morals and religious conviction. Rowlandson portrays the Natives as "Ravenous beasts" (Rowlandson) considering them as evil an...

• Word Count: 1490
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To illustrate the importance placed on women, of the nine law titles (i.e. ... A prime example of the cherish-oppress relationship exists in this law, "If any slave does violence to a native freewoman, and if the she complains and is clearly able to prove this, let the slave be killed for crime committed."" ... Yet the next line of the law proceeds to state, "If indeed a native free girl unites voluntarily with a slave, we order both to be killed."" ...

• Word Count: 1348
• Approx Pages: 5

Prince Henry the Navigator Prince Henry the Navigator seldom left Portugal, but he helped make it possible for the first Europeans to explore Africa. In Henry's time, the ocean was very dangerous and Africa was a mysterious place that seemed to contain endless miles of sand. Today we know t...

• Word Count: 2251
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School