When they were all captured, they were chained and shackled to the coast in a procession called a "coffle". ... The men were usually chained together or put into leg irons, and crammed as tightly into the hold as the captive dared. ... They were interviewed by the abolitionist newspapers, and described in books. ... Elijah Lovejoy, a white abolitionist, published an anti-slavery newspaper in Illinois. ... Then later on the second Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 was passed and it made things even worse, for now respected black citizens- craftsman, publishers, business owners- could be taken from the...

• Word Count: 1826
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

A crime such as human sex trafficking seldom appears on newspaper headlines, yet is a problem that is ongoing around the world every single day. ... In August 2011, New York Congresswoman, Carolyn Maloney, proposed the Business Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act, which requires companies to disclose any evidence or traces of human trafficking in their supply chains to the Security Exchange Commission or the Internal Revenue Service. ... Ensuring that the supply chain is broken is imperative to ending human sex trafficking (Maloney par. 1-4). ...

• Word Count: 1914
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

The physical and emotional brutality suffered by Paul D at Sweet Home and as part of a chain gang has caused him to bury his feelings into the rusted tobacco tin of his heart. ... Paul D confronted Sethe with a newspaper clipping with the charges she Dubinsky 5 had against her. ...

• Word Count: 2030
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School