Both Douglass and Jacobs examine the fact that plantation life sheltered slaves from knowing the truth about how degrading and immoral an institution slavery was and therefore allowed for ignorance to breed among slaves. ... Flint ensured that the slaves got nothing to eaten except for what she choose to give them and even spit in all the pans that were used for cooking so that the cook and her children could not eat the remaining scraps (Jacobs 12). ... Jealousy overtook her soul and she felt nothing but contempt for Jacobs, yet Jacobs pitied her for they were both victims of the mas...

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This image was later revised to show the truth of Attucks being involved in the bloody massacre that occurred on King Street of Boston. ... The Declaration of Independence states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ... He wrote in his notes that if there was a God who has given every individual inalienable rights, the slave owners would be held responsible for their actions of enslaving another human being. ... The s...

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McCarthy also goes on to say, "Whatever the historical truth may be, the legend of Stonewall Jackson is of a leader so great he could almost have single-handedly saved the south," (Gods and Generals). ... He continues by writing, Nothing bothers politically correct critics more than the role of blacks in this film. ... In fact, there was only one worth note. ...

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