In this story, Frederick realizes how he is unique from other people and uses this knowledge to fight for his own personal freedom. ... In the story, an epiphany is used when he realizes who he is. ... Frederick quotes, "From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom. ... In addition to that quote, there are many other times in the storyline of his life when he comes upon this awareness. ... In this quote, he is analyzing himself. ...

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Harriet Jacobs story "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" is a true story about her life and her struggles growing up and being a female slave, Jacobs wrote her story during the 1850's and published it in 1861, the same year the civil war began. ... In this quote Jacobs explains what she thinks Mrs. ... Jacobs addresses this in the following quote "Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women. ... " (Jacobs 46) In this quote Jacobs expresses her feelings and observations about the problems slavery causes. ... I think Jacobs is a true hero fo...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Numerous times throughout her story she quotes scripture. ... Either way, the very fact that she quoted scripture at all in her story reflects her sense of self in relation to society. ... That is not the only thing this story does. ... There are several metaphorical passages within the story that validate this theory. ... The following passage from the story is a metaphor for American people as a whole. ...

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Numerous times throughout her story she quotes scripture. ... Either way, the very fact that she quoted scripture at all in her story reflects her sense of self in relation to society. ... That is not the only thing this story does. ... There are several metaphorical passages within the story that validate this theory. ... The following passage from the story is a metaphor for American people as a whole. ...

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An autobiography usually offers a carefully selected and highly constructed version of a person's life story. So we can say that the story is always motivated. ... Concerning this issue he declared I quote "In a little less than four years, therefore, after becoming a public lecturer, I was induced to write out the leading facts connected with my experience in slavery, giving the names of persons, places, and dates, thus putting it in the power of any who doubted, to ascertain the truth or falsehood of my story." ... In fact, we can say that Douglass's preface could stand for what...

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From this quote we can see that the British people thought of the Africans were nonetheless, not of God and were sinners. ... He tells the story of two white man and a black man getting captured after attempting to run away and then he explains their punishments as follows, "They were each given thirty lashes. ... Takaki goes on to tell other accounts of stories that ended just the same for other black people, turning their "indentured servitude " into lifelong slavery. ... That stuck out to me because that quote, coming from a white servant, I can't imagine how much worse it must have be...

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"Denmark Vesey" The buried story of an attempted slave rebellion is unearthed in David Robertson's Denmark Vesey. ... One quote that the book uses is from a white woman she states, "Oh! ... One question that the author puts forth is whether or not the story of Vesey is important to history. ...

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Seuss tells a story of those not in power and their struggle towards equality. ... Through small, creative box drawings and bubble quotes, the reader's follow Abina's story. ... In the latter part of the book, Getz and Clarke take a more traditional approach to narrating the story. ... However, the text interpretation of the story provides very important background information. ... Each approach highlights different aspects of the story, and comparing the two reflect how drastically different history can be told based on story telling techniques and the historian's intention. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The main thesis of Gates's essay deals with the idea that a book or story can talk to its reader. ... Douglass, in the "Heroic Slave", displays keen logic and planning throughout the story. ... Listwell, a white man who will guide the reader through much of the story. ... However, this is a politically volatile story, dealing with and defending a slave revolt on a slave trade ship. ... Although the author of the story is black, this quote forces the notion that a good many white people disfavor the institution of slavery. ...

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is Jacobs" own story of what it was like to be born and raised in slavery. ... The story is very much interwoven with the "cult of true womanhood"(where is this quoted from?). ... In Linda Brent's narrative, her two children cannot be ignored in the story of her bondage and freedom. ... Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the story of a woman who claims her own identity. ... Her story ends with freedom; not in the usual way with marriage. ...

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Douglass story was relevant to his life, until he escaped from slavery. ... He also used his story to reach out to the Northern people in hope of help. ... Through this quote Stowe showed how she was feeling through her work. ... In his story he told us all the hardships he was faced with. ... He did not hold anything back, while writing this story. ...

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According to Daniel McCarthy, a 2003 graduate student in the classics at Washington University in Saint Louis and now the editor of The American Conservative, "This is as much his [General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson] story as it is the story of the war itself. It is also a story told mostly from the South's point of view" (Gods and Generals). ... The movie has three underlying themes taking place simultaneously; the first two were mentioned in the previous quote, and the last is blatantly obvious – the slaves and people of color were not portrayed in a fashion a...

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The author of this film made the language easily understandable so that the audience could easily keep up with the intricate details of the story line. ... Having quotes from Frederick Douglas's literary works helped the credibility of the movie significantly by enlightening the audience to just how good he really was. ...

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There are two prominent motives for why Douglass wrote the story of his life. The primary reason for writing his story is targeted at the slaveholders and powerful people of New England, where the abolitionist movement was strongest. ... This story is very valuable in that sense, because very few others had the ability to do so. Frederick Douglass' narrative is a powerful story that provides criticism and exposition of a corrupt and peculiar institution. ... The use of the conversion narrative, as well as many well-known stories from the Christian religion, is used by Douglass to show th...

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A narrative form of literature is a story, account of events, or experiences, whether it is true or fictitious (Elements of Literature). Both stories were their real experiences and they gave the reader credible facts and information. ... Either of the quotes could be used to persuade the reader to think of how unbearable the author's situation is, or how difficult it is to be on a slave ship during the voyage, and how fearful it would be to be held captive by Native Americans. ... The stories share by two different captives in two different sets of circumstances reveal the emotion and p...

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I realized in reading this mans story that he was a gifted individual and I pondered over where his strength came from? ... As seen in this quote, Douglass was very assertive. ... In this quote you can see that even Douglass knew that he had to cheer himself through his gloom, no one else would be there to help push him through. ...

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He also tells elaborate stories of how other slaves (even his own family members) were mistreated. ... People of all races considered Frederick Douglass to be a very persuasive spokesperson, with his vivid, insightful, and detailed stories of his great escape, he could make anyone in his audience feel as if they had been there during each incident. ... It seems that Frederick Douglass was accused of not having a position towards the Compromise of 1877 and he is quoted calling himself, " an uneasy Republican," (Meier 29). ...

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This quote is an example of boy whose affections for his mother were forever destroyed because of the broken bond of mother and son at an early age. ... Chapter seven was the story of Eliza and her son's escape from slavery. ...

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You deserve it all, and more too."" (9) This quote is from a passage in which a young slave girl is dying soon after giving birth to a child that is nearly white. ... "Reader, my story ends with freedom; not in the usual way, with marriage. ...

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This quote shows the great influence the novel had on the minds of its readers and on a nation in turmoil. ... Stowe used passionate and sometimes exaggerated thoughts and stories in the book in an effort to prompt abolitionist action. ...

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They feel that the slaves, which aren't slaves any more, expand and embellish their stories about their owners, to make it look they had it harder than they really did. ... This quote showed how the master of this slave was showing an example for the other slaves not to disobey his orders or order would be dwelt with. ...

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Margaret Fuller was quoted as saying that,It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature?... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow followed this thought in his story Kavanagh: A Tale (1849),We want a national literature commensurate with our mountains and rivers?...

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Harriet Jacobs, who is credited as the first woman black woman to write an autobiography, told her story of hardship and freedom in hopes it could change the world. ... Post became a close friend of Jacob encouraging her to write her story despite her understandable reluctance to reveal her painful, private life to the public. ... It was not until her grandmother's, Molly Horniblow, passing in 1853 that Harriet began to write her story. ... There is a quote I read from her autobiography and it really stuck with me. ... Her story was a powerful one. ...

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In this quote, Baca explained his internal conflict with Coach Tracy. ... Douglass and Baca formulated their identities along this journey, learning to persevere in order to share their stories with the world. ...

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De Bow's review on Slavery and Bible, written by anonymous, was one of the most important journals against anti-slavery in the south due to the fact that they stated quotes straight out of the holy bible. ... " However, Abraham is not the only key piece of evidence the article states, but also includes the story of Moses, Israelites, Paul and Timothy from New testament. ...

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