Stampp, Fogel, Engerman, and Genovese are among those who have analyzed and wrote about American slavery during that time period, and their works have included the attitudes of American slaves toward their own experiences and I will also discuss that thesis based on what those authors have wrote. ... Another opinion that persisted throughout the reading was that Fogel and Engerman discussed how they felt that the modern idea of what slavery was like is false and ironic. "What bitter irony it is that the false stereotype of black labor, a stereotype which still plagues blacks today, was fashion...

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Just as when a person dies, his or her family receives what was left behind. ... That's what the government did to African-American's. ... However, reparations of this kind have become unpopular because they can lead to resentment and further fighting. ... If our own government can pressure other countries to pay for slavery then what does that say about America? ...

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We cannot say that we are southerners because the term has a connotation of Civil War resentment. ... In other words Florida is experiencing what we will see at a national level since the diversity of Floridians in the southern part of the state will expand throughout the country. ... Southeast Florida has no ties to what is known as the Deep South. ...

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As we know, Southern Reconstruction failed to bring sweeping changes to Southern culture and a retreat into old feelings of racism and resentment of the North soon flooded the mindset of the South. ... One of the black Republican leaders, Bob Ray, who happened to be an ex-sheriff replied to a question about what he would do if he found himself in such a situation. ...

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Chapter 1. In 1587 Eleanor Dare started a history of first New England's female settlers. In XVI-XVII century it was characterized more with dismal end then with a story of prosperous life and happy ending. Coming to New World mostly in search for a good partner, as "tobacco brides " or being sim...

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• Grade Level: High School