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    The last question I have to answer with evidence is “Why did the slave trade last so long and what values were found in the slave trade?” An evidence I have is from “Roots” it is‚ in Roots while they were sailing to the new land they had a flood. The flood caused the tobob to close the air vents and they couldn’t get any fresh air‚ many of the slaves ended up dieing. As a result‚ they had to take very good care of the slaves they ended up with so they can make the whole experience worth the money

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    Celia A Slave

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    The author‚ Melton Alonza McLaurin‚ wrote Celia‚ A Slave with the purpose to inform the audience of the treatment of slaves and how little rights they had. The story emphasizes Celia‚ the main character‚ who was sexually abused by Mr. Newsom‚ her master. She ended up mothering two of his children and one more child that is questionably his or another slave’s child. After 5 years of this behavior‚ she threatens him to stop. After the warning she accidentally murders him‚ with the intention only to

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    said‚ “Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips‚ others by their restlessness and ambition.” In the children’s picture book Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and illustrated by Kadir Nelson‚ Ruskin may be proven right. This historical bibliography‚ published in 2007 by Scholastic Press‚ exposes children to slavery in its most potent era‚ where a young slave named Henry “BOX” Brown is stripped away from his family not only once but twice. Henry Brown was a slave. Since he was a slave he did not

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    would happen‚ it was only hope‚ that’s all‚ only hope. The first day I met you‚ everyone said it was raining‚ I would have said so too‚ but now‚ looking back‚ I realize it was different that day. There were no raindrops‚ but tear drops instead. Like the sky was crying for you. Training drills were cut short that day‚ because of the water and mud‚ and I was invited for a meal with the others. I didn’t have

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    In her slave narrative‚ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ Harriet Jacobs makes the case that “[slavery] is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.” (Jacobs #) According to female slave narratives like Incidents and The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave‚ it is worse to be a female slave because‚ in addition to the brutalities endured by all slaves‚ enslaved women are also victims of a sexist and patriarchal society where they are victims of sexual abuse and exploitation

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    Nichole Acevedo LALS 31106 Professor Nieves October 6‚ 2014 Slave of the Saints: Documentary Review Kelly Hayes’ Slave of the Saints introduced a new kind of worshipping along Afro-Brazilians‚ their urban community and marginalized society. The documentary illustrated Afro-Brazilian rituals of Pomba Gira and other possessing entities that not only speak through human beings such as Nazare but also depicts both the subordination and empowerment under traditional views of hypersexualized femininity

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    Celia, a Slave...

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    CELIA‚ A SLAVE. A MIRROR TO SLAVERY AND INJUSTICE? A critical overview Celia‚ a Slave was a factual interpretation of one isolated incident that depicted common slave fear during the antebellum period of the United States. Melton A. McLaurin‚ the author‚ used this account of a young slave woman’s struggle through the undeserved hardships of rape and injustice to explain to today’s naive society a better depiction of what slavery could have been like. The story of Celia illustrates the root of

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    Animals should not be kept in captivity at zoos Many of us have been to a zoo at least once in our lives before. Zoos are premises for the captivity of animals‚ where they are studied and displayed for the public to see. Have you ever stopped to think of the trauma that the animal went through while being taken from its family and its home‚ to be locked behind a cage for the rest of his life? Do you remember leaving the zoo that day knowing a whole lot more about animals than you did before? Although

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    For years after I reach my majority I looked for him and never found him. Though with the slave trade being what it is‚ I suppose that’s to be expected. “I suppose my frustration at what happened to him and my later inability to help him‚ even after I was grown and had my own funds‚ is what caused me to do the things I’ve done. Well‚ it was a start of it anyway. Then as I began to give shelter to freed slaves I heard their

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    There are many reasons why people shouldn’t keep exotic animals‚ like monkeys and tigers‚ as pets. Exotic animals shouldn’t be allowed to be kept as pets because they are dangerous‚ hard to train‚ and could escape. Firstly‚ exotic animals can be very dangerous. The animals could easily get out of control. If the animal gets out of control‚ it could lead to the owner’s death. Secondly‚ exotic animals are extremely hard to train. Animals that normally live out in the wild aren’t use to being controlled

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