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    even die. Why would the government want to put women through this horrible experience? For this reason abortion should be kept legal‚ so women would not have to go to the extreme of having back alley abortions or any other kind of unsafe abortion. I stand behind the saying “my body‚ my choice”. It should be the pregnant woman’s decision to do what she likes with her body. I believe that the female having the baby should be the one to decide if she wants to have the baby or not. Why should someone

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    Should Animals be Kept in the zoos? A zoo is a place where animals are kept and displayed to the public‚ and in which they may also breed. Have you ever been to a zoo? Because we have zoos‚ we can go there to see wild animals‚ such as tigers‚ giraffes‚ elephants‚ koalas‚ and so on. Having zoos is convenient for us to see wild animals. If we don’t have zoos‚ we want to see wild animals‚ we need to go to forests. Although zoos probably are not a good idea to treat them‚ I still agree that we should

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    treatment of slaves and I was also shocked to notice that the masters had no sympathy or compassion. However‚ this slave Frederick Douglas was a very smart slave who learned and suffered along the way to obtaining his freedom. Something that I find extremely interesting is despite his treatment and the things he observed and experienced‚ he was still able to overcome his life as a slave‚ earned his freedom‚ and on top of that he became an intelligent man who wrote his own experience as a slave. This is

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    Should Orcas be Kept in Captivity? In my opinion I think orcas should not be kept in captivity because they are dangerous. They will not be kept in their natural habitat. And they get stressed from being enclosed. It is to dangerous for orcas to be kept in captivity. They are to hard to understand nobody knows what can happen. What if they go wild or something. What if they can’t control themselves. I mean they are used to doing every thing on their own. What if they get taught. What can happen

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    Lemaitre 4E Thursday‚ November 14th Essay: How important were humanitarian concerns and racism in the treatment of slaves? Slavery has always existed: Romans had slaves; Muslims had black slaves since the 7th Century. The Slave Trade from Africa to the West Indies started in the 16th Century. Slaves were needed to work on the plantations because of labor shortage. The treatment of slaves consists in how the Europeans took care of their slaves. Humanitarian concerns are concerns on the happiness and

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    educated slave is a dangerous slave”. Throughout this book we find that the main goal of slave masters is to keep their slaves in a state of “mental darkness” to prevent them from them realizing that they are more than slaves; that they are actual humans. We first see this when Frederick is on the Auld family plantation and Mrs. Auld is teaching Frederick how to read‚ because she thought it was the right thing to do‚ since her husband Mr. Auld was the one who knew the true meaning of a slave which

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    1) How did freed slaves respond to Reconstruction? How did freedom affect the economic‚ social‚ and political life of former slaves? In what ways was their freedom still incomplete? With the abolition of slavery came different reactions.  The Blacks who were freed were undoubtedly‚ grateful and extremely happy.  With their freedom they began to search for other ways to feel more like a free person; for example they found their own names that were different from the ones given to them by their masters

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    Why did the slave trade come to an end? Why did the slave trade come to an end? In this essay I am going to write about “why the slave trade came to an end?” The Atlantic slave trade developed in the 16th century. By the 18th and 19th centuries‚ the public had come to hate the trade and called for its abolition. Because in the northern state of America thought that it was wrong for the black people to be their slave so the northern state and the southern state had a war and the northern state

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    Traditions should be kept alive Nowadays‚ many people in Thailand face an issue about losing traditions because of coming traditions from west countries. However‚ some people say that developing countries should change some traditions for existing in the real world In my opinion‚ the traditions should be kept alive because I believe that the traditions can reveal the history of your country and show what you are. In the present time there are lots of complex difficulties about traditions in

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    Part 1: The slave trade was conducted by the Europeans in order to raise their profit of sugar plantation‚ and they cornered Africans into a harsh situation during and after the voyage. From the early 1500’s to the early 1600’s‚ the Europeans increasingly bought slaves from Africans who needed weapons and other food supplies for their ongoing wars. To maximize the profit‚ the captains of slave ships wanted to carry as many healthy slaves for as little cost as possible by choosing either a loose or

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