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Reasons Behind 1787's Slave Emancipation Failure »

This 5 page paper looks at the practice of slavery and why, when a majority of people abhorred the concept, it prevailed for another century. The Constitution is discussed as it pertains to slavery. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Slavery »

A 5 page paper which examines how Mark Twain’s personal attitudes about the issue of slavery may have been incorporated into his classic novel, considering specifically whether or not the conflict between Huck’s ambivalence about slavery and his affection for Jim reflected Twain’s own inner conflict. Bibliography lists 5 ...
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U.S. History and the Definitive Component of Race »

This 3 page paper examines slavery and views race as integral to the practice. White slavery is touched on as well. Racism is discussed as something that is unique to American history. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Major Issues and Debates Leading to the American Civil War »

This 10 page paper examines some of the issues leading to the American Civil War, including slavery, states’ rights, and the expansion of slavery into the territories. Bibliography lists 4 sources
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Effects of Colonization on South Africa »

This 3 page research paper/essay offers a brief history of colonialism in South Africa, which focuses heavily on the slavery. The writer argues that the effects of colonialism and slavery continue to the present day. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Contemporary Slavery/Impact of Slavery in U.S. »

A 4 page research paper that addresses two topics, the first of which is the fact that slavery continues in the modern world. The second topic is the impact of slavery on the United States. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Slavery in America »

6 pages in length. The writer briefly touches upon the beginnings of slavery, slavery in America, Reconstruction, Civil Rights and Jim Crow. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Latin America and Slavery »

This 8 page paper looks at black slavery in the Latin countries and why slavery differed from region to region. Brazil is one country of focus in this analysis. Economics is discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Nineteenth Century South and Slavery »

A 5 page paper that provides an overview of the issues related to slavery in the South in the 19th century, including the fact that slavery was not a monolithic institution, that there were slaves who owned property, and focuses on the examples provided by Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs. ...
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Massachusetts and Slavery's End »

This 5 page paper discuses the event that acted as a catalyst to end slavery in this state. As one writer commented, because the North was free during the Civil War era, people have forgotten that slavery was practiced in the North early in American history. It was common European ...
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Economic Sanctions and How They Are Used »

This 5 page paper considers the role that economic sanctions should play in dealing with human rights abuses, environmental destruction and nuclear proliferation. This paper considers issues like those in Iraq and Cuba as examples of the way economic sanctions can have a positive impact. Bibliography lists 5 ...
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Political Aspects of Slavery »

7 pages in length. Indeed, there is nothing of a more political nature than the concept of slavery. Oppressing one from living a free life that is inherently granted to each and every person could not be any more political, for it goes against the very grain of ...
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Three Views of the Slave Trade in Africa »

A 5 page analysis of three articles on the origins of slavery. Eric Williams, Winthrop D. Jordan and David Brion Davis offer three contrasting views on the origins of slavery and how slavery interacted with the development of racism. While each view is logical and based on historical fact, the three ...
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Cuba, Mexico, and Revolution Causes »

This 5 page paper considers the role of nationalism in the revolutions in Mexico and Cuba. The paper examines whether nationalism can be cited as the cause of these revolutions of just as an outcome, or if there are other factors such as poverty that can be blamed. The ...
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Tocqueville/His Views of Blacks »

A 6 page essay that offer analysis and discussion of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. In the chapter entitled, "The Present and Probable Future Condition of the Three Races that Inhabit the Territory of the United States," Tocqueville describes the relations between the three, "naturally distinct" races that inhabited ...
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Narrative of Frederick Douglass »

The value in a narrative such as the one written by Mr. Douglass is that it was written at the time and tells the stories that happened to him and to the people who were part of his world. The year is 1845. It is approximately two decades ...
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Overview of Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution »

This 8 page paper analyzes the events and outcome of the Cuban Revolution. Discussed are achievements of the revolution and why there is so much disagreement on Castro's Cuba today. Several viewpoints are noted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Cuba and Premier Fidel Castro »

This 10 page paper provides an overview of the revolution and Cuba today with an emphasis on its present leader Fidel Castro. Fidel's ideology and significance is discussed as well. Issues such as the embargo and history like Bay of Pigs is also included. Bibliography lists 10 sources. ...
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Post-Castro Cuba and Globalization »

5 pages in length. The writer discusses how Cuba might have been had a different political and economic approach been taken after his death. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Cooling Off On Cuba »

A 7 page research paper in which the writer explains that we should normalize relations with Cuba because to do otherwise is unfair to American businesses who are eager to head over there. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia and the Cold War »

A 5 page paper which examines how the ideological Cold War between Fidel Castro's Cuba and the United States affected the novel's characters. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Virginia, Cuba, and the Practice of Slavery »

This 15 page paper attempts to explain the differences in the way that Cuban slaves were treated as compared to those in the state of Virginia. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
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Caribbean Community and Cuba »

A 3 page paper discussing Cuba’s effect on the Spanish Caribbean ever since the United States foreign policy that occurred after the war of 1898. This relationship continued with Cuba as the main focus. The paper examines the changes that have occurred since the revolution of 1959. These changes involve the economy ...
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The Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on the American Colonies »

This 5 page paper examines issues related to slavery in colonial America. Economic and social effects of slavery are discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Gary Nash/Race and Revolution »

A 12 page book review on Gary Nash's Race and Revolution (1990, Madison House Publishers), which presents the intriguing thesis that the Northern statesmen at the time of the nation's founding missed an ideal opportunity to take steps that would have greatly hastened the demise of slavery, and ...
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United States, the Caribbean, and Slavery »

An 8 page paper that explores the issue of whether slaves lived under 'better' conditions in either of these countries. The paper shows that the conditions of the slaves was similar during the years of slavery, and discusses the current debate on the socioeconomic impacts of slavery in the two ...
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Slavery Compromises and the Constitution of the United States »

5 pages in length. Discusses the statement "in dealing with the issue of slavery, when writing and adopting the U. S. Constitution during the summer of 1787, the founders arrived at several necessary compromises that were inconsistent with the ideals and principles of the Declaration of Independence." At ...
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The African American Dream of Equality »

A 4 page paper which examines the history of the African American people in relationship to slavery and society. The paper discusses how the African American dream is likely still a dream for many, in relationship to true equality in society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Raboteau & Elkins/2 Views of Slavery »

A 9 page book review/analysis that contrasts and compares Stanley Elkins' Slavery, A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life (1976), and Albert J. Raboteau's Slave Religion: The Invisible Institution in the Antebellum South (originally published 1978; revised 2004). These are texts that address aspects of slavery as practiced in ...
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Georgia Slaver »

A paper which looks at the various factors which combined to initiate the acceptance and legalisation of slavery in Georgia, which was the last colony to adopt the practice. The paper considers the economic, political and religious elements which gave rise to acceptance of slavery by Georgians, and the way ...
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Brazil's Democracy Development »

The development in democracy in Brazil has demonstrated a different pattern that seen in other parts of the world. This 5 page paper examines the development of democracy and includes consideration of the history as a Portuguese colony and the role of slavery as well as the military coups and ...
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Should Remunerations be Paid to Africa? »

This 10 page paper considers the issue of whether or not remunerations should be paid to Africa to redress the evils of slavery. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Abolitionism/There Was No Other Way »

A 5 page essay that draws on Fergus M. Bordewich's Bound for Canaan, a history of the Underground Railroad, in order to argue on whether or not the abolition of slavery could have occurred without the abolitionist movement. The writer argues that it could not and that the abolitionist cause ...
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Constitutional Convention Debates and the Notes of James Madison »

In two pages the author discusses, based on Madison's notes of the Constitutional Convention debates, the issue that struck as the most divisive and the most difficult to resolve for the delegates, which was the one of slavery representation and taxation. The questions of why this issue was intractable, ...
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African American Subjugation and Slavery »

This 5 page research paper explores the root causes and motivations, economic , social and ideological, behind the establishment of slavery in the American colonies. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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20th Century Race History »

This 6 page paper discusses the history of race in the twentieth century and included such major movements as slavery, segregation, desegregation, and the civil rights movement. Furthermore, many notable authors and their views on this topic are noted in this paper, such as Zinn, McBride, Mel King, and ...
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Slavery in the First and Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debates »

A paper which looks at the issue of slavery as discussed in the Lincoln Douglas debates (one and seven) with regard to the agendas of the participants, the debating techniques used and the way in which the issues surrounding abolition and civil rights are dealt with.
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Colonization and 'King Leopold's Ghost' »

8 pages in length. Hochschild's treatment of how African-Americans evolved into the slave trade is indicative of a much more significant challenge than most will ever realize; in essence, the author illustrates the dichotomy of slavery within an otherwise free and democratic society by transporting readers back in time ...
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Moody's Portrait of Racism »

This 5 page paper discusses Anne Moody's book, Coming of Age in Mississippi for illustrations about racism and activism. Also included are discussions about religion, slavery, gender bias and Moody's assumptions about the future. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Black Odyssey The African American Ordeal iIn Slavery by Nathan Irvin Huggins »

5 pages in length. Defined as a spiritual wandering or quest, the significance of Nathan Irvin Huggins' title "Black Odyssey" speaks to the notion of struggle amidst pursuit of a life embraced by freedom. Indeed, Huggins' treatment of how African-Americans evolved from the slave trade is indicative of ...
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US Slavery and the Impact of the Revolutionary War »

This 6 page paper shows teh impact of the American Revolution on the slavery and the resulting Civil War. Examples of racist attitudes and wording are exampled from such documents written by Jefferson, Madison, and other founding fathers. Consequences of political compromise is discussed as well as the 3/5's rule ...
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Character Adjustment to Slavery in Octavia Butler's Kindred »

A 5 page paper which examines how and why the character in “Kindred” by Octavia Butler seems to adjust to slavery so well. No additional sources cited.
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Slave and Master Impacted by Slavery »

This 9 page paper discusses the brutality of slavery as it affects both slave and master. Examples are given from the slave narratives of Mary Rowlandson and Olauda Equiano. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Issues Featured in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin »

This 6 page paper deals with the issues of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin. A synopsis of the novel is given and the ideas of both Stowe and Abraham Lincoln are compared in regard to the issue of slavery. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Slavery Abolition Debates »

An 8 page paper that defines the hottest event leading up to 1876 to be the debate over the abolition of slavery, not only on moral grounds, but also on the political grounds of retaining the union of states. Debate topics include writings and speeches made by Garnet, Douglass, Garrison, ...
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Slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska Act »

A 3 page discussion of how popular sovereignty was so difficult to achieve in Kansas because of the issue of slavery. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Slavery in Africa and Europe »

A 6 page paper which examines the institution of slavery in Africa and in Europe prior to the colonization of the Americas. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Antislavery: Slave Narratives And Abolitionists »

15 pages in length. The quest for eradicating slavery was an objective undertaken by a combination of both blacks and whites; while the black population represented the vast majority of abolitionists, there were enough of those from the white race whose voices made the effort count. Still, the ...
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Comparative Analysis of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln »

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the leaders of the United States and the Confederate States during the Civil War era. Leadership ability is a focal point and the issue of slavery is addressed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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A Slavery Overview »

A 7 page paper that explores slavery from the Revolution through emancipation. The paper explores the issue through the political processes and impassioned abolitionist statements that occurred during those years, including slave revolts, Dred Scott, compromises, a number of abolitionist statements, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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