What chances did enslaved African-Americans have of obtaining permanent freedom through revolt or escape? What factors work in their favor? What factors work against them?

What chances did enslaved African-Americans have of obtaining permanent freedom through revolt or escape? What factors work in their favor? What factors work against them? The chances that enslaved African-Americans had of obtaining permanent freedom through revolt or escape were few and far between. In the film Solomon...

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How does gender shape the experiences of the slaves in the film?

How does gender shape the experiences of the slaves in the film?           Gender dramatically shapes the experiences of the slaves in the film. For example a female slave in the film had a much harder time than the male slaves. As shown clearly with Patsey, because she was a female Edwin Epps raped...

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How do changes in ownership affect working and living conditions?

                How do changes in ownership affect working and living conditions?           Changes in ownership drastically affect working and living conditions of slaves. From the movie we can observe that when Solomon Northrup was on the cotton...

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BLOG: Slave Narrative

                                 Slave Narrative          This slave narrative is about a slave named, Miss Irene Robertson. Miss Irene Robertson was a slave in Washington, she had two slave masters and lived with...

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Tecumseh Speech

                             Bob Marley- Get Up, Stand Up, Ft.Tecumseh             The song "Get Up, Stand up" by Bob Marley greatly reflects the theme of standing up for one's rights depicted in Tecumseh's Speech....

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Slavery in America Timeline

                              Slavery in America Timeline 1. 1600 Crossing of the 2. 1692 Slaves arrive in James Town3. 1763 Population of slaves increase to 230,0004. 1852 Fugitive slave act is put into order5. 1852 Harriot Tubman furthers...

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The Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening was the spearhead of the evangelical trident that made its way across the great plains of the United States of America. Because of the separation of politics and religious negotiations in the U.S government. The Second Great Awakening consists of Congregationalists, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians,...

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To my long distant family

When you’re traveling constantly it’s easy to forget where you’re going and where you came from. Conversations went a different way when I was talking to these people, the people back in Cambridge would have called these generous loving beings "savages". They weren’t expecting me to be there when they went for their daily rounds,...

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Election Day!

                                                                           Election Day! Election Day is a day in which Americans...

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National Anthem Remix

Mateus Siqueira 10/16/14 National Anthem RemixORIGINAL Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! REMIX Keep us coming into greatness!We will fight’ith when we need toAnd “In God is our trust” shall be our goo And the star-spangled...

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Lewis and Clark blog post

Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery set out to explore the Missouri river and to become friends (if possible) with the natives. Part of the mission was also to discover new plants and animals, that were not known to humans before.                        ...

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Great Journey Through Lowell

              My journey through Lowell MONDAY 10/6/14 Today was Monday, I woke up and grabbed the closest pair of boxers I found. Then I proceeded to stumble my way into my shower, got out and threw some clothes on. By this point I was somewhat in a clearer state of mind, I rushed...

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Constitutional Issues - Boston Marathon Bombing

1. Miranda warnings Dzhokhar Tsarnaev taken into custody                        Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the name that we are all talking about in this case. The issue at hand is that Mr.Tsarnaev was not read his Miranda rights before he was questioned, the main issue...

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Compromises!

      Great Compromise The Great Compromise truly struck a chord on the banjo of history. What basically happened was the Virginia delegation wanted to make votes proportional to a state's population, the problem with this was smaller states. An example was New Jersey, the New Jersey delegation did not want...

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Declaration of Independence Blog Assignment

King George III:Hey! Just checking in on you guys,how's it coming along? Thomas Jefferson:How is what coming along? King George III:You know the whole us(me) controlling the colonies thing. Thomas Jefferson:How do you think its coming along?  Drafting Committee King George III:That looks like fun! Whats the party...

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French And Indian War

                                   "Join or Die. Drawing by Benjamin Franklin, May 9, 1754 The French and Indian War took place in 1754-1763,The French and Indian War was fought between British America and New France.The French...

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