...Indentured Servants were basically men, women, homeless, prisoner, kidnapped or orphaned kids. These people wouldn’t work for money but in return, their master would have to shelter, feed, clothe. They would be free after about 4-8 years. They have a chance of obtaining land or other valuable items. Slaves, on the other hand, were from Africa. They were caught and sold by slave traders. Like animals, they were shipped around to colonies so they could work their butts off. The Masters had no power to change the status of the slave. They didn’t know English and were also most likely born into slavery. Some similarities were that they were both bought by their masters and had listened to their masters. They usually had died from serving their master and did lots of hard work. Families could be separated and if one ran away, they could be punished by being whipped or branded which was pretty officious of the masters. They never really got enough of anything. They did not have good clothes like people that were slaves did. They were also both transported far away from their...
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...Compare and Contrast Essay: Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass What is hypocrisy? It is feigning someone to believe what is or to believe what is not. Basically, an individual who is pretending to be someone he or she is not. All members of society can be a subject to be hypocritical. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the different types of hypocrisies between Frederick Douglass's and modern time. The three main differences are religious, political, and racial hypocrisy. In today's society, religious hypocrisy has withstood the test of time. Many people in the past and in the present time do not attend church on Sunday because of conflict with their hypocritical values, while the true hypocrites proclaim their devotion to God on Sunday, and ironically talk about their neighbor's lives, fight over simple traffic rules refuse to see poverty around them. Almost an outsider, Frederick Douglass witnessed withstanding of religious hypocrisy when it came to the slave holders and non-abolitionist of southern society. "Poor man! such was his disposition, and success at deceiving, I do verily believe that he sometimes deceived himself into the solemn belief, that he was a sincere worshipper of the most high God." (80). Mr. Covey showed that being a slave holder and a Christian is hypocritical to himself, because it is not possible for him to own and direct slaves while remaining faithful to their religion. During the 2008 presidential election, the Democratic...
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...Slave to his Own Everyman is warranted to slavery by his own devices. Whether poor, rich, peasants, slaves, or aristocrats, we are all citizens of the Earth. As stated by the Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger “Show me someone who isn’t a slave. One man is a slave to lust, another to greed, another to ambition. And all of us are slaves to hope and fear. (Shelton 183).” Seneca believed that no matter who you are or who they were, what right do we have as humans to be inhumane to one another. There are many lessons to be learned from the experiences of the past. I’m here to discuss the comparisons of slavery between the ancient peoples of Rome and Greece, with the institution of slavery as it was practiced in the American Ante-bellum South. Through the dissection of the past of these two cultures, we can compare how the economic importance, treatment of slavery, and reform effected how long slavery was instituted in both culture. In both Ancient times and the Ante-bellum South, slavery was a huge part of both social life and economic life. In fact, it is said that one third of the population of Ancient Rome were slaves (Shelton). The market for slaves itself was large, slaves could be brought, sold, and even rented out. Not only was the market for slaves large, they stimulated other parts of Ancient Rome’s economy. Slaves were used on farms, on public state projects, as household servants, as prostitutes, and even as gladiators, Slavery was view as tradition so embedded into daily...
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...Frederick Douglass intends to express his different states of mind as he thinks about slavery and freedom. He wants to convey the effect slavery can have on a normal, sane person. Douglass contrasts freedom to his enslavement when he writes, “You are freedom’s swift-winged angels [...] I am confined in bands of iron!”. He compares the boats to the feeling of freedom, then continues to juxtapose that to his situation, where shackles and slavery which restrain him to the plantation. This metaphor conveys Douglass’s depressed mental state at this specific point as he thinks about what his life could be like if he wasn’t a slave. This negative mindset begins to make Douglass question the existence of God. He exclaims, “God, deliver me! Let me...
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...Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Course Humanities in the World since 1300 at The University of Akron. March 5, 2015 Introduction This is an analysis of slavery based on two stories: The History of Mary Prince and Semsigul. In addition, there is comparison and contrast of the two stories along with supporting or dissenting arguments offered in the Overfield readings with regards to slavery in the Spanish colonies. The perspective of this analysis looks at the following aspects of coerced labor: 1. The relationship between the master and the slave 2. The struggle of the slaves against the slavery system 3. The impacts of the slavery system on the health of the slaves The Mary Prince account is autobiographical hence, although in her own voice, there may be some liberties given to the facts and conflicts of interest when delivering details of her story objectively. In addition, there may be some instances where she would have a limited perspective. By contrast, Semsigul’s story is her testimony within a police report –just facts and answers to questions. Alonso Zorita speaks on behalf of the indigenous in his account of Indian forced labor in the Spanish colonies. His accounts will be used to further compare and contrast the two main perspectives. The Relationship of the Master and the Slave In the slave society...
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...I am writing in response to Laura Colarusso’s published online article, “The Five most outrageous Obama Care analogies” published on November 9th, 2013. Laura Colarusso believed that the topic of healthcare reform has inspired some decidedly heated rhetoric. This is why she has listed 5 examples of the most outrageous analogies. The focus of this article is to compare and contrast the negatives of Obama Care to negative events in world history such as slavery, and World War II. In my opinion, the analogies being compared to Obama care share several differences, which I will show by looking at each of the different analogy comparisons themselves. Many issues and concerns have rose by some of the analogy comparisons made by Laura Colarusso....
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...John Nicolet June 5, 2015 Compare and Contrast 1. Compare and contrast the Magna Carta to the U.S. Constitution. A.The 6th amendment of the Constitution reads "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjpy the right to be confronted with the witness against him." Also it was in the Magna Carta that "No freeman shall be taken or imprsioned or exiled or in any waydestroyrd except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. B. In Paragraph 29 of the Magna Carta it reads as follows, "No freeman is to be taken or imprisoned or disseised of his free tenement or of his liberties or free customs, or outlawed or exiled or in any way ruined, nor will we go against such a man or send against him save by lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land. To no-one will we sell or deny of delay right or justice. It reads the same in Amendment 6 that " In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial..wherein the crime shall have been committed." 2. Compare and contrast the English bill of rights of 1689 and the U.S. Constitution. A.The Bill creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech as well in the Constitution it talks about the seperation of power of each branch of the government. For example in Article 3 Section 2 talks about the Judical branches power and powers that the Supreme Court...
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...During the 1800s, slavery was a massive issue spread out all over the country. Abolitionist slave Frederick Douglass became one of the several African-Americans to help change that in today’s societal standards. Douglass had been patronized all of his life as a slave and was brought to a community center to speak publicly about his issues. In Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?,” Frederick shows an exaggerating amount of figurative language, pathos, and logos throughout his speech to convey his message. Figurative language makes an appearance all throughout the speech. There are plenty of examples of figurative language in the speech; allusion, metaphor, antithesis, and parallelism. For example, the constant allusions to God made the audience emotionally connect with the speaker, considering the majority had been believers of God in any way. Giving the audience something to compare helps them earn...
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...Convention’s Debates on Slavery took place in 1787 and was reported by James Madison. James Madison was a white male born in Virginia and was the leading delegate for his state of Virginia in the Constitutional Convention’s Debates on Slavery. He also became the chief recorder of information because he took an abundance of detailed notes. The notes that James Madison took during the Debates on Slavery were published right after the convention concluded. It was published for the public to view in the thirteen states, even though Rhode Island did not have a representative at the convention. It was the public who pushed for the delegates to meet in Philadelphia to revise the Articles...
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...l650-1750 Analyze the cultural and economic responses of two of the following groups to the Indians of North America before l750/ British, French, Spanish Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society in 2 of the following regions prior to l740/ New England, Chesapeake, Middle Atlantic How did economic, geographic and social factors encourage the growth of slavery as an important part of the economy of southern colonies between l607 and l775? Compare the ways in which 2 of the following reflected tensions in colonial society/ bacon’s rebellion, pueblo revolt, salem witchcraft trials, stono rebellion To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution? Dbq Analyze the impact of the American Revolution on both slavery and the status of women in the period from l775-l800 Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the problems that confronted the new nations Analyze the contributions of 2 of the following in helping establish a stable government after the adoption of the constitution/ John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington Although the power of the national government increased during the early republic, this development often faced serious opposition. Compare the motives and effectiveness of those opposed to the growing power of the national government in 2 of the following/ whiskey rebellion, Virginia and Kentucky...
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...Sherae Bonner History 231 Honor Sachs November 1, 2015 Fredrick Douglass The Narrative of Fredrick Douglass focuses on the harsh reality of slavery in the southern United States and the push for the abolishment of slavery as whole. Fredrick Douglass discredits the slave owners’ account on slavery by going into great detail about his life as slave and the cruel realities that many slaves, including himself, faced on the plantations. Fredrick takes us through each of his slave masters and tells about each one in great detail and described them as good or bad. This book has a significant amount of historical importance because Fredrick Douglass gives his firsthand account on his life as a slave and his push for freedom. Secondly, his autobiography...
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...In a chapter titled “The Matthew Effect” we see that often, one’s success actually directly relates to the opportunities they receive. Gladwell compares this to the Canadian Hockey League, where those who have earlier birthdays in the year are pitted against those who have later birthdays in the year. Therefore, those who have earlier birthdays are often larger and a bit more skilled at hockey than their younger peers. As such, they get chosen by their coaches to receive extra training, and they end up becoming the pro hockey players that all Canadians see on the television and hear about on the news. If one had a roster of all of the players on a Professional Canadian hockey team, they would be surprised to find that most of the birthdays are in the months of January, February, and March. All those players received special treatment that helped them excel in hockey. African Americans were never given a chance like...
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...The issue of slavery was one that divided the nation like nothing else had in the brief history of the United States. It was one that many of the founding fathers disagreed with, but the reasons as to why they did not think a system of slavery should continue, were extremely varied. Another confounding aspect was that many of the founding fathers owned slaves, even though they did not think such an oppressive way of life was just. Two of these founding fathers were Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Rush, both slave owners who spoke for the equality of slaves, but had different understandings of equality and freedom. Rush looks at slavery as a blatant disregard of the moral human code. He argues for a moratorium on the importation of slaves’ form Africa,...
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...Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Tubman: Compare and Contrast How are Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Tubman alike? How are they different? Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky and grew up on the frontier. He became the sixteenth President of the United States. Harriet Tubman was born sometime in 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Tubman was born as a slave, eventually she ran away to freedom, and became an American icon before she died. Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Tubman are famous historical figures who played important roles in American history. Abraham Lincoln’s and Harriet Tubman’s leadership style is similar in some ways. Both of them fought slavery with confidence. The story titled “Lincoln: A Photobiography,” stated that “He complained about the protection, but he accepted it” (Freedman 771). Lincoln could've chosen to revoke the law that freed the slaves, but he knew he made the right choice. The story titled “Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the...
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...Compare and contrast how Pontiac and Equiano differed in the ways they address white audiences? Pontiac was an Ottawa Indian leader who became famous for his role in the Pontiac’s Rebellion. He encouraged a plan for the Indians of several different tribes to fight and regain their lost independence (Foner, 2014, p.81). With his guidance, the Indians detained several British forts and slaughtered hundreds of white settlers who imposed onto Indian lands. In one of his speeches, he clearly addressed the Englishman that he and the Native people clearly refused to give up and allow them to take total control over what was left to them by their ancestors. Equiano also known as Gustavus Vassa, was a prominent African involved in the movement towards...
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