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The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire by Karl Jacoby is about a successful entrepreneur named William Ellis who lived an extraordinary life. Born into slavery as William Ellis in Victoria, Texas, he later decided to begin his new life as a Mexican named Guillermo Enrique Eliseo to…

Juan Manzano tells many stories of everyday life as a slave in Cuba. At first, his view is a bit different from other slaves, in that, he was a slave that enjoyed privileges not other slaves enjoyed. Manzano was fortunate enough to grow up with a mistress who was very fond of him and appreciated…

One film that I’ve seen recently, which I think deserves merit is the movie Harriet. According to IMDb (Internet Movie Database), this film is based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic African American freedom fighter. Harriet tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and her transformation into one of…

Douglas Wrote this book and gave such a in-depth description as to his experience of being a slave in the south. As something that was normal to the white folks , but to Douglass he felt like those were not rules that he needed to follow or other slaves. There were rules that they needed…

“Had we started in a fine, attractive, convenient room, I fear we would have “lost our heads” and become “stuck up.” It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for one’s self” (Washington, p62). The truth of this quote is exemplified in the lives of the…

In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the author Mark Twain uses satire to stress the “civilized” and “uncivilized” people in the plot of his story based on their appearance and behavior. Following the Civil War, once again became strained. The imposition of Jim Crow laws, designed to limit the power of blacks in…

“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going…” were the immortal words of abolitionist hero, Harriet Tubman. She said this when explaining the importance of…

In The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass addresses the negative impact of religion on the slave institution through his use of literary terms including biblical references, allusions, and irony. Yet, many scholars suggest that his narrative does not just portray a negative impact, but an anti-Christian message to his readers. Scholars have…

Slavery and captivity are terms that are well-known in the history of America. People were held against their will, bought in slave auctions and were thought of as less than human for hundreds of years. During the American Colonial Period, Mary White Rowlandson wrote about her time in captivity in her autobiography The Sovereignty and…

The Law Codes of Hammurabi is one of the most influential codifications that was utilized in ancient history. These codes highlighted the growing influence of centralized government on the personal lives of the citizens within the Babylonian society. The Law Codes furthermore portrays the Babylonian society as society who is very strict and abide by…