Essays on Slavery

In “Caloya” William Gilmore Simms writes and gives the reader a view of slaves, making them to be rebellious and disobedient toward their owners, whereas in Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, slaves are very timid and afraid to go against their masters’ wishes. The “Caloya”…

During the agrarian era, the color of one’s skin created a social superiority for America, which developed into a slave system organized by gender, class, and status. White slaveholders made exorbitant investments in the intensive labor of slaves, which provided the economic foundation in the…

Deep faith in white supremacy not only justified an economic and political system in which plantation own¬ers acquired land and great wealth through the brutality, torture, and ownership of other human beings, it also endured long after the institution of slavery was gone. Even when…

The Life of John Ames Thus far in Marilynne Robinson’s epistolary novel Gilead, John Ames appears to be liberal in his spiritual life. As a reverend and a pious man, John always maintains strong beliefs in Christianity, but also opens his vision to writings of…

Thoreau and Alcott on Slavery During the 19th century, the antislavery movement was a huge concern for most American authors who wrote literature to abolish it. This concern issue attracted female and male writers to devote their writings to advocate the African slaves, where they…

In the years leading up to the civil war the union was noticeably unstable. With the election of Abraham Lincoln many of the people living in the southern states became very skeptical of Lincoln’s political decisions. They believed that Lincoln would take away their right…

The Slave Trade expanded on a dramatic scale post eighteenth century, however there were clear benefits to many European powers and the nations of Africa itself from the fifteenth century onwards. It is also true that the benefits were felt more greatly for some during…

Dear Captain Philips, I have written to you because I wish to help you decide whether or not to continue the slave trade. You should because according to Facts on File, at your time people believed that slavery in the Americas gave a better life…

Economic Causes and Social Effects of the African Slave Trade, 1550-1800 A European need for relevancy in an increasingly global economy led to exploration and a subsequent boom in the African slave trade. The cause was an increased need for cash crops such as tobacco…

“To all the good people of France, I write before you with the hope that you have an open heart for the change that I believe shall take place, to truly make France a better nation. With that being said, I, Lafayette believe that slavery…