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- 321: Hobbes Leviathan
- ... some petty villain. Locke describes this absolute arbitrary power to take away somebody’s life whenever one pleases despotical. Subjection to a despotical power is the equivalent of being in slavery which is nothing but being in a state of war between slaves and their master. Slaves are not masters over their own life and do not have the authority to ... is only when the slave becomes master of his own life, that he can have a right to the means of self-preservation. With a compact between citizen and government, slavery ceases and the state of war ends. It is made clear that people in nature are free and cannot, by definition, voluntarily submit themselves to slavery, as; …this freedom from absolute, arbitrary power, is so necessary to, and closely joined with a man’s preservation, that he cannot part with it, but by what forfeits ...
- 322: Frederick Douglass
- ... child he would wonder why he was a slave, and why everyone can't be equal. His thoughts frequently came back to him, leaving him with a great hatred for slavery. In 1836, Frederick had finally had enough of his imprisonment, and attempted an escape with many other slaves. The escape was not successful, Frederick and the other slaves were sent ... Douglass made his escape to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Upon his arrival, Frederick took up his new assumed last name Douglass, to escape being captured. In 1841, Frederick attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket Massachusetts. Here, his impromptu speech he gave showed him to be a great speaker. The opponents of Frederick believed that he was never a slave, because of ... name of his old master on the slave plantation. Upon learning of this, his old master sent slave catchers to New England to bring him back. Fearing a life of slavery again, Frederick fled to England. Here in England, he gave many lectures on the abolitionists movement, and earned sufficient funds to buy his freedom in America. In 1847, Frederick ...
- 323: Biography and History: Harriet Jacob's The Life of a Slave Girl
- ... its heart is a reconstruction of facts from the memory of the author. In the case of Harriet Jacobs, it was also important that she make sure the readers understood slavery from a woman's perspective. The hardships she had to endure not only entailed the work and the punishments, but also the sexual aspect of being a slave-girl. Her ... the day when they will be sold. Mothers fear that their children will be taken from them, rebellious slaves fear they will be beaten. We just don't understand what slavery is unless we are given a direct contrast like this. Another method to get the readers to truly understand her problems is to try to compare feelings with situations. For ... comparison to hers. As a writer, Jacobs has to make herself look more human and real to the readers, because they come into the book with pre-conceieved notions about slavery. She does this by writing occasional sarcastic comments, the kind that we all make in our lives. When her grandmother lends her mistress the money she has saved, she ...
- 324: Buffalo Bill
- Buffalo Bill William Frederick Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill, was born into an anti-slavery family. He had a rough childhood, but despite this hardship he grew up to be an adventurous wild west showman, and achieve many historical goals. On February 26, 1846, near ... when he was thrown from his horse. Because of this, William not only lost a brother but he lost a very good friend. In 1854 William, along with his anti-slavery family, moved near the city of Leavenworth, Kansas. This was not an easy move for the Cody family seeing how most of that part of Kansas was pro slavery. They were worried about this because earlier in Iowa a dispute about slavery between Isacc and his brother Elijah, led to Elijah stabbing Isacc. Luckily, he survived and nothing ...
- 325: Henry Thoreau
- ... the family pencil-making business by inventing a graphite flotation process which made Thoreau pencils superior to those of competitors. During his travels, Thoreau also lectured on issues such as slavery. He was an effective speaker, but lacked Emerson’s skill of fully communicating with his audience. His last excursion was made to Minnesota in 1861. He left, hoping that the ... to be " A man of rare common sense and directness of speech, as of action: a transcendentalist above all, a man of ideas and principles," Two of his famous essays, "Slavery in Massachusetts" (1854) and " A Plea for John Brown" (1859), display his strong feelings about the abolitionist movement. One of his most famous works is "Civil Disobedience," (1849), and it is considered to be the most widely read of all American essays. In 1845 while living at Walden Pond, Thoreau refused to pay the poll tax. He was resisting slavery, as paying the tax to essentially gave support in Congress to southern leadership, represented by the Mexican War and by appalling laws concerning slavery. His refusal to pay the ...
- 326: Andrew Jackson
- ... people and to which his opponents used as a weapon against him. But, alas, Jackson was not to be denied votes since he stood so firmly on the issue of slavery. Defending slavery caused him to finish with the most popular votes overall, but did not get enough votes to win the electoral college. Upon which case, the irony of this election started ... is, in the rise to politics. Relationship Between Book & 19th Century American History This book's intricate relation to developments of the 19th century include the rights and questions of slavery, the American Frontier and its ideals of the "self-made" man, and questions about the rights of Indians to their lands. Regarding the slavery issue, the book tells clearly ...
- 327: Frederick Douglass
- Frederick Douglass Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass lived to become one of the most influential figures in African American history. As a young man and a slave in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was recognized as a ... blacks in Baltimore. Douglass is remembered as a great speaker. His speaking abilities were developed in the secret debating club called the East Baltimore Mental Improvement Society. He escaped from slavery to New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1838. There he discovered the newspaper of the leading white abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator. Douglass and Garrison soon impressed one another and would work together for social reform and the abolition of slavery. Because of his speaking ability, Douglass soon became the major drawing card at meetings of the abolitionist society. A deep melodious voice, grace and a flair for the dramatic ...
- 328: Famous African Americans
- ... U.S. President John F. Kennedy awarded him the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist and advocate of women's rights, born into slavery in Hurley, Ulster County, New York, and originally named Isabella. (She was freed when New York State emancipated slaves in 1828.) A mystic who heard voices she believed to be ... Frederick Douglass became one of the foremost black abolitionists and civil rights leaders in the United States. His powerful speeches, newspaper articles, and books awakened whites to the evils of slavery and inspired blacks in their struggle for freedom and equality. Douglass founded a new antislavery newspaper, The North Star later renamed Frederick Douglass's Paper in Rochester, N. Y. Unlike Garrison, he had come to believe that political action rather than moral persuasion would bring about the abolition of slavery. Douglass also resented Garrison's view that blacks did not have the ability to lead the antislavery movement. By 1853, he had broken with Garrison and become a strong ...
- 329: Blacks: Indirectly Enslaved
- ... the Civil War was over, reconstruction began in the south. During this time, many things were done to rebuild the United States. Different issues were examined; one such issue was slavery and what to do with the newly freed slaves. Slavery was abolished with the 13th amendment after the Civil War, but indirectly slavery remained for southern blacks, for through social, economic, and political domination by the southern whites, southern blacks remained enslaved. Southern whites kept blacks re-enslaved economically by keeping them ...
- 330: Frederick Douglass - The Man
- ... child he would wonder why he was a slave, and why everyone can't be equal. His thoughts frequently came back to him, leaving him with a great hatred for slavery. In 1836, Frederick had finally had enough of his imprisonment, and attempted an escape with many other slaves. The escape was not successful, Frederick and the other slaves were sent ... Douglass made his escape to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Upon his arrival, Frederick took up his new assumed last name Douglass, to escape being captured. In 1841, Frederick attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket Massachusetts. Here, his impromptu speech he gave showed him to be a great speaker. The opponents of Frederick believed that he was never a slave, because of ... name of his old master on the slave plantation. Upon learning of this, his old master sent slave catchers to New England to bring him back. Fearing a life of slavery again, Frederick fled to England. Here in England, he gave many lectures on the abolitionists movement, and earned sufficient funds to buy his freedom in America. In 1847, Frederick ...
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