Abolitionism

Throughout this essay I am going to explore and discuss the UK civil rights Movement starting with the Abolitionist Movement and how it impacted social reform, later moving on to the topics war and mass migration concluding with key figures involved in the civil right Movements during 19th century. More often than not the Civil Rights Movement is associated with the fight for social equality in the USA. The deprivation and ill treatment of black people in America holds long history of abuse…

Prohibitionist Carrie Nation was a very aggressive and precise piece of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union during 1874. Carrie is an abolitionist of alcohol during the late 1800s, her role during this time was mostly defined by her perspective, her vision,her reasoning and her experience. These reasons are why Carrie is such a memorable abolitionist. Carrie Nation’s perspective was very manipulated throughout her life. Carrie had learned to read and spent much time with the Bible during her…

In the mid 1960s, farm workers experienced many hardships and labor without being given enough resources to live comfortably. Cesar Chavez argues how farm workers should be treated like humans and that we should fight for their rights in his speech, The Union & The Strike. Fighting for the workers’ rights requires forming a union which will show how power can come in numbers. Using moralistic and ambitious diction, an audacious and zealous tone, logos, pathos and syntax, Chavez was able to share…

Turner’s Analysis Stephen B. Oates “The Fires of Jubilee Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion” is a book about the slave rebellion that took place in 1831 at Virginia Southampton. This book is an historical narrative in reference to Nathaniel Turner, an educated black slave who organized other slaves into a very bloody battle against their masters. Nat was born into slavery and believed he should be freed because he knew how to read and write. He was willing to do anything to be freed, even kill to…

William Wells Brown and The President’s Daughter It should be impossible during the nineteenth century for any man of color to become a renowned author, lecturer, or medical practitioner, but William Wells Brown broke the stocks of the societal norms in antebellum America to make his name part of its literary history. Born in Kentucky, he would adopt his name as homage to a Quaker who helped him reach his eventual freedom in Ohio. Brown became an active voice against slavery and a proponent for…

Frederick Douglass’s narrative, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, is written primarily to the northern white readers with the goal for them to understand the impact slavery has on the slaves. The readers are exposed to two major themes, the first is the severity of slavery and the second is the lack of education the slaves are allowed. Frederick writes the narrative as his own personal history to demonstrate that slavery was an atrocious system. He is considered a significant part of…

In the mid 1960s, farm workers experienced many hardships and labor without enough resources to live comfortably. Cesar Chavez argues how farm workers should be treated like humans and that we should fight for their rights in his speech, The Union & The Strike. Fighting for the workers’ rights requires forming a union which will show how power can come in numbers. Using moralistic and ambitious diction, an audacious and zealous tone, logos, pathos and syntax, Chavez was able to share his ideas…

“Friedrich Nietzsche on Master and Slave Morality,” an explication by Dr. John Armstrong, explains Friedrich Nietzsche's view on morality that argues Slave Morality is created to restrict “superior” people. To achieve such a claim, Armstrong compares and explains Master Morality and Slave Morality, and he further reveals the flaws of Slave Morality, “[the] artificial boundaries that constrain the strong from reaching their full potential” (5). Opening his analysis, Armstrong chronicles the…

In John Adams’ Reflection on the Missouri Question, Adam identifies the true motivation behind the expansion of slavery. Adam mentions that it is agreeable that slavery is an evil practice. Along with that statement, Adam points out that the practice of slavery is contradicting to their independence from Great Britain for freedom. Adam identifies the true motivation of expanding slavery is due to people’s soul pride and continue in their condition of being a master. It is not for labor that they…

“when the first slave was brought to the cape“ is a powerful poem by Shabbir Banoobhai that tells history of slavery in South Africa which the naked eye cannot see. It is a poem that uncovers the thoughts of the oppressed slaves. This poem shows slavery in a very different light than other poems do. This is a positive showing of slavery. The poem, in my opinion, is a form of protest poetry to empower those who were considered others. This poem tackles a social issue of the others being seen as…