Abraham Joshua Heschel

Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin & the Great Depression, written by historian Alan Brinkley, offers a compelling and intriguing voice to the already existing debate surrounding Huey Long and Father Coughlin. Both historical figures lived during the time of the Great Depression and, as argued by Brinkley, were important in the politics of the New Deal. Huey Long, nicknamed “the Kingfish,” was the governor and state senator of Louisiana who wielded power in the state so profoundly…

Douglass used descriptions of events and circumstances to illustrate the dehumanization of African Americans by slave owners. However, Douglass utilized literary devices to create art and humanize himself and, by extension, all African Americans. Douglass often wrote analogies in his work. Douglass stated that physical violence “was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery,” thereby comparing physical violence to a gateway into slavery, which was like Hell. Hell is known to…

The book “Fire of Jubilee”by Stephen Oates is about a slave called Nat Turner. Nat Turner was seen as a prophet of God by his family, other slaves, and white people. Turner did preach to slave for a time being. But he left preaching to reflect on life and get closer to god. After his master died, he moves to another plantation. When he was in the fields he felt like he wasn’t treated right since he knows more than any regular slave. The reason why is that he thinks he knows more than any other…

John Proctor, was a farmer from Massachusetts who was well respected in his community. He had all the things a yeoman in the late 17th century could ask for: honor, land and family. Most would assume that someone with his kind of status would be last person to be accused as being a witch. Yet he was later convicted for being a witch. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Proctor was convicted and hanged for being a witch. A tragic hero is considered to be one who suffers a downfall due to the…

Uncle Tom's Cabin Outline Uncle Tom’s cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe talks about all the terrible things slaves had to endure during slavery as a way to get slavery abolished. She explains many stories of slavery, some uplifting but most of it was very tragic. Her overall intent was to show how inhumane slavery was and that it should no longer exist. And she expresses this intent by showing how slaves were wrongfully punished, how religion affected slavery and showing the different types of…

Strategic Review Procter and Gamble will be 180 years of age. The organization began with a straightforward handshake between two men: William Procter and James Gamble (subsequently the name Proctor and Gamble or P&G) in the mid 1830s in Cincinnati Ohio. The organization began making and offering cleansers and candles. On October 31, 1837, the men went into an association understanding which was a hazardous time to begin a business, in light of the fact that a great deal of banks were shutting…

Slavery in America took place in the 17th century. It was a system that allowed individuals to own, purchase, or auction off other individuals. Because slave-owners considered their slaves as either properties or animals instead of human-beings, slaves were treated like animals. Slave-owners inflicted both physical and mental abuse to their slaves. For example, slave-owners committed cruel acts such as flogging their slaves and even killing them. Additionally, slave-owners viewed themselves as a…

Slavery’s roots have long been a part of the America’s past, and continue to play a role in its development. Though many slaves suffered for their entire lives, some few were fortunate enough to get that taste of freedom they so deserved and shape their new lives in the direction they desired. In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Frederick Douglass examines the elusiveness of freedom through his transformation from an ignorant slave-boy into a knowledgeable and…

The Process Through Perspectives In the nineteenth century, the slave market had a great impact in American history. Through the book, Soul by Soul, Walter Johnson sought to rectify and comprehend slave trade through the different perspectives of the traders, slaves, and buyers. The interactions of these perspectives allowed for a clearer understanding of the American slave system. Traders were responsible for marketing and selling slaves. Slaves were seen as objects or prices rather than…

For years slavery has been one of the most unexplained, and also unresolved issues in American history. The emotional toll that slavery has taken on society today is one of the most interesting to understand. Depending on who you ask some people say that slavery was actually “good for society today”,which is something that is an opinion and can never truly be justified. The history of slavery is actually more than just one culture, nationality or religion. It’s more than just what the books…