American abolitionists

White American abolitionist, Wendell Phillips, in his 1861 discourse, shows the force and quality of political pioneer and progressive, Toussaint-Louverture. Phillips' motivation is to remind his group of onlookers that legends have originated from the most improbable individuals, and accordingly, African-Americans ought to be permitted to serve in the military. By embracing a reverent and reflective tone, appealing to pathos and logos, and using historical and mythological allusions throughout…

The book i choose for the Book Review is “12 Years a Slave” by Solomon Northup.A memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup and edited by David Wilson.A true story. This book tells the story of Northup a black man who was bon in New York a free slave, he gets tricked to go to Washington D.C. Northup gets kidnapped and sold to slavery in the Deep South. For 12 years he was in bondage in Louisiana. In secret he was able to get information to his friends and family in New York, they secured his…

Roger Baldwin: was an American politician who served as the 32 Governor of Connecticut from 1844 to 1846 and a United States Senator from 1847 to 1851. As a lawyer, his career was most notable for his participation in the 1841 Amistad case. A lawyer named Roger Sherman Baldwin, hired by the abolitionist Tappan and his black associate Joadson decides to defend the Africans. Baldwin argues that the Africans had been…

Thoreau, Henry David. "Henry David Thoreau: Resistance to Government or Civil Disobedience." American Transcendentalism Web. Ed. Jessica Gordon and Ann Woodlief. Virginia Commonwealth University,, 1999. Web. 12 Jan. 2016. . In this selection of quotes from Thoreau, in addition to excerpts from his writings, one can deduce that Thoreau was passionate about political reform. Henry Thoreau argues that American voters should vote on political issues of the time, rather than voting for a…

people, Harriet Tubman was an influential leader in her time and moved many people into freedom during the slave era. Born circa 1820, Harriet Tubman accomplished the seemingly impossible throughout her life; leader of the Underground Railroad, an abolitionist, Union nurse during the Civil War, and supporter of the suffrage movement. She amazingly did all this being a minority woman in a time where white men were the only ones in a place of power. Harriet Tubman’s birth name was Araminta Ross,…

survived childhood. John was a radical abolitionist who believed in the violent overthrow of the slavery system. John moved to Plainfield Massachusetts and enrolled in school. He transferred to an academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. First, John Brown was an American abolitionist. According to “John Brown (Abolitionist).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Dec. 2017, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist). “John Brown was an American abolitionist who believed and advocated that armed…

of Independence Day. Frederick Douglass was a phenomenal public speaker, his voice was strong and his words were captivating. Although he initially denied this offer because he felt that it wasn 't the right setting or subject for him, his white abolitionist colleagues insisted. So when he stood in front of his audience of about 600 people in the town square, most of whom were white, he gave his 20 minute speech. It started off as what was expected of him but slowly turned into something that…

James, C.L.R. The Black Jacobins. New York. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 1989.Print. The Black Jacobins (1938), by African -Trinidadian writer C.L.R James is the history of the 1791–1804 Haitian Revolution also known as the French colony of San Domingo. The text centers on an ex-slave named Toussaint L’Ouverture, who became the leader and an advocate of the French Revolution ideals. James emphasizes that Toussaint “presence had that electrifying effect characteristic of great men of…

Nella Larsen’s Passing is a great read that I enjoyed. Her depictions of 1920 society and the emphasis on the benefits and downfalls of skin color made this book an interesting novel. Skin color in Larsen’s Passing was a big deal. One could receive benefits solely because of skin color. So why was skin color so important and why did it matter to the main characters Clare and Irene? Maybe the history of skin color differences in America, the emphasis society has on skin color, and finally…

gave other races and cultures a glance in the average African-American life and struggles. John Mercer Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. Shortly after his birth, his father left to Mexico to escape racial prejudices, and he and his mother…