The Book of Negroes

Society has set the stereotypical standards of life throughout history. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee expresses her thoughts on social justice using the character Atticus finch. She set his character, one that is full of wisdom and moral rightness, up against society’s bigoted views to express to the audience that social justice is not fair when society has to pick he verdict. In Atticus’s social environment, he does not seem to partake in many activities within his community…

There are spoken town that are all white on purpose and don’t allow blacks to live there. After watching the injustice files where he went on to find out more about these sundown towns. He had a book with him to help guide him through the city. The book was called the green book safe travels for negroes. It depicts where it was safe for black travelers to go or where they can spend the night. He came across a case where a 21-year-old women was caught in a sundown town after dark was murder. she…

Yet, Du Bois contemporaries praised his book for its thoroughness and scholarship (MacDonald). It is important to note that I focused my attention on analyzing the chapter of The Black Worker, while many reviews focused on Black Reconstruction in America for its entirety. Although I find many…

Imagine being a young slave who only wants nothing but freedom. The book, Coming of Age in Mississippi, written by Anne Moody, an author and a slave, who focuses on one of the most controversial topic in 1860 which is slavery. In this book, Moody talked about a questionable case which some Negroes have a voice to speak up, though, they don’t use it. In Coming of Age in Mississippi, Moody carried her own autobiography with her phenomenal characteristics such as being a caring person, who values…

Kill a Mockingbird” Tom Robinson was accused for raping Mrs. Ewell. In the news article a black man was also accused for something. Both men were shot for reasons that shouldn't have happened. "Which, gentlemen... some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some…

Dubose, and Tom Robinson are all very courageous because they always do what is right instead of what is easy. First of all, Atticus supports all the Negroes and is not prejudiced against them because of their skin color, Furthermore, Mrs. Dubose is addicted to the drug Morphine, but she finally gets rid of her addiction with her last breath. Moreover, Tom is clearly portrayed as a mockingbird throughout…

‘’Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." . (chapter 20, Lee). Atticus is explaining the importance of how ignorance should not be tolerated, and the people who take innocent lives won’t face the consequences. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee reveals the social values of Family, equality, and love that she…

Cause of Freedom “Lafayette was a leader in the American Revolution against the tyranny of England; he was a greater leader in the revolt against the tyranny of slavery” (Gillard 355). Lafayette had a plan for equality that was influenced by his trip to America and by his wife, Adrienne. Lafayette’s plan was a gradual abolition of slavery. He wanted to educate the slaves to prepare them to be citizens, then later grant them their citizenship. He put his plan to work in Cayenne, New Guiana where…

.or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil”(https://www.goodreads.com). People are either fighting for power or are blinded by it. The books King Lear, by William Shakespeare, a powerful King who lives through lies and deception with relationships that end in tragedy. The Book of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill, a woman with no power taken and forced into slavery that must fight for freedom. Aminata and Lear reach limitations in their life and come to changes in…

In her most famous book, TKAM, she introduces discrimination in the 1930's. A major character, Tom Robinson, fights for his innocence alongside Atticus Finch after being falsely accused of rape. The books main type of discrimination is by race/color. In the story, Mayella, Mr. Ewell's daughter is "raped" by Tom Robinson however there is no evidence to back it up. She appears beaten on her right side in front of the court, she strongly implies Tom did it however he was crippled from his left hand…