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    “This America belongs to them just as much as it does to any of the white race... in some ways even more so, because they gave the sweat of their brow and their blood in slavery so that many parts of America could become prosperous and recognized in the world (Baker).” America relied heavily on slavery, not only because it was a profitable market, but because America had a small workforce making it hard to find work to cover the large amounts of land, which was solved by having slave plantations…

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    Imagine a day, where you 're happy and full of life, to one where you 're happy,and full of life, to one where you hate life, as much as you hate yourself. A place when the pigment of your skin, became your enemy. No longer human, but less than an animal. Death was no longer feared, but appreciated. This occurred in the lives of ook the action,far too many African Americans. They were abused physically, mentally, and spiritually. Many of them were bonded by chains, by then white Americans with…

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    Known as the Reconstruction Era, the United States endured a financial revolution noticeable by; the growth of the industrial wealth, development of big business, large scale agronomy, and the upsurge of national labor unions and industrial struggle. With all this industrial change taking place around the country, the South was still in turmoil. The confusion in the South, arose from the abolition of slavery in 1865. Many former slaves faced an uncertainty in regards to their future in this…

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    Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States, and abolitionist movement played a huge part in abolishing slavery to its core. Abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Wendell Phillips were part of this movement; among these abolitionist Frederick Douglass stands out the most because he was born as a slave, he had experienced the slavery, and despite being a slave, taught himself how to read and write. He shares his experience…

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    Slavery is a major part of U.S. History regardless of the negative reflection it puts on the United States. Slavery divided politicians, as well as states. Slavery was not the reason for the Civil War in the beginning, but it was always a main factor of the war, especially after the Emancipation Proclamation was introduced. In the article, “A Man but Not a Brother: Abraham Lincoln and Racial Equality”, by George M. Fredrickson, writes about Lincoln and his stance on slavery. Fredrickson records…

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    Slavery began in the early 1600’s when the first slaves were brought to Jamestown, Va to help aid with the production of Tobacco. Back then they weren’t called slaves, but indentured servants and worked for the farmers for 7 years due to the colony not having a code for slaves. When their 7 years were up they set free and given land. As exports became more valuable farmers became hesitant about letting their indentured servants go. Slavery didn’t become legalized until 1645 it was then that…

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    Lincoln’s Great Is Too Great It is highly recognized that praise or credit is given upon an individual who has worked for and therefore deserves it. And in that same sense is it greatly admired and praised highly of when you rip only what you sow and not of others work. It will be quite ignorant and frankly unfair not consider the legal abolishing of an individual being a property to another by Abraham Lincoln as an act of little worth because even though it relieved not all blacks from…

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    On October 7th, 2016, Netflix released an original documentary called 13TH, produced by Ava DuVernay. The documentary provides a historical account of the U.S criminal justice system following the end of the Civil War, and continuing to the present. The documentary could not have come out at a better time, as the country is currently in the midst of a national discussion of police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement. The excellence of 13TH is evident in its position as the opening film…

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    2. The phrase “five score years ago” is an allusion to the event that happened 100 years ago from the date, which is 1963. The event, which occured in 1863, was the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all black slaves from the slave owners. This allusion gave Dr. King a strong start to his speech, as he uses the date as a stepping stone to approach the topic of racial injustice that Negroes are facing in America. 3. King’s allusions to the Declaration of Independence and the Bible occur as…

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    Contemporary Slavery

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    Think of last time you have bitten into a nice, juicy, piece of fruit. Now realize that the majority of delicious food we all sustain on comes from the hands of slave labor.- Contemporary slavery is a hot topic across the globe. Well, what is slavery, you might ask. A definition of contemporary slavery is a person held against their will at risk of violence or economic exploitation. The U.S. Agricultural industry employs immigrant slaves from Mexico and Central America . Hiring illegal…

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