Essays on Slaveholders

Introduction

The African diaspora has resulted in a wave of “migration” of Africans from the African continent to other parts of the world. The main reason for this is the slave dispersal that moved Africans from Africa to America, the Middle East and even to the Far East. The dispersal that took place is thought to be one of the greatest forced migrations in the history of humankind (Britannia Academic: Slavery). There is always the ideology that all Africans, no matter where they find themselves around the world, are bound together by their traditional cultures and diasporic experiences. This paper ...

Motherhood is a sacred act for each woman. It is the most powerful and spiritual component of a woman’s life. Published in 1987, “Beloved” by Toni Morrison depicts heart-wrenching lives of African slaves and explores the mother-child relationship and the experience of black women in an unjust and prejudiced society. “Beloved” was based on the real story of a slave woman called Margaret Garner who killed her own child. This masterpiece emphasizes the barbaric and cruel effects of slavery and oppression of black women in the circumstances of racial inequality and abusive behaviors. They were not allowed to ...

Introduction

Slavery and the slave trade are timeworn practices and institutions in all continents of the world. Slavery and slave trade involved the sale of land, animals, people, etc. different scholars have given various reasons for slave trade, including the need for labor in agriculture, political reasons, commerce, among others, They claim that these reasons may have led to the rise of slavery. There are two dimensions of slavery in pre-colonial Africa: Internal and external slave trade dimensions. The slave trade across the Sahara, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and the Arabian worlds was termed as the external ...

Post U.S. – Mexican War through 1870’s

When the US – Mexican War (1846 – 1848) was over, the territory of the USA increased for almost 30%, as a part of the Mexican territory became the US land. The territory of the USA expended, but some critical issues raised; they were connected with the governing of the new territories and, basically, the questions about slavery. The main concern was between the North and the South. “The Northern Whigs and Abolitionists feared the attempts to plant cotton in the new territory. Slaveholders feared that the slavery would be banned and they would ...

Introduction

Harriet Martineau was born in 1802 and is considered one of the first Western sociologist. She taught herself political economic theory and became an expert in the field. She wrote about the relations between morals, economics, politics, and social life. She was also one of the first women in journalism. Several of her ideas about society and the political economy was presented with stories. Over her lifetime, Martineau was known for her strong anti-slavery and feminist standpoints. She believed that in order to understand the status of women, one must do a thorough analysis of society. She also was ...

Motif of the Quest of Adventures of Huckleberry

A motif represents the dominant idea in any artistic material. The novel Adventures of Huckleberry brings out the motif of slavery. This is demonstrated by the novel’s setting at a time when slavery was legal before, just the Civil War. The motif is also shown through varied characters as most of the novel characters are either white slaveholders like the Phelps family, Miss Watson and the Granger ford family or are characters who indirectly profit from slavery, like the king and duke who turn in Jim - the runaway slave- to Phelpses for a reward of money. Meanwhile, ...

The coming into existence of slavery and the manifestations associated with the system, shaped American society in many ways including socially, economically and politically. There were views that the country was divided regarding how the society viewed the slavery system. The community was characterized by beneficiaries of the system, and those who thought that the system contributed to unfairness with regard to the distribution of the resulting benefits (Foner 1). Socially, slavery introduced divergent visions regarding how the Northerners and Southerners viewed and ideal society. Southerners celebrated slavery and openly criticized capitalism. The Southern community was depicted as upholding ...