Alexander Falconbridge served as a surgeon on the ships that transported slaves through the middle passage. He managed to only make four voyages between 1780 and 1787 due to the harsh circumstances he was witnessing, which ultimately led him to write An Account of the Middle Passage. The Middle Passage was the hardest and most dangerous part of the voyage for any slave transported out of Africa. The article carefully describes the strenuous conditions the slaves were in while being in the ships. An analysis of Alexander Falconbridge’s An Account of the Middle Passage reveals how this surgeon’s perspective aided the progression of the abolition movement by showcasing a new perspective of the Middle Passage, and how his purpose was to inform the general public on how dreadful these
Elijah of Buxton, written by Christopher Paul Curtis, is set in a small settlement of runaway slaves in Buxton, Canada in 1860. The settlement compromises of fields with horses and mules along with thick woods. This book takes place during a time of slavery in the United States. Runaways from Kentucky and other Southern states came to Buxton to be free from slavery with the help of abolitionists. In Buxton, there were also children who were born free such as Emma Collins, who is used by the town to draw in runaways, and Elijah Freeman.
Bart D. Ehrman. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings. New York: Oxford University Press, Fifth edition, 2012 SUMMARY The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings is an 536 page, illustrated, historical guide to early Christianity and many of the early writings of the time—not just those of the New Testament Canon. As the title boasts it is used as an introduction textbook for scholars studying the New Testament.
In Narrative of the Lift of Frederick Douglass, Douglass succeeds in grasping the attention of his audience by using countless rhetorical strategies, enabling him to portray slavery as it truthfully was. Written 20 years before the Civil War, the memoir served as a tool to influence and alter the minds of those supportive of slavery. While times have changed and slavery has been abolished, the memoir is continually used as a means to remember the past, preventing recurrence. Throughout the memoir, Douglass recounts his experiences as a slave, illustrating to his audience how slaves were brutally treated. His experiences consist of violence upon a fellow slave or upon himself.
The Civil War was a time period of social, political, and economic tensions. The North and South fought to decide whether to stop or continue slavery. Abraham Lincoln, the then president, addresses the two crowds before and after the war; however, in the second address, after the war, he uses specific literary devices to convey his message, of the need to end slavery. Abraham Lincoln uses varied sentence structure and appeals, in his succinct Second Inaugural Speech, to try to bring back harmony in the states and the abolitionment of slavery. Abraham Lincoln uses varied sentence structure to emphasize his message of harmony and abolition of slavery.
Abraham Lincoln was first wanting to show that 87 years ago our fathers created a new nation to form a nation that gives the offer that all men are equal. He says that this war is actually about which side can create an idea that everybody can live with happiness with respect and love. What he’s really saying is that the Civil War is testing our nation. That 's why we’re in the middle of this war. Lincoln states that we give a piece of this land to honor those who gave their lives in hope that the nation might live as a final resting place.
His obedience to God was honored after it was noted Daniel’s choices of food and drink made him stronger. The king spoke with Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Nebuchadnezzar found them to be ten times better than all other magicians. All four men received knowledge and understanding, while Daniel received the ability to understand visions and dreams (Daniel 1: 8-19). Daniel’s character was determined because he resolved in his heart to follow after Jehovah God regardless of the cost.
In Helena Maria Viramontes’ novel, Under the Feet of Jesus, Estrella starts off as angsty and confused, but then shifts to a state of contentment and understanding, caused by life experiences. These character traits are revealed through the selection of detail, figurative language, and tone. Initially, Estrella is immediately characterized as “very angry” when she finds Perfecto’s “foreign” toolbox. She uses a tone of confusion that illustrates her unfamiliarity with the objects in the tool box by using words such as “funny-shaped”, and using a simile comparing her confusion with the tools to the alphabet which Estrella “could not decipher”.
Throughout chapters 10-36 in the Book of 2 Chronicles, there are twenty rules that are brought to attention for the twenty rulers. All of the rules are very appropriate for what a leader should look like in the House of God, and they are all things that I hope to someday adhere to. I find that almost all of the rules are applicable to my life, but there are a few that I recognize as areas that I could work on more. One of the rules that I find more challenging than the others is to seek first the Great Physician for my healing.
He faces conflict created by the antagonist, which is God. Abraham encounters his conflict when God asks him, “Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of” (22:2). The conflict of having to give his son up to God is both physical and internal. It is physical based on the fact that Abraham must literally kill his son, and this is not something he necessarily wants to do. Additionally, the conflict is internal because Abraham must decide whether to trust or question God’s intentions behind such an extreme request.
Argument paper. The Middle Passage is the part of the trade, where Africans, tightly packed on ships, were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to the West Indies. The journey lasted for several months, at this time the enslaved people basically lay in chains in rows on the floor of the ship 's hold. Genocide, in turn, does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of the nation, except for the massacres of all members of the nation.
Abagail Adams wrote a letter to her son, John Adams, who is traveling abroad with his father. Abigail Adams, who was a women back then during the Revolutionary War, didn’t have much political rights. Adams was huge in politics and so was her son, second president of the United States. Adam's uses rhetorical devices to advice her son that he is the only person that can control his future and he must know how to pull through difficulty when it's being tested. To advice her son about this, she uses many rhetorical strategies.
Chapter 13 – Exercise: Detailed Observation for Jonah 4:1-11. Jonah’s Prayer of Displeasure of Prayer (4:1-3) 1 “But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.” Observation: vs.1 is a continuation of chapter 3.
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Rhetorical Analysis The purpose of this speech is detailed in the time period. This speech was written/spoken at the end of the American Civil war. It is President Lincoln’s way of putting a tentative end to the war and a start to the recovery period. He is still oppressing the south in his diction when he states “Both parties deprecated war: but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.
In Chapter 12 of the Book of Genesis, Abraham is introduced and the son of Terah, husband of Sarah, and uncle of Lot. Before long, God begins to test him. God tells Abraham that he must leave his home, family, and connections, and if he accomplishes this God will bless him. In Genesis 12:4 it says, “So Abraham departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him…” showing that Abraham did not hesitate to follow the word of God.
