Thousands of copies had been sold to both the North and the South, but yet slave owners and supporters were blinded by money and greed that they were stubborn to see the inhumanity of their acts. An 1852 lithograph by Colin R. Milne of, KY depicted a chaotic, malicious
Document A is a painting of Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch Man-of-War, 1619. The New World’s need for labor was fulfilled with indentured servants, brought from Europe, and African slaves, brought by the millions to the Americas. The painting shows the ship and the order of these landings. Document A gives the audience the ability to see the way that slavery came to be in and impacted the Americas. Document C gives statistics on the amount of people forced to migrate and work in the Americas.
Labor and slavery are central themes that are similar in both “Slave Girl in California” and “The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass. However there are opposing themes such as liberty and
By providing both accounts of this unfortunate historic reality it is easy to show students the realities and emotions that many people endured during the slave trade, while also specifying the details of how and why families were separated. Images are also a great way for students to put a face to a name or picture to an event after reading primary sources that include rich information, names, dates, and events that might be hard to remember without an image to help reinforce the material. Students are provided with a richer interpretation of the historical events for those who read the graphic portion of the novel before the primary sources. It forces students to create their own analysis of what they believed happened, possibly between different sections of the graphic images or behind the scenes of what is not being portrayed in the images. They are then able to refer to the primary source section of the novel to learn the underlying information that is missing in the graphic
Each device is effective independently, but their placement augmented Douglass’ protest of slavery and racism. First, Douglass recounted his childhood using imagery and metaphor to establish an understanding
‘’ The head, neck, and shoulders of Mary were literally cut to pieces.’’ (page 38). Douglass appeals to the audience by using imagery in a visualizing way, to give the audience a way to imagine it in their head, to see the hurtful things that went on. The use of imagery from Douglass displayed how slavery was heartbroken. Along with paradox and imagery Douglass uses parallelism to describe how slavery was inhuman by expressing how slaves was frequently whipped.
Exhibits that offer little structure offer visitors a cop-out to not fully engage with and begin to comprehend the themes of the exhibit. The Holocaust Museum tackles this challenge quite well, as their main permanent exhibit, “The Holocaust” is a highly structured exhibit, that essentially herds visitors throughout the three floor historical timeline. In order to “help all Americans see just how central African American history is for all of us” it is crucial that the main exhibit be a structured, one entrance, one exit exhibit that promotes thoughtful engagement with all the exhibit has to offer. In order to engage with the four core legs of the NMAAHC mission, the permanent exhibit should collaborate with other museums that highlight African American history and culture (ex: Anacostia Community Museum, African American Museum in Cleveland, and the Slave Mart Museum) to craft an exhibit that highlights the history and influence of black leaders and culture, both in America and internationally. This major exhibit should focus on the influence of prominent African American leaders and principles and thoughts that transcend black’s struggles in America, but also resonated in other global struggles.
In a map by Leon F. Litwack, it displays when states abolished slavery and/or when the final slave died or was freed. For example, in New York, slavery was abolished in 1799, while the last slave disappeared in 1827 (Doc 1). The map allows reader to see when the significant abolition of slavery occurred in all the states, and the map is biased because it celebrates the end of slavery. The map is revolutionary due to it demonstrating how African Americans have successfully overcome that period in their life. In a speech by a young African American valedictorian, he states that “no one will employ [him]” and that “white clerks won’t associate with [him]” (Doc 2).
The Betrayal of Heritage Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia on February 9th 1944. On her journey to success she worked as a social worker, teacher and thereafter she became a lecturer. She was also part and parcel of the Civil Right Movement in Mississippi during the 1960’s. Apart from being a reputable poet and writer, Walker also won herself a Pulitzer award for fiction on account of her 1982 novel “The Color Purple”. “Everyday use” is a short story found in Walker’s (1973) collection “In love and in Trouble”.
Alice Walker was a social activist, born in 1944. She is very popular for her novel “The Color Purple” that was published in 1982. Before that, she wrote “Everyday Use” in 1973. It is a short story about a family that branches out in their own way throughout the years. She shows us that the daughters were being directed into two different pathways.
Utilizing ethos, logos, pathos, and empathy, Douglass paints the portrait of his life as complete as possible, laying bare the horrors of slavery and calling for action. He creates a narrative flow that encapsulates the reader into himself, and forces them through the hell he crawled through to give them these few but full pieces of paper. All the anger, pain, hope, desire, bravery, and fear. Every emotion, every lashing, every aching step is summarized and imprinted into the reader for the sake of humanity’s collective soul, and for the salvation and deliverance of those in bondage. Had Frederick Douglass not have the strong grasp on literature, we might not ever have had such a complete picture of slavery, and might not have solved the issue as completely as we
“I started playing little games with myself, pretending what it would be like if I were a slave,” said Kara Walker as she was a teenager ("Kara Walker"). Kara Walker is an African American artist who make a big shock on me by her artwork. I found out it when I came to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Its name is The Nigger Huck Finn Pursues Happiness Beyond the Narrow Constraints of your Overdetermined Thesis on Freedom – Drawn and Quartered by Mister Kara Walkerberry, with Condolences to The Authors, 2010. Because of that, Kara Walker bases on the story of the character Huckleberry Finn (Huck Finn) to portray the protest against inequality, unjustified, mistreatments, etc.
Documenting not only the fear that the slaves faced but also the violence of both physical and sexual abuse, the most ghastly account was towards a slave women he was imprisoned with named Patsey. She was a slave who had the misfortune of
Sookan changes from a little girl that was afraid to do anything that she was not told to do at the beginning of the book to a strong, Brave girls that protects her brother when they are in centrian danger when trying to get to the south. On example of Sookan at the beginning is when grandfather has her and Inchun wash his feet and not for mother to do it. " Will you rub some of that oil on my feet?" " My daughter, did you not hear me ask my grandchildren, not you, to do it this time...... it would not hurt them."
Frederick Douglass writes his narrative to educate the reader on the horrors of southern slavery. Douglass writes with the purpose of turning the reader against slavery and fight for abolishment. Throughout Frederick Douglass’s narrative he crafts figurative language such as imagery, repetition, and similes to shed light on the horrors of slavery and to get people to fight against slavery. To give the reader a detailed picture Frederick Douglass utilizes imagery. Douglass uses imagery in great detail when describing the beating of Aunt Hester, Before he commenced whipping Aunt Hester, he took her into the kitchen, and stripped her from neck to waist, leaving her neck, shoulders, and back, entirely naked.
