Voices of Freedom articles.
“A Slave Describes the Middle Passage.”
Vocabulary:
Indulge: To yield to the desire or whim of; pamper.
Flog: To beat severely with a log or rod.
Loathsome: Repulsive or disgusting.
Summary:
This article is about a slave who was kidnapped and brought onto a slave ship. He didn’t know where he was. They put him below deck with many other slaves, and it smelled horrible. Some of the slaves managed to commit suicide, and if it weren’t for the crew stopping them, everyone else would have too because of the terrible conditions.
“A Slave’s Support For the Patriots.”
Vocabulary:
Grievance: A circumstance regarded as just cause for protest.
Unredressed: Cannot find.
Wanton: Immoral or unchaste; lewd.
Sway: To move or cause to move back and forth with a swinging motion.
Summary:
This is a poem. It is about slavery and how it affected many African Americans. And also it was about how African Americans were kidnapped from Africa and forced into a life of slavery they didn’t want.
“A Question of Slavery in the West.”
Vocabulary:
Unmolested: Still pure, un-tampered with.
Integrity: Strict personal honesty and independence.
Concession: The act of conceding.
Summary:
This article sounds like a speech given by someone living in the South, they say that they won’t give away slavery until they are fit to be a slave. I think they are mean and racist.
“The Dread Scott Decision: A Black View.”
Vocabulary:
Scandalous: Causing scandal.
Edict: An order given by a ruler or other high official, which must be obeyed by law.
Summary:
This is a speech by Fredrick Douglass. He is talking about the system of slavery and about how unjust the Supreme Court is. And if everyone thought the way the Supreme Court did, he might have to go to another country.
The writer of this poem is Gil Scott-Heron. He was born in Chicago, but spent his childhood in Jackson, Tennessee. Scott-Hereon went to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania because two of the people whom he admired went there. However, he taken a year off to write a novel. The audience for this poem is every person, but the specific audience is the media and the government. This poem is written to the media and the government because of how they did not want to portray African Americans, even though they had a big movement going on. Also, the government was corrupt and treated African Americans as they did not even existed.
Frances E.W. Harper and James Whitfield are two of the most influential anti-slavery poets of all time. Both individuals use poetry as a form of resistance and as a way to express themselves during a time of great racial tension. Their poems reach out to many different audiences, shedding light on racial injustices that were present in America. Harper’s and Whitfield’s poetry, like many other works that were written during this time, help us to better comprehend the effects of slavery on African Americans.
...slavery can no longer be hidden from the rest of the world, because political ideas possess no boundaries. Douglass concludes with a poem entitled "The Triumph of Freedom," to stress that freedom is unavoidable. By showing the detrimental effects of slaveholding on Thomas and Sophia Auld, Mr. Covey, and others, as well as proving that slavery is a practice that degrades the founding qualities of America, Douglass proves that slavery is unnatural and evil, and should be outlawed not only for the greater good of all society, but because it the great sin and shame of America .
In his speech, Frederick Douglass made it clear that he believed that the continued toleration and support of slavery from both a religious and legal standpoint was utterly absurd when considering the ideals and principles advocated by America’s forefathers. He began by praising the American framers of the Constitution, an...
Because of that, his writing seems to manifest a greater meaning. He is part of the African-American race that is expressed in his writing. He writes about how he is currently oppressed, but this does not diminish his hope and will to become the equal man. Because he speaks from the point of view of an oppressed African-American, the poem’s struggles and future changes seem to be of greater importance than they ordinarily would. The point of view of being the oppressed African American is clearly evident in Langston Hughes’s writing.
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Stricter gun laws simply will not work because the law-abiding citizens will be the only ones to follow the rules. When it comes to violence, the stricter gun laws will only help the criminals hurt more innocent people. The reason that I believe this is because during the Prohibition years in the United States people were still able to find alcohol and the government could not do anything about it. Then drugs became a huge problem and the government still has yet to find a way to stop all drugs from reaching consumers. This same exact thing will happen with guns. There is no stopping supply and demand and if a criminal wants a gun they are going to find it. In an article by Richard Carrington, an elder in the community that helps with troubled youths stated, “Last night I was talking to a young man who had just bought a gun off the street. He was dealing some drugs and needed a gun,” Carrington said. “I asked him where he got it. His response was ‘I’m a ...
“Silence and we will start our debate.” the judge stood up and calmed the audience. Douglas stood up and had a glance to all the audience. Then Douglas began his speech. “For seventy years, America has been a half-slavery and half-free country. Why shouldn’t the slavery continue? America is a big country and
He laments on the state of the Negro community which ought to have been freed about one hundred years ago. He particularly uses the historical document which became of America’s freedom today to talk to the Americans and indirectly asking why freedom was not granted to the blacks. King approaches his speech with a fair and non...
The speaker is Martin Luther King Jr, an African American who had to deal with all the cruelty and unequalness that blacks were getting. The occasion is to get equal rights for everyone in America, no matter their race or gender. The audience that Martin was connecting to was people with authority that would change the conditions of their lives and hardships, but was also to everyone that would listen and would try to make a difference. The purpose for King writing this speech was to get equal rights and show people that everyone is the same. The subject of the speech is the rights of african americans and how they are the same as whites. The tone Martin has is determined and destined to get the outcome the way he wants it to
the life of Harlem and knew that equality and freedom was definitely not present. The poem portrays
We have had gun control laws in the past. We thought that they would help the crime and murder rate decrease, but that was not the case. The crime and murder rate stayed the same, so we took away the laws. 11% of killing is from stabbing in Chicago. It was proven that if we took away guns all together then the 11% would increase rapidly. We need guns for protection more than anything. The police cannot protect us in every situation. We need to be able to defend and protect ourselves. (_Esmarttips. "Gun Control Arguments, Pro & Con." Smart Tips. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 May 2017).
The poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” symbolically connects the fate of the speaker of the poem and his African American community to the indestructible and powerful force on Earth- the river. The river embodies both power and dominance but also a sense of comfort. The poem is a prime example of the message of hope and perseverance to anyone who has suffered or is currently suffering oppression and inequality in their lives and in society. The speaker in the poem pledges to the reader that with hard-work, determination, and willpower to succeed, he will get where he is going regardless of the obstacles and challenges he may face on his path of reaching his goals in life.
The use of animals to discover cures and better ways to live has many benefits that help people with deadly diseases and individuals in everyday situations for contamination. One of the major benefits of animal testing is that “…it aids researchers in finding drugs and treatments to improve health and medicine. Many medical treatments have been made possible by animal testing, including cancer and HIV drugs, insulin, antibiotics, vaccines and many more. It is for this reason that animal testing is considered vital for improving human health” (Murnaghan). Numerous expanses of people have been helped by the results of studying and tes...
Hume’s view of knowledge is based on the empiricist theory which states that knowledge is only acquired through a sensory experience. Hume’s specific view on this is that everyone starts out the same with no knowledge or experiences when they are born and gain experiences and consequently knowledge throughout life. Even the most complex ideas are merely just a compilation of simple experiences. An objection to this could be that the human mind can go beyond what it knows and propose ideas that others cannot imagine, such as a creative person can. Hume would respond to this by stating that anything that goes beyond what people can perceive has no cognitive content. However Hume argues that the concept of putting two known things tog...