Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Stowe makes an analogous statement to this in describing the daily plight of black slaves. Most whites view the system of slavery as natural; they see black as inferior to them and therefore designed to serve them based on the color of their skin. Blacks however see bondage through the forced biblical paradigm that has been imposed upon them. Stowe makes the analogy that African Americans suffer daily in bondage like Christ suffered on the cross. Overall Uncle Tom’s Cabin is filled with religious overtones of martyrdom, imposed religion, and genuine piety of the slaves in bondage.

Captain Anthony punished the slaves by whipping them. Douglass mentioned that he saw his Aunt Hester getting whipped repeatedly on numerous occasions. He said he felt so helpless having to watch her get whipp... ... middle of paper ... ...It was a great book that explained how bad slavery was by someone who lived part of his life as a slave. This book went in depth on all of his experiences which really pulled me in to the book and made me want to read more.

Some time later, Eliza's husband, George Harris, who escaped slavery when his master told him he must marry another woman and never see Eliza again, discovers of his wife's escape. He then sets out to find her. George and Eliza are rejoined eventually and prepare for their escape to Canada. In the meantime, Tom while on a Mississippi river boat meets a young girl named Eva St. Clare. The little girl ends up falling into the river and is saved by Tom.

His firm Christian principles in the face of his brutal treatment made him a he... ... middle of paper ... ...act that the war was needed to end all conflict. In Conclusion, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate documentation the tragic break-up of black Kentucky families “sold down the river.” Its political impact was immense, and its emotional influence immeasurable. In a time when most people sat back and accepted slavery as a way of life, Harriet Beecher Stowe portrayed it as a long slow death. Because she dared to be different, her fame will eternally endure. Like most white writers of her day, Harriet Beecher Stowe could not escape the racism of the time.

The institution of American slavery was fraught with many heart wrenching tails of inhuman treatment endured by those of African descent. In his autobiography Frederick Douglass details the daily horrors slaves faced. In Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave he depicts the plight of slavery with such eloquence that only one having suffered through it could do. Douglass writes on many key topics in slave life such as separation of families, punishment, and the truth that would lead him to freedom, and how these things work to keep slavery intact. In the words of Frederick Douglass, “My mother and I were separated when I was only but an infant…It is a common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age.” (22) The bond between mother and child was broken before it had chance to form.

Though I really can't agree with how he went about trying to gain his freedom, the author's way of writing left me little choice but to urge Nat on. In all, I was captivated and moved by the story. Though this really did not change my interest in history, I really did enjoy reading it and would really recommend it to anyone who wants to get a total grasp of how horrible slavery was. Stephen Oates has a way of writing that transforms the reader into the actual rebellion and allows one to see and feel the circumstances of Nat Turner's insurrection and the consequences of it to the South. I can tell that Oates performed rigorous study to present an accurate portrayal of Nat Turners' story.

Children would mature more often because they would see a white man kill a black slave because he ran away. The fact that children have known what these people did and to grow up and become the same makes the 19th century evil. The slavery in this time was evil and that is what Stowe always refer to when you see the way the world is in this story. The evils in this story was clear to anyone who reads it. Stowe shows the world in the eyes of slaves and the readers gain an understanding of how slaves were treated and how they had to survive in those years.

The books use two different styles to convey a similar story of despair in which supposedly loving Christians dehumanized and tortured their own human brothers. Slavery was run by the greed of the large plantation owners of the South. The overwhelming desire to continually gain wealth led slave owners to forger their wholesome Christian values, and take up habits that could only bolster their profits regardless of the harm it brought to slaves. Most of these habits were to break or dehumanize slaves. One common practice was to not allow slaves to know their ages.

Being on the ship, Olaudah met people from all different countries. He found that some were fairly nice including the British and Spanish crew men, however, men like that were very few. More often than not, the authority on the ship and in the cities that Olaudah visited were vicious. The stories he shares of the slaves begging on the ships for the scraps and suffering from illness. The horror of it all heightens Olaudah’s desire to aid the fight of abolishing slavery.

putting his life constantly at risk. He delivered many speeches throughout his lifetime and spoke of the horrible atrocities and evil that was perpetrated against black people under slavery. He wanted to “arouse the callous hearts of the American people” (Huggins, 70). He felt he could not stand by b... ... middle of paper ... ..., at the annual meeting of the Equal Rights Association, Douglas addressed the urgency of the vote of black men. With the establishment of the fifteenth amendment extending the vote to black men and not women friction was created between the two causes and greatly split them.