American Slavery  (tagged articles)

The Lingering Influence of Revolutionary Political Discourse From the Civil War and Reconstruction Era

Bhadrajee S. Hewage - The Civil War was a seminal moment in the historical development in the United States. The American Revolution may have created the U.S. as a sovereign nation, but the Civil War helped to determine what kind of nation America would become. The Reconstruction era, from... Keep Reading »

Bonds of Slavery and Bonds of Love: Investigating the Role of African-American Families and Marital Unions in the Struggle Against Slavery

Xavier G. Reader - Resistance to oppression is often found in the most unlikely of places. This article investigates the significance that families and partnerships played in fostering the emotional support necessary to sustain enslaved peoples throughout the onslaught of slavery in... Keep Reading »

Echoes of W.E.B. Du Bois' Double-Consciousness in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Mohammed Ritchane - A close scrutiny through a text-based analysis of Frederick Douglass’ Narrative of the Life Of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (1845), would reveal, unquestionably, that this narrative reflects the condition of the African-American as... Keep Reading »

The Captain's Compromise: Political Symbolism in Herman Melville's Benito Cereno

Brian Chen - Until the outbreak of civil war, the United States would continually try and fail to subdue the existential threat of slavery, with each attempt exacerbating the sectional tensions between slave and free states. In 1830, Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster claimed... Keep Reading »

Creating Life Within the Confines of Slavery: Comparing Northrup's Memoir Twelve Years a Slave and Genovese's The World the Slaves Made

Hayley E. Tartell - Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave (1853) provides a comprehensive first-hand account of slavery that both corroborates and challenges Eugene Genovese’s argument in his later analysis of the institution of slavery in The World the Slaves Made (1976).... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword American Slavery is tagged in the following 10 articles.

American History
2021, Vol. 13 No. 01
The Lingering Influence of Revolutionary Political Discourse From the Civil War and Reconstruction Era
By Bhadrajee S. Hewage
The Civil War was a seminal moment in the historical development in the United States. The American Revolution may have created the U.S. as a sovereign nation, but the Civil War helped to determine what kind of nation America would become. The Reconstruction... Read Article »
American History American Civil War Reconstruction Confederacy American Slavery Political Discourse
American History
2020, Vol. 12 No. 11
Bonds of Slavery and Bonds of Love: Investigating the Role of African-American Families and Marital Unions in the Struggle Against Slavery
By Xavier G. Reader
Resistance to oppression is often found in the most unlikely of places. This article investigates the significance that families and partnerships played in fostering the emotional support necessary to sustain enslaved peoples throughout the onslaught... Read Article »
American Slavery Antebellum South Slave Rebellion Marriage Family American History
Slave Narrative
2019, Vol. 11 No. 04
Echoes of W.E.B. Du Bois' Double-Consciousness in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By Mohammed Ritchane
A close scrutiny through a text-based analysis of Frederick Douglass’ Narrative of the Life Of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (1845), would reveal, unquestionably, that this narrative reflects the condition of the... Read Article »
W.E.B. Du Bois Double-consciousness Frederick Douglass American Slavery Slave Narrative
American Literature
2019, Vol. 11 No. 01
The Captain's Compromise: Political Symbolism in Herman Melville's Benito Cereno
By Brian Chen
Until the outbreak of civil war, the United States would continually try and fail to subdue the existential threat of slavery, with each attempt exacerbating the sectional tensions between slave and free states. In 1830, Massachusetts Senator Daniel... Read Article »
English Literature American History American Slavery Herman Melville American Civil War
American Slavery
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
Creating Life Within the Confines of Slavery: Comparing Northrup's Memoir Twelve Years a Slave and Genovese's The World the Slaves Made
By Hayley E. Tartell
Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave (1853) provides a comprehensive first-hand account of slavery that both corroborates and challenges Eugene Genovese’s argument in his later analysis of the institution of slavery in The World the... Read Article »
American History American Slavery American South Slavery Solomon Northup Twelve Years A Slave Slave Narratives
American History
2016, Vol. 8 No. 05
The Uprisings of Nat Turner and John Brown: Response and Treatment from the Abolitionist Movement and the Press
By Franco A. Paz
This paper examines two influential slave uprisings and the treatment these received by both the abolitionist movement and the press. The first section explores the country’s reaction to John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, as... Read Article »
American History Slavery American Slavery Historiography American Civil War African-American History Nat Turner Abolitionist Movement
American History
2015, Vol. 2014/2015 No. 1
The Concept of Property and Ownership in the Antebellum American South: Slaves, Slaveholders, Theft, Conflict and the Law
By John Wood
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
The role of personal property in our lives is one that to a very great extent we take for granted. We, in a crowded country such as the UK, all clearly understand that some things are ‘ours’, some things ‘others’ and some... Read Article »
Slavery American Slavery American South American History Ownership Antebellum South
American Slavery
2013, Vol. 5 No. 11
Reliving American Slavery in 12 Years a Slave
By Dustin R. Turin
As the lights dropped and I sank into my seat, I thought I was ready for 12 Years a Slave, the 2013 film adaptation of Solomon Northup's 1853 slave narrative. I was expecting a movie, a story told with images, music and sound. But, what I witnesssed... Read Article »
American Slavery Slavery American History Slave Narrative Twelve Years A Slave Solomon Northup Chiwetel Ejiofor
Slavery
2013, Vol. 5 No. 08
Sexual Relations Between Elite White Women and Enslaved Men in the Antebellum South: A Socio-Historical Analysis
By Anon S. Anon
There is ample evidence of sexual relations, from rapes to what appear to be relatively symbiotic romantic partnerships, between white slave masters and black women in the Antebellum South. Much rarer were sexual relations between white women and... Read Article »
American History Slavery Race Gender Sex Rape Power American Slavery
Slavery
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Slavery and Religion in the Antebellum South
By Iulia O. Basu-Zharku
For many decades, scholars have debated the importance of religion in helping slaves cope with the horrible experience of slavery in the antebellum South. However, the way they treated the subject differs and the conclusions they reached are varied... Read Article »
Slavery Slaves And Religion Antebellum South Religion Of Slavery American Slavery African American Traditions

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