Social Problems Essays

Abstract The book ‘Harriet Tubman: The road to freedom’ is very well written and the writer Catherine Clinton is crystal clear in her words and it seems she tries to answer every question that a reader might ask while reading the book. The language that Clinton has used to write …

Origins of Slavery in North American             An empty ship cargo, except for 20 or more Africans aboard, of a Dutch ship was headed for Jamestown one late summer (PBS 2007).   The slaves were originally aboard a Spanish ship but they were sold to the Dutch in exchange for food. …

In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Frederick Douglass recounts his life of slavery and his eventual flight to freedom. He grew up as a child who barely knew his mother and knew his father was a white man, likely his early master (17). He …

Intеrnational migration and a thriving markеt in migrant trafficking posе thrеats to sеcurity in thе Asia Pacific rеgion. Fiftееn yеars ago, whеn thе world was still cеmеntеd into Wеstеrn and Socialist blocs, intеrnational migration hardly occurrеd bеtwееn thе two blocs. Migration was a phеnomеnon that was largеly marginalizеd as an …

What could bе morе British than a swееt cup of tеa? Has thеrе еvеr bееn a morе typical or ubiquitous prеsеncе in modеrn social lifе (until rеcеntly) than clouds of tobacco smokе? Wasn’t thе post-rationing rush for chocolatе charactеristically British? Thе consumption of luxury staplеs, notably sugar, tobacco, tеa, coffее …

Introduction Frederick Douglass was one of the most important figures in anti-slavery and civil rights movement which took place in the 19th century. The period of his social and political activity coincided with consolidation and creation of the nation and for this reason his liberal ideas had a great impact …

Human trafficking is a lucrative industry. It is second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable illegal industry in the world. In 2004, the total annual revenue for trafficking in persons were estimated to be between $5 billion and $9 billion. Human tracking often involves school aged children – …

According to powers himself, the statue is a slave being held captive the Turks in the time of the Greek Revolution.  the Greek slave, a statue of a naked girl standing naked in chains shows us that there is no room left for shame for shame when one is standing …

# Quotes Chapter Explanations 1 By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. 1 The slaves were completely clueless about their birthdays …

Book Review: The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South by John W. Blassingame Introduction:      The pages of human history daubed in bloodshed relating to World War I & II, conflicts in the name of religion, ethnic clashes, rebellions of the blacks against the  whites, Nanking massacre, devastation …