Many people underestimate the value it holds on many lives and families. ... There are a few references from the Constitution of the United States of America that don't make direct references to the idea of slavery with reparations but I would like to point them out. ... The Constitution is always open for self-interpretation, therefore I will tell you what I see in these amendments. ... If they weren't there to do it who would have? ... Works Cited "Constitutional Amendments." http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Amend.html. ...

• Word Count: 1165
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Many abolitionist activities started to occur and this worried the southern slave owners and anti-abolitionists. ... Many anti-abolitionists spoke out about slavery. ... They were kidnapped and illegally carried to Cuba, and detained and restrained on board of the Amistad; there is no evidence to say, that they are pirates or robbers (Supreme Court Argument and Decision). ... He attempted to introduce amendments to the Constitution in 1839, which would prevent any person born in the United States from being born a slave (Biographies of players in the Amistad Affair). ... The Amistad Case influ...

• Word Count: 1008
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

So many people were telling others not to have this kind of manner. ... Two years later, the states ratified the Eighteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. ... There belief was to get rights to woman as the same rights that man has. ... Abolishes wanted to end slavery but never agreed on how to so it. ...

• Word Count: 1039
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

It took years to acquire women's rights and emancipation, among many other things. ... Many people have died for what they believed in to make others understand how terribly they want the people of our generation to have what they did not. ... (Russell 79) Like many others, she realized there was a better life ahead of her without being in bondage. ... She talked with him about slavery and how people were treated. ... (Bernard 96) When the 15th amendment was issued, it seemed as if it was not even in existence. ...

• Word Count: 1979
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

He learned how to read and write in secret, and it became his passion. ... Frederick had many masters. ... Now, if you teach that nigger how to read, there would be no keeping him. ... He converted them into teachers, and finally learned how to read. ... They were blind to so many of the evils of their masters. ...

• Word Count: 5595
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There is not one dream for all Americans. ... Many of these issues established the American Constitution. Douglass endured many struggles. ... Is there a difference in rights? ... "We many be asked, I say, why we want it. ...

• Word Count: 1886
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

This economy supported the growth of cities, although many lived in rural areas during the colonial period. ... Many Southerners saw the raid as evidence of a Northern plot to end slavery by force. ... "There is no more moving and telling an expression of the Black's view of the Civil War than this" (Long 26). ... It is ironic that only a few days before Fort Sumter was attacked, Douglass had agreed to make a trip to Haiti to investigate the possibility of emigration there by free Blacks at the invitation of the Haitian government. ... From the very beginning of the war, it was obvious...

• Word Count: 4026
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School