"Without Lincoln's election in 1860, the Southern states would not have seceded in 1861, the war would not have come when and as it did, the door of emancipation would not have been open as it was." ... was the most persuasive and the more rational explanation for his conclusions that it was the driving force of Abraham Lincoln himself that eventually brought an end not only to slavery in the South but to the end of Slavery as an institution in the United States. While he carefully analyzes the arguments in favor of the so-called "self-emancipation" thesis which has become popular in m...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Missouri discussions held 1819-1821 functioned as an important turn in the United States' major disagreement over slavery. ... Slavery itself noticeably stretched its finger into the Mid-Atlantic's free states in the post-war ages. As request for slave work in the growing Southern estate increased, the auction of term slaves - slaves pending their liberty under the necessities of Northern states' steady emancipation laws - from states like New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to the profound South illustrated the fuming consideration of both legislators and inhabitants. .....

• Word Count: 2503
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He walked and worked among our Founding Fathers, and paved the way for many African Americans that have contributed to the adaptation of the political, social, and economic structures within the United States. ... They had several children, one of whom, Mary who also grew up and bought a farm, and bought a slave, Robert, whom she later freed and married. Mary and Robert lived on the family farm and bore Benjamin Bannaky along with several other children. ... He also was a tobacco farmer and as a result of his discovery, many tobacco farmers in the United States benefited, politically, socially...

• Word Count: 1655
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The movie also gives honorable mention to other vital military leaders at the time, including Robert E. ... Overall, when assessing a movie of such magnitude and with as much depth as Gods and Generals has, one has to take several things into consideration when comparing it to the reality of the History of the United States and the Civil War. ... (Gods and Generals) With all of this in mind, the film ties in well with American History I with specific reference to the Confederacies' Battles of Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and most importantly, Thomas "Stonewall" Ja...

• Word Count: 1373
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It becomes easier to understand why many felt that slavery should remain in tact through Robert Higgs quote of Senator Stephen Douglas saying "There is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. ... The southern states were so reluctant to admit that African-Americans were people that they allowed the 3/5ths compromise to occur. During the argument over electoral votes, southern states were quick to try to include their slaves in an effort for more power. ... In the f...

• Word Count: 1706
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although the forms of slavery have evolved since Wilberforce's time, there is still an issue remaining throughout the United States and internationally. ... Over eighteen thousand foreign nationals are being trafficked, annually, through the United States (Greenhaven). ... One girl enslaved by the Cadenas-Sosa family in the United States said they worked six days a week and twelve hours a day. ... As Julia Roberts says in Pretty Woman "It's not like anybody plans this; it's not your childhood dream" no woman ever thinks as a child"I want to be a hooker when I grow...

• Word Count: 2641
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate