Schama, Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution (2006); D. A. Blackmon, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II (2008); Y. Rotman, Byzantine Slavery and the Mediterranean World (2009); S. Drescher, ...
The buying, selling, and holding of slaves is an ancient practice that is especially repugnant to a world that, while still having this institution in its midst, has, through the United Nations, affirmed its abolition in law. Slavery is illegal, but persists. This is a cultural and economic...
A person became anindentured servantby borrowing money and then voluntarily agreeing to work off thedebtduring a specified term. In some societies indentured servants probably differed little from debt slaves (i.e., persons who initially were unable to pay off obligations and thus were forced to ...
After the American Revolution, as the country became polarized over the issue of slavery, slavery supporters in the South worked to clear the southern states of anti-slavery leaders and their forces. One abolitionist, for example, was beaten, tarred and feathered, set afire, doused in water, ...
根据第一段Slavery was one of the darkest periods in American history…From their narration,we can see what society looked like during the period before the American Civil War.(奴隶制是美国历史上最黑暗的时期之一……从他们的叙述中,我们可以看到美国内战前的社会面貌。)可知,The Longest Memory这部小说...
From their narration(讲述), we can see whatsociety looked like during the period before the American Civil War.The Longest Memory tells the story of a brave and wise young slave, Chapel, who falls in lovewith the daughter of a plantation owner(种植园主). They decide to go to the north...
The abolition of slavery in the Atlantic world occurred during the 19th century, but its origins are generally recognized to be the intellectual ferment of the 18th-century Enlightenment, the political turmoil of the Age of Revolution, and the economic transformations associated with the development ...
The Georgia Colonial Assembly asks to permit slavery in the Colony of Georgia by demanding the repeal of its slavery prohibition law from 1735. 1775 The American Revolutionbegins. It will end in 1783. 1780s If you are in Charleston, South Carolina, and have nothing planned on May 6, why ...
(This decision did not include the colonies, however.) Sharp advocated the cause of the American colonies, supported parliamentary reform at home and the legislative independence of Ireland, and agitated against the press-gang. In 1787 he founded a society for the abolition of slavery, and he ...
The American Revolution (1775-1783) caused white Americans to think differently about slavery. They had fought that war for freedom and equality. Was it right for them to own other human beings? 美国大革命(1775-1783)使美国白人对奴隶制有了不同的看法。他们为自由和平等而战。