SLAVE RELIGION When it comes to religion most people feel they have a belief in God or a "higher power". This belief helps sustain them in times of mental and emotional turmoil and many times physical pain. The slaves of North America brought with them a belief in their sacred beings, in...

Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. America was becoming "Baby England." Changes in religion, economics, poli...

THE BLACK RESISTANCE During four hundred years of slavery, black people did not accept the idea as easily as many thought. When Europeans took thousands of Africans from their native land against their will, one can only expect resistance. Through the struggle, enslaved Africans formed slave rh...

Harriet Tubman was a very important person in the history of slavery. She played a major role in helping free slaves. Harriet Tubman has made a difference in many slaves' lives. She was also a helpful and caring person. She held fundraisers and helped kids and adults with nowhere to go...

Enslaved African Americans and freed slaves were at the bottom of the southern society. The nearly four million slaves who lived in the south in 1860 made up more than one-third of the regions population. Although the slaves of African descent, few knew anything about Africa from firsthand experien...

The book of Philemon has several different meanings which can be distinguished by the reader. I believe the book of Philemon is about authority, and specifically how Paul is able to harness his authority and still achieve his objectives. In the dictionary, authority is defined as, "The right ...

Evangelicalism and Liberation To fully analyze and comprehend the effects evangelicalism had on nineteenth century white women and the twentieth century African American an understanding of where this theology evolved from is imperative. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries a theology c...

All Men Are Created Equal? Frederick Douglass's Influence in Making This True "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and e...

Abstract Religious beliefs and the zeal of Missionaries and Preachers had an undeniable influence on America's history since the first explorers set foot on this continents shores. Religious was used as a tool to justify individual goals and to provide society with the justification for...

A New Society Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. Changes in religion, economics, politics, and social structures illust...

DIP/MA in BLACK THEOLOGYCan Black Theology create New Black Men?W G SINCLAIRINTRODUCTIONSince the emergence of Black Theology in the 1960s, attempts have been made to characterise it in various ways, one approach seeks to characterise it in terms of its recent history, that is, of its origins in th...

The novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee is one which deals with important human issues. It is about the demise of a white lawyer's defence of a black man in a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy, which resulted in the black man's struggle for justice. This essay will examine th...

A slave sits in the corner of the shack looking out towards the moonlit sky; he scans the horizon, making sure no one lurks in the darkness and picks up a pen hidden in the stash of hay lying in the corner. He then unravels his beaten pants to reveal a small, worn-out pamphlet and continues writing ...

John Hope Franklin's "The Free Negro in North Carolina, 1790-1860", written in 1943, examines the growth, legal status, and economic and social life of the free Negro in North Carolina. Franklin's purpose was to clarify and explain the status of the free Negro in North Carolina...

THE AMERICAN CHARACTER BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR One might ask oneself what that means. The American Character. It sounds glorious, mighty, powerful and whatnot, but how many of us actually know the meaning of such a grand phrase? ...

From as early as the mid 16th century Africans were being involuntarily taken to colonial America to provide labour as slaves as what came to be known as the 'slave trade'. It is believed that by 1775, the time of the American Revolution that slaves made up 1/5 of the American population,...

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Jimmy Crack Corn; Frankie and Johnny; String of Pearls; Blue Moon; Jingle Bell Rock; and Dirty Pop: none of these songs would be here today without influence from African-American culture. Some people have a hard time listening to "black music," meaning Jazz, B...

In many works of English literature, the time period in which it was written serves as a foundation for details, background, and events within the work. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, portions of the novel touch on the most significant issues and events of the 1800s. Follow...

There is a distinct problem with religion in this country. The churches of America have become racially divided, creating inequalities amongst our populace. Racial divisions run deep, and there is an undeniable relationship between religion and racism. Since the inception of this country, we have b...

The affects of the Civil War, and the actions that led to the war were very detrimental to the United States. The nation was not in good shape, and was all divided up. President Abraham Lincoln saw this division, and wanted to reconstruct the nation, by restoring national unity. Reconstruction...

African American women are exceptional human beings. Like other women, they are burdened with the problems of being a female in a male-dominated society that does not fully value the feminine perspective. 0Unlike other women, they are also faced with issues resulting from long-standing negative, ste...

Black AmericansBlack Americans are those persons in the United States who trace their ancestry to members of the Negroid race in Africa. They have at various times in United States history been referred to as African, coloured, Negro, Afro-American, and African-American, as well as black. The black...

The Cause Of The Civil War: Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin During the period between 1790 and 1850, the United States was rapidly changing. It was now a separate country with its own economy, laws, and government. The country was learning to live on its own, apart from England. There began to appear a ri...

After observing a film that attempted to portray the legacy of Christopher Columbus, I have reached my own personal conclusions regarding his achievements, or, more appropriately, misadventures. Although it is true Columbus initiated an exchange of education in matters of foods, cultures, language...

Religion as a Social ForceThe Amerindians of the region had their own religious practices and ceremonies before the intervention of any Europeans. For the most part they were polytheistic-worshiping many gods. Much of their rites involved sacrifices, often times humans, as well as dancing singing a...