Chattel College Essays Samples For Students

The concept of “whiteness” is, of course, silly on its face. “Pinkness,” or perhaps, “very light tanness” would be more accurate. Nevertheless, the term is deeply embedded into cultural discourse. “White privilege” is the phrase of the day. “White Man’s Burden” was the public face of the reasoning for British imperialism. White men (no women need apply in those bygone days) not only “could” govern their poor, benighted “colored” brethren better than they could govern themselves, it was an affirmative duty to bring superior culture and civilization to the savages.
In the history of the United States the ...

Discuss Slave Ship by J. M. W. Turner shown on page 544 of the textbook. Refer to the early chapters of the text with regard to the Fundamentals of visual art, and also the relevant chapter on Media and Processes. Do not simply describe the artwork (we can all see what it looks like), but discuss how the artist has created the work and how you respond to it. How does it make you feel? Do you think it is successful? Do you like the artwork? Be as detailed as possible in responding to the essay prompt.

Introduction:

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Frederic Douglas was born into slavery in 1818 in the state of Maryland, years before the Civil War that would put an end to slavery in the United States. Although there were a few sympathetic individuals in the South and the abolitionist movement burgeoning in the North, Douglas’s journey to literacy was fraught with peril and required him to invent many clever, unique ways to learn to read and write.
The first sympathetic influence in his journey to literacy, his Mistress, also turned out to be a great nemesis who attempted to thwart his later efforts to learn. Douglas ...