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Japan's Sex Slaves, 2002.
A discussion of the Japanese use of "comfort women" during World War II.
1,410 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper examines how Japan was notorious during the Second World War for actively encouraging the use of ?comfort women? and how Koreans and others were pressed into sexual slavery by the Japanese Army. It looks at how, since the normalization of trade and diplomatic relations between Japan and other countries, many have asked why Japan has never officially apologized for these actions. It shows how Japan?s failure to acknowledge its role in the agony of these women and other victims of Japanese imperial aggression lends to a generally nationalist view of Japan?s role in the war, which compounds existing racist and chauvinistic attitudes that continue to characterize Japanese culture today.
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"It is estimated that there were over 200 thousand comfort women employed by the Japanese Military during World War 2. (Economist, 13 August, 1998) However, the history of Japan?s experience with comfort women isn?t complete, as the government continues to insist that sexual services were provided by private industry despite thousands of accounts to the contrary. According to Lisa Go of ASA-News, Japan?s use of comfort women was an attempt to curtail the mass-rape of women in occupied territories, particularly China. As Japan dramatically increased its 700,000-strong military presence in China in 1941, the rape of women in newly conquered territories served to cauterize enemy combatants against the Japanese."
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WWII Slave Labor in Japan, 2005.
Describes the use of American slave labor by Japanese companies during WWII and how the victims of that slave labor have yet to be compensated.
785 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper describes the inhumane treatment American POWs received at the hands of their Japanese captors during WWII and how they were forced, through the use of beatings, starvation, and torture, to unwillingly and illegally work to serve Japan's war effort. The paper also looks at the terrible injustices these POWs continue to suffer because of the United States' failure to acknowledge these atrocities and pay reparations.
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"The U.S. government denied Tenney?s lawsuit, and similar lawsuits, by siding with the Japanese. From Parade, ?...the U.S. government stepped in on behalf of the Japanese and...succeeded in getting them (the lawsuits) dismissed by Vaughn R. Walker, a federal judge in the Northern District of California...Judge Walker declared...that the fact that we had won the war was enough of a payoff: ?The immeasurable bounty of life for themselves [the POWs] and their posterity in a free society services the debt.?? The federal judge ruled that the San Francisco Peace Treaty of 1951 waived further claims of wartime atrocities against Japan and its nationals. This treaty stemmed from the post-World War II need to secure Japan as an ally against the Soviets in the Cold War (ibid)."
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Japan's ?Comfort Women?.
This paper argues the need for Japan to assume responsibility, both morally and legally, for the use of the ?comfort women?, sex slaves in a systematic, planned system ordered and executed by the Japanese government during World War II.
2,020 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper explains that, until recently, the Japanese government has been able to deny responsibility for the part it played in the atrocities committed against the 'comfort women'. This denial of responsibility has had a huge impact, not only on the victims, but also on the collective community of Japan. The author points out that the Japanese government denied its responsibility for playing any part in the organized sex slavery. However, in the early 1990s, with the first lawsuit filed against the Japanese government and the surfacing of documents that directly implicated military officials in the organized prostitution of comfort women, the Japanese government had no choice but to take a new stance on the previous denial of responsibility for these crimes, recognize the moral responsibility for these crimes, and apologize for them. The paper stresses that legal responsibility is also necessary because Japan has made no reparations to the victims, no acknowledgment of legal liability, and has undertaken no prosecutions against the war criminals who committed these crimes.
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"The term ?comfort women? was the official name given by the Japanese Imperial Army to the military?s organization of forced prostitution across the Japanese Empire from 1931 to 1945. An estimated 200,000 women were recruited by force, coercion, or deception into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army in order to satisfy their sexual needs during the period of World War II. Women were taken from their homes in Korea, China, the Dutch East Indies, Taiwan, Malaysia, Burma and the Philippines and were sent to locations throughout Japanese occupied Asia where they were imprisoned in facilities know as ?comfort houses?. In these 'comfort houses', they were raped daily by soldiers, forced to endure torture and abuse and even murdered. By the end of the war approximately 25% of these women had died. Those who did survive were scarred both physically and psychologically for life."
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Escaped Slaves in Canada, 2000.
An examination of the living conditions for slaves escaped through the Underground Railroad, compared to life in U.S. as slaves in the South or fugitives in North.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 39.95
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The escaped slaves who fled through the Underground Railroad to Canada hardly found the promised land they might have sought or expected, but their experience in Canada was invariably better than they had had as slaves in the South or as frightened and endangered fugitives in the North.
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"The escaped slaves who fled through the Underground Railroad to Canada hardly found the promised land they might have sought or expected, but their experience in Canada was invariably better than they had had as slaves in the South or as frightened and endangered fugitives in the North. At its worst, Canada offered a more free and humane life than did the South under the horrors of slavery. Canada itself was never a major player in the slave trade, although slavery was legal in the nation until well into the 19th century. Still, it outlawed slavery more than twenty-five years before it was declared illegal in the United States, and its outlawing did not cause the national division it caused in the United States. Nevertheless, the "promised land" of Canada was still marked by racism and resistance to the influx of slaves fleeing the United States. While some blacks returned to..."
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A Revolution from Within: Slaves in Haiti, 2005.
Examines the role of the slaves in Haiti as the force behind the revolution.
2,583 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This papers deals with the ways in which the slaves themselves were a vital factor in bringing about emancipation in Haiti. In the past, historians have often focused on the actions of those in power in explaining changes in society. In the United States, for example, Abraham Lincoln is often seen as having liberated the slaves, while the extent to emancipation was largely due to the bravery, struggle, and sacrifices of the slaves themselves is often overlooked. This paper draws from a variety of sources in illustrating the ways in which the slaves were the driving force behind the revolution in Haiti. Through discussions of the early signs of resistance, the voodoo practices, poisonings, and marronage, as well as the conditions which prompted their desire for rebellion, this paper argues that the slaves themselves were a vital factor in the emancipation of Haiti.
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"The year 1791 marked the beginning of what became a desperate struggle for freedom that would eventually result in the emancipation of slavery, and the creation of Haiti as an independent nation. It would serve as an example for the oppressed of the world, pushing forth the struggle for human rights. Many historians turn to powerful figures and strong external forces in explaining the changes that occur in societies. In the case of Haiti, many point to leaders such as Toussaint Louverture and Dessalines in explaining the success of the Haitian revolution. In recent years, however, historians have begun to place greater emphasis on the role of slaves in the revolution."
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Muslim Slaves, 2002.
A discussion of the use of slavery in Islam and how slaves are often used as soldiers.
2,403 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper provides a brief history of slavery in general and the different types of slavery that have evolved over the years such as agricultural slaves to farmers and domestic slavery. It discusses the rise of slavery in the Muslim world during the time of the Byzantine Empire and how in Islamic life, owning slaves was a sign of wealth. Slaves were used as soldiers, concubines, cooks and entertainers. It examines the facts that slavery still exists today in some third world Muslim countries such as Sudan and Mauritania and the issue of slave-child-soldiers, children that are kidnapped at an early age to fight as soldiers. The slave trade in the Muslim world is indeed a deplorable institution that is long over due for reform. However, it has existed for centuries and efforts of recent have only led to perpetuation.
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"There is much concern regarding the fact that slavery still exist in several Muslim countries. The Koran deals directly with ?the issue of slavery ? states that subjected or conquered people should be given the option of converting to Islam?if they refuse, only then may they be taken as slaves?and Muslims should never be enslaved by other Muslims? (Schindler 2001). When Christianity was born, the Roman Empire spanned the globe, so the question of newly conquered people never arose. Christian conversions were voluntary, thus slavery was not a religious issue, although it was obviously practiced contrary to Christian belief (Schindler 2001). However, slavery in the Islamic East developed differently."
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Slaves and Masters, 2005.
An analysis of the differences in perceptions between slaves and masters.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper examines how the differences in perceptions under the institution of slavery can be startling, to say the least. The way in which the same event is understood alternately by slaves and by their masters is dramatic. It examines three potential events in an imaginative fashion, suggesting different understandings for both slaves and masters. The events examined include marriage, the death of a master and a slave sale.
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"The differences in perceptions under the institution of slavery can be startling, to say the least. The way in which the same event is understood alternately by slaves and by their masters is dramatic. Of course, it would be reductive to imagine that perceptions about events through slavery are monolithic. Individual slaves and individual slave-owners might well have had differing perspectives on the events around them. However, for the sake of this study we can assume that, on average across the whole of the institution in the United States, there were commonly held perceptions that affected the way in which people on both sides of this institution were viewed. This paper will examine three potential events in an imaginative fashion, suggesting different understandings for both slaves and masters. The events examined will include marriage, the death of a master, and a slave sale."
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Autonomy Exhibited by the Slaves, 1999.
Discusses the various ways in which the slaves found ways to be autonomous in their world of captivation.
1,756 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 5 sources, $ 56.95
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This paper discusses the different ways that the slaves proved to be autonomous during the time of slavery. It talks about the religion, fighting, dancing, singing and escape methods that the slaves turned to in order to be autonomous.
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"Clearly, slavery was an extremely brutal and unnecessary part of the past. The slaves were not simply robots who did what they were told and completely obeyed their masters; they were the exact opposite. The slaves exhibited so many different methods of maintaining their own lives and family. They did actually have enjoyable and comforting aspects of their lives."
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Rebellion by Female Slaves During the Antebellum Period, 2002.
This paper explores how female slaves in the South sought to rebel against their masters.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper explores how female slaves in the South sought to rebel against their masters and their overseers in order to prove that their subtlety was more effective than techniques employed by rebellious male slaves.
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Slaves and Literature, 2002.
An examination of the slave narrative in American literature.
10,104 words (approx. 40.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 204.95
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This paper discusses how the slave narrative maintains a unique station in modern literature and how unlike any other body of literature, it provides us with a first-hand account of institutional racially-motivated human bondage in an ostensibly democratic society. It shows how taken together, the narratives of former black slaves in the Antebellum South provide us with one of the largest bodies of literature written by former slaves in history. It looks at how these works, although they provide us a keen insight into the nature of the period, all but disappeared following emancipation and the end of the Civil War.
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Introduction
African Culture and its Influence on the Mind of the American Slave
Early Literature of the Former Slaves
19th Century American Slave Narratives before 1865
Richard Wright?s "Black Boy"
James Weldon Johnson?s "Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man"
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"William Wells Brown became the first African American to write a novel in 1853. Clotel is a work of fiction whose heroine is the illegitimate black daughter of President Thomas Jefferson. It shares the distinction of being about one who could be considered a fallen person of nobility. The novel is a tragedy, where the heroine has a white lover which later abandons her, is sold into slavery, escapes, and kills herself as the slave-hunters are closing in on her. Although the novel was never as popular as Uncle Tom?s Cabin (which at the time was the only book in print out-selling the Bible) it was still immensely popular and went through four editions over the course of ten years. Although in some ways Clotel resembles Uncle Tom?s Cabin, it is differentiated in several key ways."
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Women Slaves in Rome, 2005.
An examination of women slaves in ancient Rome.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, $ 71.95
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The paper looks at the role and status of women of the slave class in the Roman world. It explains how the social structure of ancient Rome depended on the institution of slavery and how the ruling classes sustained their power in this ancient world. The paper also explains how there is little evidence of lives' of the women slaves.
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"The social structure of ancient Rome depended on the institution of slavery as a large-scale system. In that society, "unfree" labour provided a large share of the surplus by the control of which the position of the ruling classes was in part sustained" (Scheidel 210). In order to achieve such control, a very substantial number of slaves were required. In Rome, the "slave population accounted for approximately one third of the entire population" (Scheidel 210). When women were situated outside of social structures such as the "world of grand families, social authority, or large-scale patronage" (Fantham et al. 368), evidence concerning their lives is fragmented and scarce."
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Canadians and fugitive American slaves, 2005.
An analysis of the challenge of the fugitive slaves of the "Underground Railroad" to upper Canadian society.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 5 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper explores the reality beneath the smug historical illusion of an enlightened nineteenth century Canada with respect to the relationship between Canadians and fugitive American slaves. It shows that while in some cases these fugitives were welcomed in an atmosphere of freedom and tolerance, it also be demonstrates that they faced considerable racial discrimination and prejudice.
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"The fact that the ancient Greek historian Herodotus is known as both the "Father of History" and the "Father of Lies" is indicative of the multifaceted nature of history; that it is frequently composed of equal parts of factual detail and uncertain myth. The history of the Black population in Canada and, in particular, the Black fugitive slaves who escaped slavery and came to Upper Canada along the "Underground Railroad" represents a classic example of this complex nature of history."
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Serfs and Slaves, 2002.
This paper addresses both the similarities and the dissimilarities that existed between serfs and slaves during the Middle Ages in terms of their legal, economic, and social status.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper addresses both the similarities and the dissimilarities that existed between serfs and slaves during the Middle Ages in terms of their legal, economic, and social status.
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Women Slaves, 2002.
An examination of the experience of black women slaves.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper briefly looks at the life experiences of African-American women slaves. It explains that, despite the terrible conditions under which they were forced to live, enslaved women found many ways to establish communities and establish strategies of resistance that enabled them to form their own identities and lead satisfying, rewarding lives.
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"On plantations, both men and women were given difficult work. In many cases, they did the same jobs. Although not all labor by women was traditionally "women's work," men typically did not perform tasks traditionally done by women. Women worked in the fields with the men, but males did most of the hard labor. While they had similar duties, the role played by women in society was different than the role played by men. "
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"Ar'n't I A Woman?: Female Slaves In The Plantation South"( Deborah Gray White ), 1993.
Critical review of this work on the special suffering & strength of female slaves.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"This study will provide a summary and critical review of Deborah Gray White's Ar'n't I A Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South.
White in this book is trying to bring into the public consciousness the suffering endured by female slaves in the slavery-dependent South. She says that most studies of slavery focus, either deliberately or subliminally, on the male slave. And those "few scholars who study black women fail to note that black women suffer a double oppression: that shared by all African-Americans and that shared by most women" (23). With respect to slavery specifically, White says many scholars conclude that female slaves were better treated than male slaves. In fact most black women of the time plowed, planted, and hoed, did.."
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