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Books Vs. Websites – The Battle of the Times and Slavery
Both the reading and the website illustrate slavery in different ways. Homberger illustrates who came to New York City, including the roles that these people played in modern society. For example, African Americans were more likely than not slaves. As … Continue reading
Compelling Contradictions
Horton’s ‘In Hope of Liberty’ highlights how the black community in the years before and after the American War for Independence evolved overtime in a bid to progress and fight for freedom. The interesting arguments made here include how the … Continue reading
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves (Abraham Lincoln)
Both the reading and the website are presenting the same subject which is slavery. They are explaining the slaves’ life, how they were treated, what they had to do to obtain their freedom and the challenges they had to face … Continue reading
NYC: The city of open-minded, slave-owning people
Shane White’s Somewhat More Independent: The End of Slavery in New York City and Homberger’s Historical Atlas of New York City: African Americans in New York seem to understate the reality of the brutal suffering African Americans endured during the … Continue reading
“Stick & Stones May Break Our Bones, But We Will Get Our Freedom”… and They Did!!!
Stated in the readings and the website, were information pertaining to slavery, covering who the slaves were, how they were treated and their reaction to their treatment. Homberger shares with us the ones who were brought into the City of … Continue reading
The Chains that Bind
The website, “Slavery in New York,” provides visual caption of the slavery in New York during the early years. The written content of the website is rather neutral on its views regarding slavery; it does have implications of the immorality and … Continue reading
Night at the Museum
Barnum’s American Museum was a museum that served as a learning center of nineteenth-century urban culture, and how politics, economy, and society shaped the antebellum era. It was however, unfortunately destroyed in a fire and consequently turned into a circus. … Continue reading