Category Archives: March 7 Assignment
Slavery, and how we see it
After reading the “In Hope of Liberty” by Horton and Horton and comparing it to the website given, I noticed significant differences on how each source approached the topic of slavery and the abolition movement. It appears that although they same general … Continue reading
New York City’s Unfortunate Past
Both www.slaveryinnewyork.org and the readings highlight the existence of slavery in New York City and its historical significance. I found the website to be more effective than the readings because of the emphasis on primary documents such as the excerpt … Continue reading
The runaway history
The website “Slavery in New York” clearly described how slaves were first entered and traded in New York. Slave ship documents and pictures posted in the gallery allowed visitors to have a better sense on realities of slavery and the … Continue reading
Release What you Know & Explore What you Don’t!
How intense does slavery and African American hardships during the 17th and 18th Centuries have to be described for people to grasp the true meaning of making a human into chattel? Slavery has been explained in many ways and underplayed … Continue reading
Beyond the Civil War…
“Slavery in New York” is gallery of a sequence of events that followed slavery and its root dated with some statistical focuses. the New York city in particular was different from other cities in the south in terms of … Continue reading
Boats and Slaves
Despite your race or gender every single has learned about slavery in the United States. After all it did result in the Civil War. However when you are taught about slavery it is commonly taught as a negative. Sort of … Continue reading
The Emancipation of Slaves
The website’s visual effects were effective in me understanding slavery more. I do feel as if it was too brief and straight to the point and could have been more effective if it was more explantory. The website also had … Continue reading
“A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words”
While navigating through both the website and readings I noticed that each had its benefits and detriments. For example, the website does an excellent job of using visual image association to the text it provides. This significantly helps the reader … Continue reading
Just Cause Were African American Doesnt Mean Were Slaves !
I thought the website was very interesting because it did not just provide us with amazing details but it backed it up with pictures that helped the claims. The website and book go in depth in different ways.The information given … Continue reading
Home of the Not so Free
Slavery is a very disturbing yet fascinating issue to study. The readings on slavery seem to be very structured and formulaic, and the slave community is transformed into an object. They present to you, the topic of slavery in a … Continue reading