Slavery

The U.S. had a long history of slavery. Eventually, this open system of slavery became unacceptable. Slavery was then abolished. A step toward equality was achieved. As time pass to modern day, the majority of human now see slavery as unacceptable. However, slavery today still exist despised it being abolished.  Read More »

Perhaps this would be better as a forum, as it is a forum discussion from my online course "Logic and Reason," but I was curious to see what all ProU users might have to say about the subject.

The question posted to the forum:  Read More »

Note: Posted this because I read scraps of former sanity's blog, This, though, has almost nothing to do with Abraham Lincoln, but everything to do with slavery. Also, this was for class, it might be a bit obvious but there is a paper that I am referencing and critiquing. You need not have read the paper.  Read More »

I am currently taking Advanced Placement United States history. I live in the North and am a proud Bostonian, so don't even try to say that this is just caused by a hypothetical Southern bias. And yes, slavery should never be practiced.

Firstly, yes, it is true that Lincoln eventually freed the slaves in America. However, it was the worst emancipation process in Western history. No other Western nation needed a Civil War to end slavery. (By the way, slavery was NOT even a major cause of the Civil War. It was about money, tariffs, and states' rights. The Northerners knew that if the South successfully seceded, their own economy would have died. If slavery was non-existent at the time of the Civil War, there is no doubt in my mind that the South would have had the entire world's moral support.)  Read More »

Jesus as a human seemed to be very humble. He preached love, peace and nonviolence. At the same time he was viewed as a radical threat to society. He was treated as radical rebel, and executed accordingly. Who he was during his life does not adequately explain the impact he left on the planet.  Read More »

Frederick Douglass tells about his personal story of escaping slavery. As a slave, his first hand account personalizes the stories that we hear about the traditions of how slaves were treated and their behaviors. It is remarkable that he was a slave for 20 years and escaped slavery for 9 years.  Read More »

I'm a Freshman at Indiana University of South Bend. i'm taking English 131. For Thursday's class we were told to read an essay by Maureen Caudill (sp) entitled "Redefining the Measure of Mankind." This lovely little essay was about androids, which our entire class will be about for the next month or more.  Read More »

Banned Books Review #3
Written by Nicole_CoachellaV_90.  Read More »