African American Literature Essays and Research Papers

Essay Instructions: Resource Materials you will need:

1) A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa: But Resident above Sixty Years in The United States of America by Venture Smith

2) The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by himself

3) Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself

4) Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

All of the above material can be found in the book "The Norton Anthology of African American Literature" Second Edition by Gates and Mckay

I need a three page paper answering the following questions:

- Refer to the four texts above to explain why and how African americans fought during the revolution, what drove some slaves to run away from their owners, and what steps enslavers took to prevent slaves from running away. What did each text contribute to the abolitionist movement? Also, compare and contrast the distinguishing qualities of the four texts focusing on how each gives an account of slave experiences and the effect of those experiences on the self? What happens to family relationships - for the enslaves as well as the enslavers - in a slave culture. Compare and contrast family interactions?

- Lastly, Discuss in detail how the four texts would affirm or refute the following quotation:

The Negro slaves of the south are the happiest, and, in some sense, the freest people in the world. The children and the aged and infirm work not at all, and yet have all the comforts and necessaries of life provided for them. They enjoy liberty, because they are oppressed neither by care nor labor. the women do little hard work, and are protected from the depotism of their husbands by their masters. The negro men and stout boys work, on the average, in good weather, not more than nine hours a day.... Besides they have their Sabbaths and holidays

The free laborer must work or starve. He is more of a slave than the Negro, because he works longer and harder for less allowance than the slave, and has no holiday, because the cares of life with him begin when its labor end. He has no liberty, and not a single right.

George Fitzhugh, Cannibals All or Slaves Without Masters, 1857

The paper doesnt have to be in particular order as long as it answers all the questions completely.

I wouldn't need a bibliography page for this paper

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Essay Instructions: basically just say music has been important to African American literature, why AA writers talked about music so much, why is writing about music significant, etc
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Essay Instructions: Hi,
I need a 2 page book review of Angela Y. Davis' book, "Blues, Legacies, and Black Feminism"
Use the following guidelines, questions, and suggestions to do the book review:
1. Be sure to read the front matter.
2. Who is the author? What do you know about her?
3. What is the purpose of this book? Is it clearly defined in the presentation of the material? How well does the author substantiate her argument?
4. What is the scope of the book?
5. Which sections of the book are especially well or poorly done?
6. What kinds of sources did the author use? How valid is the study?
7. Give attention to names and concepts or organizations. In other words, you must be able to support generalizations with more than one specific example.
8. Were blacks/ black women successful? How can they be compared with their contemporaries? Explain.
9. Compare the treatment of the subject in the book to with the same coverage of the subject in The Norton Anthology of African American literature. Do they differ? (if covered) While The Norton Anthology of African American literature may not covered the topic discussed in Angela Y. Davis' book, assess the coverage of African American professionals and working class people in general.
10. What is the value of Angela Y. Davis' " Blues, Legacies, and Black Feminism"? Explain.
Provide a 3 page book review summarizing the scope, purpose, and content of the book and its significance on the subject. Be sure to inlcude an evaluation of the authors sucess in achieving her purpose, use of sources, abd organization and presentation of the material. Critical analysis is very important.

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Essay Instructions: The primary source for the essay has to come from
the "Norton Anthology of African American Literature" second edition. I need 1 additional print source and 1 electronic. These 3 need to be "cited". I need these 3 plus 4 more a total of 7 for the bibliography. The essay is to be done on "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker. The thesis needs to relate to one theme or technique in the story for example Why is the character "Dee" admirable? or Who needs to learn a lesson?

Please let me know if you have any questions 818-388-6048. I would like to have your username "Writer" do this paper.

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