Rebellious girl thrust
into life of slavery and lots of sex.
The film is based on the true life account of Solomon Northup (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man in New York who was deceived and sold
into a life of slavery from 1841 to 1853.
Not exact matches
The findings fly in the face
of the classic account
of the
life of Saint Patrick, who grew up as a member
of the Roman nobility in western Britain and was supposedly abducted and forced
into slavery in Ireland around 400 A.D..
He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights
of life and liberty in the persons
of a distant people, who never offended him, captivating and carrying them
into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.14
Such issues as
slavery, the status
of women, and political freedom, the virtues
of scientific honesty and integrity, the freedom
of the spirit in worship, all such ethical concerns which have grown in significance throughout Christian history are in part at least implicit in the new
life, but they are not explicit, and the reason for that must be sought in the historical situation
into which the Gospel came.
Brown's
life parallels that
of Douglass in that he too was born
into slavery and escaped to become an abolitionist, writer, and orator, who gave nearly a thousand lectures favoring the abolitionist cause in England, Ireland, Scotland.
They cast him
into a pit and sold him
into slavery, cutting him off from the
life of his family.
It possesses magnificent character delineation: the great theme is the princely magnanimity
of Joseph, envied by his lesser brothers, his
life threatened, then at length spared only through the dubious device
of selling him
into slavery in Egypt; and there, his fortunes going from bad to worse, he was, for no fault
of his own but indeed because
of his integrity, hurled
into an oriental prison to lie hopeless until some dubious chance should release him.
I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult
of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes
slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He
lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages»
of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord
of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept
of the Law
into one
of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».
Then, once you're a quivering mass
of idiot - jello, they teach degradation, false - atonement, and turn your
life into a prison cell
of mental -
slavery, tossing in a morsel
of hope and love that they say you do not deserve.
He wished to build
into the economy conditions that would emancipate the workingman from his wage
slavery so that «by the time he is
of a proper age to settle in
life, he shall have accumulated enough to be an independent laborer on his own capital — on his own farm or in his own shop.
Then through all
of the vicissitudes
of actual
life in the ancient Near East, God made himself a people from those forebears — delivering them from
slavery in Egypt, protecting them against their enemies, leading them through the terrors
of the wilderness, entering
into covenant with them, giving them his guiding presence in the covenant law, bringing them
into a land flowing with milk and honey, giving them a Davidic king to be their protector
of justice in peace and in war, and finally taking up his own dwelling in their temple on the Mount
of Zion.
I watch newscasts about homeless people here and abroad, about war torn countries where people are slaughtered or sold
into slavery, about children who are born with aids and die before they have a chance to
live, about victims
of earthquakes in China, orphanages, starving children, disease, and the list goes on and on and on.
IN PLURIMIS (On the Abolition
of Slavery) Pope Leo XIII Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII promulgated on 5 May 1888 The words of St. Gregory the Great are very applicable here: «Since our Redeemer, the Author of all life, deigned to take human flesh, that by the power of His Godhood the chains by which we were held in bondage being broken, He might restore us to our first state of liberty, it is most fitting that men by the concession of manumission should restore to the freedom in which they were born those whom nature sent free into the world, but who have been condemned to the yoke of slavery by the law of nations.
Slavery) Pope Leo XIII Encyclical
of Pope Leo XIII promulgated on 5 May 1888 The words
of St. Gregory the Great are very applicable here: «Since our Redeemer, the Author
of all
life, deigned to take human flesh, that by the power
of His Godhood the chains by which we were held in bondage being broken, He might restore us to our first state
of liberty, it is most fitting that men by the concession
of manumission should restore to the freedom in which they were born those whom nature sent free
into the world, but who have been condemned to the yoke
of slavery by the law of nations.
slavery by the law
of nations.»
Joseph had it super rough (sold
into slavery by his family, imprisoned, falsely accused) but it was only because his
life was so excruciating that God was able to use him to the extent he did and raise him to the heights he did (Prime Minister
of Egypt, so to speak).
Take
slavery: Protomognathus americanus ants raid the colonies
of smaller ants called Temnothorax, steals their children, carries them back to the invaders» colony, and forces them
into a
life of servitude caring for the young.
I seek a young man (18y - 40y) that is tired
of the lame BdSm games, a deeply emotional boy that is tired
of lonely masturbating to shallow chats and fuzzy photos, and is ready to move his
life into real
slavery; willingly giving his mind and body to someone else as their property; a total transfer...
Based on the novel by Lawrence Hill, it follows the
life of a West African woman named Aminata Diallo (Aunjanue Ellis), who was sold
into slavery in South Carolina before the American Revolution leads her to freedom via Nova Scotia, Sierra Leone, and finally England.
Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, written by John Ridley, follows the story
of Solomon Northup (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free man
living in New York who is kidnapped and sold
into slavery in the South.
The series, a slow - to - unfold but emotionally gripping tale, focuses on the
life of Aminata Diallo (played by Shailyn Pierre - Dixon as a child and Aunjanue Ellis as an adult), who was ripped from her parents» arms at age 11 and sold
into slavery.
While the fight to retain human dignity and the fight to survive the tribulations
of one's
life is quite universal, the extreme
of slavery puts
into perspective one's hardships.
The movie is based on the real
life and writings
of Solomon Northrup, a free man who was kidnapped and sold
into slavery from 1841 - 53.
This powerful portrayal
of slavery in America depicts the
life of Solomon Northrup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and solid
into slavery.
Based on a true story, the plot follows Solomon Northup (Ejiofor), a free black man tricked
into slavery by a pair
of men posing as circus promoters, then transported south to Louisiana, where he's forced to
live out his predicament alongside a plantation owner (Fassbender).
The plot follows Solomon Northup (Ejiofor), a free black man tricked
into slavery by a pair
of men posing as circus promoters, then transported south to Louisiana, where he's forced to
live out his predicament alongside a plantation owner (Fassbender).
The film is a shattering experience — for actors and audience — as we are dragged
into the abyss
of slavery through the documented real
life experience
of a free black man in upstate NY who was kidnapped from his family in the middle
of his
life, and enslaved in the south.
Parker plays Nat Turner, a man born
into the
life of horrific abuse and fear that was
slavery.
Now that «12 Years a Slave» has won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA for Best Picture, more people will learn the story
of how a black free man
living in New York was kidnapped in the nation's capitol in 1841, sold
into slavery, and struggled 12 years to survive until his ordeal finally ended.
The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and tells the true story
of an educated, free black man
living in 1853 New York who was kidnapped and forced
into slavery in the south.
Based on the 1853 autobiography
of Solomon Northrup, 12 Years a Slave stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as the married and educated free black man
living in New York who was kidnapped by two men and put
into a slave pen where he
lived twelve years under forced
slavery.
One
of the films for 2013 that I'm most intrigued by is Steve McQueen's Twelve Years A Slave, based on the memoirs
of Solomon Northup, a free man
living in New York during the mid-1800's that was kidnapped and sold
into slavery and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before the American Civil War.
«
Slavery by Another Name»: As slavery came to an end with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force, brutalizing, terrorizing and ultimately circumscribing the lives of hundreds of thousands of African Americans well into the 20th c
Slavery by Another Name»: As
slavery came to an end with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force, brutalizing, terrorizing and ultimately circumscribing the lives of hundreds of thousands of African Americans well into the 20th c
slavery came to an end with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, a new system
of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force, brutalizing, terrorizing and ultimately circumscribing the
lives of hundreds
of thousands
of African Americans well
into the 20th century.
Illegal immigration and the racism attendant to it, social groups morphing
into organized hate groups, the disintegration
of traditional bonds, organized crime, white
slavery — all
of it is tossed
into a loud, anxious bundle and presented as a confused overview
of the hell
of modern
life.
Tubman — whose cradle name was Araminta, or Minty for short — is an intelligent, determined child who longs to escape the
life of slavery into which she was born.
Born
into slavery in 1813 in Edenton, North Carolina, Harriet Jacobs's early
life was actually better than that
of many other slaves.
«The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave
Life in the Americas: A Visual Record» traces the experience
of those who were sold
into slavery in Africa and transported to the Americas, as well as that
of their descendants.
This richly and dramatically told fictional account
of the Fisk University Jubilee Singers is based on the real -
life Ella Sheppard, who was born
into slavery and later joined the chorus, which went on the road to raise money to repair Fisk's dilapidated buildings.
Born
into slavery in 1854, Traylor worked in the fields, witnessed the destruction
of the Civil War, and
lived jobless on the streets
of Montgomery.
Each year about 12,000 Nepali girls are sold by their families, intentionally or unwittingly,
into a
life of sexual
slavery in the brothels
of India.
At the end
of the Civil War, free black brothers Samuel and Joshua are
living in an orphanage, until Samuel is sold
into slavery, which takes readers on a journey that will hopefully lead to freedom once again.
The private student loan lenders pushed students
into lives of terminal debt
slavery without much apparent regard for the borrowers.
And so, what Justin talks about, and I'll read a little piece
of the article here about that, so «We see him, as a boy, taken from his mother, sold
into slavery, escaping by brutally killing his new master, running for his
life, and then flash forward to see him fully grown, destroying pirates with pistols and a machete, before pulling up his assassin's hood and walking towards the camera like it's no big deal.
Old folks shared their sense that we had come out
of slavery into this free space and we had to create a world that would renew the spirit, that would make it
life - giving.
The painting is presented in the context
of his
life: He was born
into slavery in rural Alabama in 1853.
These single, triptych, and five - part pieces delve
into the hyper - religious aspect
of southern
living that was amplified and used to justify
slavery as a humane practice.