http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/david-walker Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:39:43 -0400 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:39:43 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/126/breaking-the-cycle-violence-control-and-resistance-in-american-slave-narratives By Joshua C. Feblowitz - Yet Douglass’s conception of violence contains additional significance, offering the possibility for resistance and suggesting that those who lift themselves up from degradation and endure are less likely to be the victims of violence. The ubiquity and severity of violence in slavery is something that is represented in a great variety of slave narratives. Though many of these narratives served to promote awareness of the inherent brutality of slavery, this was not their only function; representations of violence also allowed slave narratives to evaluate how violence destroyed both master... Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:55 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/126/breaking-the-cycle-violence-control-and-resistance-in-american-slave-narratives