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- In 1838, enslaved people were finally emancipated after many years of fighting for their freedom.
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Whitechapel’s acceptance of slavery does not reduce him to complete passivity, since on various occasions, Whitechapel demonstrates his bustling intelligence, as well as his capacity to defend his own rights and his moral beliefs.
- Mr. Whitechapel
The master on the plantation, Mr. Whitechapel believes that...
- Lydia
Unlike her father, Mr. Whitechapel, Lydia is firmly...
- Chapel
Moved by ideals of freedom and justice, he interrogates the...
- Sanders Senior
Sanders Senior was the overseer at Mr. Whitechapel ’s...
- Whitechapel's Grandson
One of Whitechapel ’s grandsons inadvertently runs into him,...
- Editor of The Virginian
Despite his pretense of promoting a balanced view on a...
- The Deputy
The second-in-command on Mr. Whitechapel ’s plantation. He...
- Plantation Owners
Mr. Whitechapel ’s acquaintances, a group of unnamed men,...
- Mr. Whitechapel
Whitechapel’s physical restraint mirrors his intellectual subordination to slavery, as his own freedom of thought has been constrained by his acceptance of his inferior status as a slave. By the time he becomes aware of his mistake, it is too late, and all he can do is express pain at his own powerlessness.
Dec 7, 2015 · During the Victorian era, the East End of London gained a reputation for crime and poverty, and was once described as “a terra incognito for respectable citizens.” Located directly outside the walls of the City of London rested the “hub” of the East End—Whitechapel.
Sep 19, 2020 · Summary. Set between 1790 and 1810 on a Virginia plantation, and narrated from several perspectives, The Longest Memory opens in the voice of Whitechapel, an elderly slave. In first-person present tense, Whitechapel directly addresses the reader saying that we do not want to know his past or name.
Set in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Virginia, where slavery is an ordinary aspect of life, Fred D’Aguiar’s 1994 novel, The Longest Memory, revolves around one tragic event: the death of the slave Whitechapel ’s son Chapel, who is whipped to death for running away.
In 1891 Charles Booth's study found 37.5% of East End Londoners lived in dire poverty and couldn't afford to feed or clothe themselves properly. He produced a series of maps which showed Whitechapel had several 'vicious and semi-criminal' areas, such as Flower and Dean Street.
Revision notes on Poverty & Crime in Whitechapel for the Edexcel GCSE History syllabus, written by the History experts at Save My Exams.