Africans were taking from Africa by force, then they were sold, beaten, rape and dehumanize as people. They were treated as less than human, as object to be exact. Due to being stolen, these African lost their identity, their history. Their names, their cultures, their backgrounds were all taken away from them and they had no control whatsoever. We can never know how many people were taken or which slaves were identified as who because they did not really keep records. Slaves were impotant, they were properties. Most slaves were named after their masters, these people where given the same name as the people who oppressed them. The language, the culture, the religion were all taken away. Any achievement, or cultures that had prior to being a slave was forgotten. Most people, African descendants believes that African history began with slavery. Slavery is all we learn in school, we don’t know what the African people were prior to slavery, we don’t even know where to begin to search for these answers. This class fueled my interest into finding my history, I have been doing research in African History and I discovered there is DNA testing that could reveal where you are from in Africa. This could help me determine where my ancestors came from, which is better than what I know right now which is nothing. Just like Austerlizt I want to find answers at the same time I don’t think I am physically or emotionally ready for the truth. What If I discover that I was originally from Congo which is located in West Africa. Most slaves were captured in Africa. There is nothing wrong with being from the Congo, but to find out that even if my ancestors were not captured and sold into slavery, they could have had a even a worse life than they actually did or my ancestors could have been killed with the millions that were massacre in the Congo, right if my ancestors were not captured. I don’t want to
Africans were taking from Africa by force, then they were sold, beaten, rape and dehumanize as people. They were treated as less than human, as object to be exact. Due to being stolen, these African lost their identity, their history. Their names, their cultures, their backgrounds were all taken away from them and they had no control whatsoever. We can never know how many people were taken or which slaves were identified as who because they did not really keep records. Slaves were impotant, they were properties. Most slaves were named after their masters, these people where given the same name as the people who oppressed them. The language, the culture, the religion were all taken away. Any achievement, or cultures that had prior to being a slave was forgotten. Most people, African descendants believes that African history began with slavery. Slavery is all we learn in school, we don’t know what the African people were prior to slavery, we don’t even know where to begin to search for these answers. This class fueled my interest into finding my history, I have been doing research in African History and I discovered there is DNA testing that could reveal where you are from in Africa. This could help me determine where my ancestors came from, which is better than what I know right now which is nothing. Just like Austerlizt I want to find answers at the same time I don’t think I am physically or emotionally ready for the truth. What If I discover that I was originally from Congo which is located in West Africa. Most slaves were captured in Africa. There is nothing wrong with being from the Congo, but to find out that even if my ancestors were not captured and sold into slavery, they could have had a even a worse life than they actually did or my ancestors could have been killed with the millions that were massacre in the Congo, right if my ancestors were not captured. I don’t want to