The Atlantic Ocean allowed the discovery of continents possible and it is the main reason why we have diversity in the world. The food we eat, the language we learn to speak, the clothes we buy, and the education we obtain, come from all parts of the world. How and who allowed trade and communication among other continents happen? History back in 1492, Christopher Columbus and the Portuguese set sail across the Atlantic ocean. The expedition resulted in the discovery of the New World and Africa. The discovery of new land and people led to integration and exchange ideas and commodities. Europeans were able to expand power, claiming possession on the new land. The Atlantic world not only transformed economic aspects, but it also impacted social
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In Captain Thomas Philips and J.B Romaigne’s journal, it describes the torment the slaves had went through. They had slaves suicide themselves to end their life of misery believing that they would return home rejoiced with their friends and family. In the Journal of a Slave Ship Voyage, the little boy on the French slave ship wrote a letter to his mother describing his experiences. He saw the slaves suffocating and heard their terrible endless cries. A disease called ophthalmia, spread along the ship that caused blindness. The Captain insisted on curing the slaves because they were worth his value. But eventually, majority of the people on the ship became blind. Because all the Negros have become blind, they were devalued and believed that keeping and supporting them, would be at cost them more. So in saving for their expense, they insisted on throwing all the blinded Negroes into the sea. The Europeans treated Africans as objects and were not looked at as value of life, but a value of their own benefit. “The best goods to purchase slaves here are cowries, the smaller the more esteemed; for they pay them all by tale, the smallest being as valuable as the biggest, but take them from us by measure or weight , of which about 100 pounds for a good
In Captain Thomas Philips and J.B Romaigne’s journal, it describes the torment the slaves had went through. They had slaves suicide themselves to end their life of misery believing that they would return home rejoiced with their friends and family. In the Journal of a Slave Ship Voyage, the little boy on the French slave ship wrote a letter to his mother describing his experiences. He saw the slaves suffocating and heard their terrible endless cries. A disease called ophthalmia, spread along the ship that caused blindness. The Captain insisted on curing the slaves because they were worth his value. But eventually, majority of the people on the ship became blind. Because all the Negros have become blind, they were devalued and believed that keeping and supporting them, would be at cost them more. So in saving for their expense, they insisted on throwing all the blinded Negroes into the sea. The Europeans treated Africans as objects and were not looked at as value of life, but a value of their own benefit. “The best goods to purchase slaves here are cowries, the smaller the more esteemed; for they pay them all by tale, the smallest being as valuable as the biggest, but take them from us by measure or weight , of which about 100 pounds for a good