We all live on Earth, a world that houses a collection of many diverse nations, individually connected and powered by the personal connections with one another. These continents that make up the earth all possess something special to offer up to one another. Africa is one such continent that offers a great deal of desirable resources to this world. Africa offers a wide collection of religions, languages, animals, and environmental resources that are readily available for the world to benefit from.
The European people saw this continent as a source of endless possibilities and in turn began to take advantage of all the resources that were available. Known as one of the most powerful expeditions, the European colonization of Africa lead to the crucial developing aspects of the late 19th and …show more content…
As Eickelmann stated in her brief excerpt about the transatlantic slave trade, “What established the case for using Africans as slaves was not merely the availability of Africans in such large, economic numbers, but European ideas about slavery itself. Europe was, of course, divided against itself at home… Europeans, however, seemed united on one thing: they would not use other Europeans as slaves” (Eickelmann). This demonstrates that while the Europeans had severe conflicts of their own throughout the country, they were all in agreeance that using their own people as slaves would not suffice their need for unity and total dominance. In addition, European Enlightenment philosopher considered the African people “as being of a different, sub-human, species therefore philosophically and anthropologically sanctioned the exploitation of Africans in barbaric ways that were not allowed for Europeans” (Eze 214-215), and this was used as justification for the enslavement of
The European people saw this continent as a source of endless possibilities and in turn began to take advantage of all the resources that were available. Known as one of the most powerful expeditions, the European colonization of Africa lead to the crucial developing aspects of the late 19th and …show more content…
As Eickelmann stated in her brief excerpt about the transatlantic slave trade, “What established the case for using Africans as slaves was not merely the availability of Africans in such large, economic numbers, but European ideas about slavery itself. Europe was, of course, divided against itself at home… Europeans, however, seemed united on one thing: they would not use other Europeans as slaves” (Eickelmann). This demonstrates that while the Europeans had severe conflicts of their own throughout the country, they were all in agreeance that using their own people as slaves would not suffice their need for unity and total dominance. In addition, European Enlightenment philosopher considered the African people “as being of a different, sub-human, species therefore philosophically and anthropologically sanctioned the exploitation of Africans in barbaric ways that were not allowed for Europeans” (Eze 214-215), and this was used as justification for the enslavement of