Willie Lynch letter: The Making of a Slave This paper will explain the methods of making a slave according to Willie Lynch was a British slave owner in the West Indies. Willie lynch was invited to the colony of Virginia in 1712 to teach his methods to the slave owners there. He gave his speech on the banks of the James River. Willie Lynch believed he had a foolproof method for controlling the negro slaves.…
The Dutch introduced slavery in 1639. The first slave was named Anthony in the colony. He’s been brought from the West Indies…
Harriet Tubman was enslaved just like every other African American in the 1800s. captives like Harriet Tubman was under a little agreement called an indenture. That was when captives had to work for a certain amount of years for their slave owners, then they were free to go, not many people followed the law back then. Harriet Tubman's mother Harriet Ross was supposed to be free from captivity 11 years ago that was when she was 45 years old. Harriet Tubman got tired of all the captive owner's ways and how they treated them unfairly so she decided to escape to Pennsylvania in 1849.…
Khammurabi (Hammurabi) was the sixth king of Babylon. King Hammurabi ruled from 1729 to 1750 BCE. Not long after he was crowned, Hammurabi expanded his empire until he ruled over all of Mesopotamia, now known as Iraq. Hammurabi is famously known for the laws that were enforced in his kingdom. Although the rules may have been strict, the punishments usually resulted in the loss of a limb or death.…
In contemporary society, the brutality of slavery is fairly well understood, and taught frequently in history courses. One of the documentations the general public has access to which explains in a clear amount of detail how inhuman slavery was is a memoir written by Olaudah Equiano, in which he describes his account of slavery. Although one could argue that Olaudah Equiano himself was fortunate for an enslaved African American during the 18th century he was still witness to many accounts of brutality towards slaves, and the horrid conditions which slaves traveled in when first captured. Equiano describes in great detail the brutality of life as a slave, as well as the emotional impact that brutality has on oneself. This brutality of slaves…
In the ethnography “Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö” by Napoleon Chagnon, it is apparent that these anthropological tools are apparent in his case study of this primitive society. The tool of emic perspective is seen when Chagnon discusses the custom of aggression for the Yanomamö, a key behavior in their interpersonal politics and social interactions. The Yanomamö use aggression constructively, a behavior that we view as being somewhat taboo. Their cultural lens is shaped to encourage aggression, and without it, a person interacting with their culture is viewed as a distinct outsider. The etic perspective behind this aggression is to ensure that male members of their society have the self-confidence and strength to embody this aggressive…
In both The New Jim Crow and The Jail a large topic of discussion is the process of utilizing jailing and imprisonment as a means of controlling certain segments of the population. Both books highlighted the fact that the lowest class of people (rabble being the term used in The Jail) typically commit petty crimes, minor crimes and for which the punishment is usually just a small fine or short term of imprisonment; such as possession of cannabis, burglary and theft, prostitution, vandalism, etc., which tend to affect a much smaller portion of society compared to crime committed by members of society that belong to either the middle or upper class, i.e. white collar crime. According to a New York Times survey from July 15, 1979, government experts…
Committing the crime of debt in the Victorian era was considered no less of a crime than those of murder. Debtors’ were imprisoned indefinitely or until their debt was paid and unless you had the means to pay the debt off, it was possible to spend your life imprisoned. Death was more plausible than release. In the Marshalsea, debts as low as one shilling could keep you imprisoned indefinitely. Families were allowed to live with the debtor and they were allowed to come and go as they pleased.…
My first reaction to the “Nacirema” lifestyle had me in disbelief. Obsessing with comeliness, health, and acceptance engendered susceptibility to delusion. Poor or affluent, the Nacirema optically identified the body worthless along with devoting their lives to the shrine and the hierarchy. Adults and children participated in pain inflicting private rituals that held no ample evidence to work. Regardless of what transmutes the Nacirema made, they weren't satisfied.…
“At 4:53 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, Haiti plunged into horror” (Lahens, 2010, p. 9). The earthquake affected three and a half million individuals, left two hundred and twenty thousand people dead, and destroyed four thousand schools (DEC, 2015). It is safe to say that Haiti’s recent history has been dramatically shaped by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake (DEC, 2015) that struck in 2010. Understanding both the gravity of and the world’s response to the 2010 earthquake is essential in understanding the destructive relationship that has existed between Protestant medical missionaries and Vodun practitioners. Before exploring the historical and spiritual concepts of healing in Haiti, an overview of the current context of Haiti post-earthquake…
The desire for a better new life motivated Europeans to risk their lives and go to the “New World”. Hardships in Britain such as the poor being forced off their lands from the legal process of enclosure forced the lower and middle class to flood to the cities. When they reached the cities, there was diminutive opportunity for a decent livelihood. The extreme hardships in Britain motivated the middle and lower class citizens to risk their lives and make the journey to the “New World” in hopes for a better life. Astonishingly most of those who decided to make the journey knew the odds of survival were not in their favor.…
The Middle Passage has been a focal point of investigation for many historians who are dedicated to comprehending the slave trade. The literature as a whole reveal that slaves asserted autonomy over their social being by committing suicide. This act disrupted the process of transatlantic voyages as slaves surrendered the physical self to reclaim their psychological and social strength. In addition, European perception of suicide shaped the ways in which slave traders and surgeons responded to captives’ means of resistance. Self-inflicted death amongst the enslaved was brought to the attention of British Parliament via testimonies of pro-abolitionists.…
Throughout world history, countless groups of people from different ethnicities and cultures have befallen to the trap of institutionalized slavery. From the beginnings of colonial America, European settlers have enslaved both the indigenous people and also Africans. When the general subject of slavery is discussed, people assume this refers to the 13 million Africans that were transported to the America, as part of the “Triangular Slave Trade” (Ojibwa). The massive, historical representation of African slaves disregards many other racial groups that were subjected to this dehumanizing treatment. Although, Africans did endure the harsh enslavement by their European owners for approximately 300 years, slavery in America began long before this.…
The Inhumane Use of African Americans During the Colonial Era In the early 1600’s the inhumane transporting and enslaving of African Americans in the American colonies began. Although the English settlers required agricultural labor during the Colonial Era, their use of the African American slaves was unjust. The English did not provide sufficient housing, clothing, or nutrition for the African American slaves, nor did the settlers have any regards for their families. The English also overworked the slaves and gave them brutal and inhumane punishments.…
Adebayo Folami Slavery Narrative Forgive me, Adebayo Folami, for writing this narrative as a sense of empathy for the acts which we the slaves of the slave trade experienced during the times of Zachary Taylor. I apologize not because of the miseries we underwent but because I demand respect from both the perpetrators of the slave trade and you my people of Yoruba land. By the terrors of the trade, I got separated from my family and the tight connections and love I enjoyed in my motherland. My narrative is sensible and seeks your pardon to address you in a literary text devoid of pretense but intent to preach the gospel of the circumstances underlying the injustices committed to our African forefathers. Moreover, this script lives to give…