The Unredeemed Captive Analysis

History will always be known to repeat itself. There will always be empires rising and falling now and way into the future. There will always be something for these empires to fight for which will lead to a winner and a loser. Only the strong empires will survive the longest, only to lead to a historic downfall. These empires will conquer land and destroy families and religions. Some will be able to rebuild, but this will take many decades to do so. The Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun, says that empires only come together when a group of people, or religious groug acquires a high degree of power. Other similar theories are social attachement. As Ibn Khaldun wrote, “royal authority and dynastic power are attained only through a group and asabiya. This …show more content…
The family ended up being released except for his daughter, Eunice. She eventually ended up becoming one of them. Her family would continue to try and get her back but had no luck. Her father would end up being able to visit and talk to her. He could not arrange for her ransom, so he had no choice but to leave her there. John Williams would eventually pass away, but her brother Samuel would continue to try and get her back. Eunice would end up stop speaking english and forgot how to after a while. Her brother finally got to visit her but could only communicate with a …show more content…
Some would never be able to reunite in their life times. Many family’s like the Williams would be able to see them maybe once, but could not take them back with them. There were large ransoms for these captives but most family’s at this time had no chance to come up with these large cash amounts. Most of these captives would end up just spending the rest of their lives their, with no chance at getting to enjoy freedom ever again. Antonio de Gouvia was a male Azorean priest from the sixteenth century. He spent his youth in the Azores. His work took him all around Portugal to spread the good word. He would soon be ordered to leave Portugal and would arrive in Salvador. He would later join the Jesuits at the College of Jesus. He left Olinda for Pernambuco, which was doing very well, other then the fact that the Indians were causing great devastation to the city. Luis De Gra had him removed from this city as well, and stated that he did not treat the Indians well while doing deals. He would later be arrested and shipped back to Lisbon in