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Interpreting Africans Contributions through Primary Sources The transatlantic slave trade was a period in history in which many Africans slaves contributed to the economical boost and social changes of the Americas. James Sweet and Judith Carney both showed the impacts that Africans had in the Americas with the help of primary sources such as books, researches, visuals, and documentaries in order to produce an interpretation of the contributions that Africans brought by innovating the agricultural system of rice in the United States and the development of the health and healing systems for adaptation in Brazil. Sweet and Carney both used books as a primary source in order provide a window into the past to show their interpretation of the …show more content…
Sweet used a documentary as a primary source in order to back up his claim of how Domingos Alvares was able to adapt through his system of health and healing. The documentary allowed Sweet to develop his argument of Domingos Alvares developed his healing skills in order to adapt socially in Brazil. This is important for a primary source from Sweet because it engages the reader to find relivable his argument. They way it reveals credibility is giving first hand information of how Domingos Alvares adapted socially from being a healer for the community in Brazil. In contrast, Carney used the primary source of a photograph in order to enhance the reader’s visualization on how similar the system of rice where in Africa and in the United States. This is important because Carney is capable of interpreting how Africans innovated the rice system in the United States with a visual image. This primary source tells a visual story that is easily reliable in Carney’s argument. Sweet and Card used different primary sources to demonstrates evidence of the innovations that Africans brought to the Americas. With a documentary Sweet was able to show his belief of how Domingos Alvares was able to adapt though his methods of healing. With a photograph Carne was able to tell a visual story that demonstrates the similarities of the rice systems in Africa and the United

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