Arab slave trade

Frederick Douglass, a distinguished author from the nineteenth century, was an American slave that had escaped from the horrific scenes of enslavement in Maryland. In his autobiography, the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass powerfully depicts what it grievously means to be a slave by addressing his aunt. Douglass successfully depicts his first exposure of slavery by effectively utilizing the rhetorical strategies of imagery, symbolism, tone, and diction. Douglass provides…

Portuguese and Spanish had established slave trading with Africa. Whenever settlers came to America, the practice was in effect. The American’s got involved in the trade and raced-base slavery became very prominent. Our book says that some of the first blacks that came to America were indentured servants. They worked their time and became “free blacks.” They cost less than slaves, but after their time was completed they were freed. The slaves were forced into…

“king of cotton” during the time of slavery, was the state of South Carolina. With its rich soils and warm humid temperatures, South Carolina was the biggest and most successful cotton manufacturer in all of the south. Not only were there millions of slave hands making it possible for this commodity to become so significant, but those same hands made South Carolina very rich. Before cotton became a popular commodity in the south, crops such as indigo, maize or corn, and rice were the main…

Around the 1830’s many Americans were in conflict with the controversial idea of letting African American slaves free. As the idea become more complex, it resulted in bitter hatred between the north and south part of America, the north resprestning anti-slavery and the south Pro- slavery. In many situations the two sides conflicted in violence. Since the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, slavery has been practiced throughout the 17th…

2.1. Origin and Distribution of Cassava Cassava has its genetic, geographical and agricultural origin in Latin America. Its domestication began 5000 – 7000 years BC in the Amazon, Brazil (Alves, 2002) and it was distributed by Europeans to the rest of the world (Henry and Hershey, 2002). Cassava was taken from Brazil to the West coast of Africa by Portuguese traders in the 16th century (Jones, 1959; Nweke, 1994). Cassava is highly tolerant to drought. It is well adapted to areas with a long…

5. Anioma Festivals <<<IMAGE>>> One of Several Anioma Traditional Attires <<<IMAGE>>> Unique to Aniomaland, Akwa Ocha is an important apparel in the socio-cultural life of the people The people of Anioma have a very rich cultural heritage. All through the nine Local Government Areas of Delta State that constitute Aniomaland, there are several cultural festivals and other traditional carnivals, which provide deep insight into the history, lives and indeed…

Based on the views expressed by McNicoll (1984), World Bank (1984), and National Research Council (1986 cited in Kelley, 1988), I argue that the underdevelopment of Africa (as measured by per capita output) is caused by rapid population expansion. The negative effects of rapid population's growth on economic growth and development occurred in situations where arable land and water becomes scarce or costly to acquire, rights to land and natural resources are poorly defined, and government…

In the 1700s, Saint Domingo was home to thousands of people. The majority of these people were slaves. With the majority of the people on the island living in discontent, it is easy to see why there was a massive revolt. Many people died, but in the end, Haiti was the second free and independent nation state in the Americas. The French convinced the pirates of the 1500s that they should stop robbing ships, and that they should settle on the Island. Many of them invested their money into sugar…

Religion is the Most Important Factor Accounting for Different Ways of Life Between the Southern and Northern Colonies. The nortthern colonies, the Puritans, lived a diffent way of life than the southern colonies, the Pilgrams. Many factors accounted for the differences in the ways of life between the northern and southern colonies, but the most important difference was religion. Although religion is the most important factor accounting for different ways of life between the southern and…

descendants could be sold or inherited like any other personalty”, (Library of Congress, 2001). Indentured servants and slaves had to serve other people. They did not work for themselves. Female slaves and female…