Economic Community of West African States

Slavery is a concept that has been around since the dawn of time. It is known that the Greeks were the first to enforce slave labor, although, it quickly spread throughout the lands and eventually became a normal, everyday concept. Slavery became mostly known after the fourth crusade. In the bible, specifically the book genesis, slavery is justified. As a result of the age of exploration, slavery spread throughout the new world. Each and every one of the European empires enforced slave labor in…

United States and the Soviet Union, crossing beyond political and military realms and extending into space exploration. This was a West versus East dogma disagreement, it went beyond the two superpowers and much of the world conflict during this time was in one way or another tied to the ideology of the US or USSR. Simultaneously, from 1958 to 1965 the civil rights movement in the United States was gaining momentum, advocating for equal rights and an end to racial discrimination against African…

In the era of the Great depression people, such as John Fulmer, struggled to keep afloat the economic crisis that was brought on by buying on the margin. The year 1933 was the defining year in 20th century American history because of the president 's economic plan, The New Deal, as well as the Dust Bowl on farmers and overlooked discrimination. These events from 1933 changed people 's opinions on economic troubles, domestic and nondomestic, and discrimination towards others in the era of the…

someone? Historians often try to define and create a way to measure the value and legitimacy of property ownership. The legitimacy of property ownership issue didn’t become prominent until the Pirates of the 18th century came into play. According to the state, property value began to diminish after criminal groups such as the pirates began to steal property in the 1700’s. The legitimacy of property ownership cannot be recognized in cases that involve criminal means to obtain it, only through…

Republican meeting ripon wisconsin.The nickname of the Republican Party didn 't get attached to it until 1888. Previously, the nickname had been used by Southern Democrats. in 1856 presidential candidate, John C. Fremont, won 11 of the 16 Northern states. In November 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected president over a divided Democratic Party.The Republican Party split into a majority Old Right based in the Midwest and a liberal wing based in the Northeast that supported much…

This is a result of unchecked nationalism and a huge transnational problem that affected many cultures in Africa due to disrespect and unrestrained pride for European ways of life forced on to small African communities in life threatening conditions. Once the slaves were no longer up to par with that owner, they were sold for money, even “little white shells” to other people, which shows that Europeans put monetary value on human life and existence to better…

colonies in 1686 created by King James II. It originally consisted of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Connecticut and had its capital in Boston. Later, in 1688, James II added the Jerseys and New York. Individually operated state legislative branches were dissipated, and Sir Edmund Andros took over as the governor of the Dominion. However, many in Massachusetts hated the new dominion because of the seemingly unfounded choice of a leader in Andros, who limited town…

The African trade had an impact on the male population in Africa because a majority of the slaves is the Americas were strong men abducted from home and forced into slavery. Leaving behind the weak, like the elderly, the children, and many women. It is estimated that about two-thirds of the slaves were taken to the New World were males and one-third were females. With sugar in high demand, each decade saw an increase in the percentage of African slave population. By 1650,…

United States is a capitalistic society. Land ownership is used to create income, develop communities, start businesses, build schools, provide social and civic organizations and most importantly, increase political power. The generational wealth of a child is closely related to that of his parents and the current economic opportunity across racial lines remains unequal. The loss of Black land ownership has had a negative effect on economic opportunities within the Black community. If…

which fought for many of the same equal rights that African American’s were for. Not only did these movements fight for segregation, but also for improvement for life, work life, and educations. Education and segregation was one of the main concerns for Chicanos. Many different cases before the 1960’s triggered Mexican Americans to stop the continuous segregation. From Mendez’ case in California to Brown v. Board of Education which was about African Americans but still affected Mexican Americans…