History of slavery

What was more curious and refreshing was he began with how a female captive fought back against the perverted man who leered at her (Rediker, p. 3). This is a breath of fresh air because most writings had been focusing on how male slaves resisted slavery but never mentioned women’s. Men actively fought back while women waited is the typical narrative but Rediker disproved that. I think he started with this to show that African women, unlike European women, aren’t demure and submissive, has a…

In this period of enlightenment people can find greater benefit in slavery than ever before. An African slave suffers a poor and miserable life in his own country. He is mistreated in the hands of his masters and is exposed to barbaric customs with little hope for improvement in life. It was terrible to know that the lot has little hope for salvation as a majority of population either follows Islam or worship the diverse local deities.1. Even in north Ethiopia which has some sort of Christian…

Firstly, Emmer acknowledges that the Atlantic slave trade provided lucrative taxes, but does not reveal what percentage of the Dutch economy benefited from these taxes. Secondly, Emmer notes that slavery itself was not profitable which is problematic since he is determining what profitability looks like only through the WIC records. The WIC is not giving the Africans value, but rather viewing them as assets and liabilities. The end goal is to retrieve…

People take for granted the amount of connections they make in life. Whether be it in high school or college, many connections are made on a day to day basis. People look at a family whether they are poor or rich, and you can always see that family connection. The world thrives off of day to day connections. Connections that either drive the local business to even the large corporate company who trades and connects with the rest of the world. New Netherland was a town on the vanguard for…

Throughout its long life, European imperialism in the Indian Ocean was successful under popular assumption that not only did it gain political and economic dominance, but it also fractured the cultural unity that existed among its indigenous people by the 18th century. However, Sugata Bose, in A Hundred Horizons: The Indian Ocean in the Age of Global Empire, (London: Harvard University Press, 2006), argues that the Indian Ocean kept its edge and rigor in times of globalization through a…

In Ancient times, every kingdom is trying to thrive and be the biggest kingdom in their region. In Africa, near modern day Ethiopia, there was the kingdom of Aksum that existed from the 1st to the 8th century. Most of the people in Aksum believed in a polytheistic religion until Christianity was introduced. With all the other kingdom is the area, Aksum strived to be the best and conquer the most land. During the third century, the Axumite Empire was led by an extraordinary leader, King Ezana…

Throughout 1600 CE to 1850 CE there were many important aspects that interconnected the world in both positive and negative ways. In chapter 13 two of them stood out to me the most. The first one that stood out to me would be Global Commerce. The reason for this being one of the instances that interconnected the world is because this alone helped countries interact with each other to gain resources from trade that they did not have an abundance of. Global commerce allowed for…

In the 1400 to 1700 was the Age of Exploration. The European discover/ explore Africa and Mexico (The Americas). Spain went to Mexico. Today I am going to be talking about the Age of Exploration and Indigenous people. One thing i'm going to talk about is the Columbian Exchange and how it affected us in a good and bad way. Another thing i’m going to be talking about is the Aztec of the Conquest of Mexico. I’ll finally will be talking about is the destruction of the Indies. The Columbian…

trade has been viewed very differently by many people. The Europeans and Africans, both had different views within their own culture. To the slaves being sold and bought it was a tragedy. In some kingdoms, like the Kongo, Portuguese's tried to stop slavery before it reached them. Most of these efforts were found in vain and the slave trade ended up hurting them more in the end because the kingdoms would go into a panic trying to keep power. There merchants were making enough money and had enough…

We all love American history but history class is the most hated subject taught in school. “Just memorize the notes, and you’ll be fine on the test,” said every history teacher I have ever had in my schooling. What do we really learn and reflect on from history class? Is it the teacher who can not teach or is the textbook that makes it boring? In “Lies My Teacher Told Me” by James Loewen, he criticizes how textbooks distort American History in a way that corresponds with the mindset of rich…