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The Atlantic Slave Trade was an extensive system of chattel slavery that dealt exclusively in the trade of black Africans. Chattel slavery is markedly different from other forms of servitude as it involved the actual ownership, in law, of one human over another - as opposed to punitive slavery which used convicted criminals as a source of free labour. It is important to remember, when talking about the Atlantic Slave Trade, that slavery was not a new invention and that slaves were to be found…

This act was known as the “Triangular Trade”. An article entitled “The Tran-Atlantic Slave Trade” reported that the Europeans exchange goods such as gunpowder, munitions, textiles, and alcohol to the Africans. The merchants met at the market on the coast and people who were traded to the Europeans were mostly prisoners of war from…

According to historian Betty White, “[the] ethnic origins [of African slaves] varied both regionally and over time, but there were some broad patterns that would make possible both the survival and the blending of their different cultural backgrounds and experiences.” As the native labor source in colonial America began to dwindle, plantations owners sought to find more steady, reliable sources of work to produce larger cash crop yields. As a result, the transatlantic slave trade rapidly grew as…

Ebola virus is a perfect example of how the media can make us construct our own reality of things and believe what they put out. Ebola derived from Africa in Zaire, where it got its name from the Ebola River. Ebola was supposedly spread across the Atlantic Ocean by a doctor who was infected by the virus. The…

When people migrate from their homeland or where they have live for most of their lives, they must make a decision. They either assimilate to the new place where they live or stay true to themselves by maintaining their heritage which forms their identity. Aminata Diallo, the central character of the novel, The Book of Negroes written by Lawrence Hill, has to make that decision. Aminata sits down to pen the story of her long life by writing down her journey from when she is abducted, enslaved,…

In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, two paintings are exhibited taking place in the 1800s. These artists have similarities and differences viewpoints of the environment in their painting and it helps people get a glance of what the 1800s were like. The first painting was by a man named George Caleb Bingham. Bingham was born March 20, 1811, Augusta County, Virginia to Mary Amend and Henry Vest Bingham and died July 7, 1879, in Kansas City, Missouri. Bingham was a self taught artist. He’s…

Ellen is a hard working client from our agency who has decided to relocate to a new County. Ellen has decided to relocate to Atlantic County, NJ to be closer to family who she feels will be a sober support system to her. In order for Ellen to continue working towards her goals and completing treatment, I have found some social service agencies in Atlantic County that may be able to help Ellen continue working to better herself. Micro level Ellen needs to obtain a job. She needs to obtain her…

Amelia’s Fantastic Flight, written by Rose Bursik is intended for children ages 4-7 was published March 15, 1994. Amelia’s Fantastic Flight is 32-page paperback story that tells of a young girl named Amelia (Earhart) who loved airplanes so much, that she built one. Then, she used the airplane to fly to 15 different countries such as Brazil, Kenya, Egypt, France, Finland, Russia and India all before time for dinner. Bursik paired fun alliterations regarding the countries Amelia visited including…

beauty that the stars mentioned earlier represent. Next, “grace” has a double meaning in which the speaker states that the singer has fallen from beauty and God’s love. In many ways this is a religious poem stating that the singer is now secular yet still references the angels, and she has fallen from God’s grace no longer receiving the unconditional love from God. Also, the speaker states that, “we share / A moment with the saved,” referring to those who are still beautiful and loved by God…

stems from the intensity and raw nature of life. Modernism views life as a mechanical progression with several milestones that have to be crossed. However Synge has created a lifestyle that exists only between life and death with starvation as the mid-point. In contrast to other modern texts we observe the characters in Riders to the Sea constantly being preoccupied with the idea of death. Human agency is a key marker of modernism and the absence of it from the play defines the genre of drama…