Reparations for slavery

When Hernan Cortés first arrived in 1519 in modern-day Mexico, he encountered natives from Cuetlaxteca. He was presented with gifts, and he proceeded to march to the palace in Tenochtitlan. Upon Montezuma meeting Cortés, the Aztecs soon came to worship Cortés as a God, of which Cortés took advantage. Along the way to palace, though, he was presented with sacrifices, which rightfully disgusted him, and he punished the royal envoy (Conquest of Mexico). This act of moral impurity formed only the…

The Mestizos have some ancestors that are Native to the New and Old World, which has brought a mixing of cultures. In the New World the indigenous people were manufacturing textiles that were pure red. This caused many people in the Old World to become excited about the true red. In the Old World red, which was not a true red, but a dark orange, textile was very rare and often owned by only rich and powerful people. People in the Americas figured out a way to make red textiles in big numbers…

roads.” The similarity that Slaves had in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire helped keep their city safe and clean. A right that Slaves had in Rome was that if you were a convict (From Rome), you didn’t have to be a slave. This is stated in the reading Slavery in the Roman Empire, when the author points out, “Slaves in Rome included prisoners of war, Sailors captured and sold by pirates, or Slaves bought outside of Roman territory.” On the other hand, in China, if you were a convict, you had to be…

Revolutions have, in history, proven themselves to be an effective sacrifice against many unjust societal and governmental practices, the final attempt of the oppressed to change things for the better. The America, Latin America, French, and Haitian revolutions were no exception. Although all four revolutions were fought differently, and for their own unique, individual reasons, they all are excellent examples of uprisings in history that challenged traditional ways and succeeded. The American…

In the article, ”Mali: West Africa’s Golden Empire”, clear evidence shows that, Mali was a very powerful and prosperous empire. Mali became a great empire because of geography, trade, and leadership. Sundiata was known to be Mali's first great ruler and founder. One big element to Mali's growth was its geography. Close by to Mali the was a river called the Niger River. This river helped Mali with agriculture and gold trade. Agriculture in mali was also successful due to its grassland and weather…

Take Notes on Important or Interesting ideas from the text. European traders started to enslaved africans in the early 1500s The portuguese established trade colonies in the indian cost in 1505 and had routes that led to china Amerigo Vespucci travelled deep into the coastlines of south america, shedding light on future explorers. Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation in 1517 Ottoman Selim conques the majority of arab and egypt in 1517. Jacques Cartier explored the northeast coast of…

The book lady q is a novel by reymundo sanchez that takes place in new york the story is about a girl named sonia who is living in a abusive home she lives with her sisters mother and stepfather.In the book sonia is repeadlly sexually and phyisaclly abused by her family which leads her to hang out with her older sister who introduces her to her friends who are all in the gang the latin kings she later gose on to jointhe gang too but then rivals of the gang go to her school so she ends up…

The Spanish started coming to Florida with the population of two hundred thousand that was already decreasing from the disease from the Caribbean. The disease from the Caribbean’s came the Spaniards while the where trading and the let the natives in Florida know who they were. Juan Ponce de Leon went to land and named it Florida the primary goal was to get slaves for labor, sexual, guides, porters, and suppliers. While at the bay getting repairs being approached by archers and shield men they…

Heritage Parallelism Pilate has a strong connection with her heritage, consequently leading Milkman to go on his own journey of discovery about the Dead family line. “When I cut out by myself, I headed for Virginia. I thought I remembered that was where my papa had family,” (page 141) here, Pilate relates her own story of trying to find family to Ruth. Milkman later follows this path from Pilate’s childhood home to Virginia, also looking for family. “Milkman followed in her tracks,” (page 258)…

A major relationship in A Lesson before Dying is the relationship between Jefferson and Grant. Though unsure in the beginning of their relationship, both Grant and Jefferson end up looking up to one another, and because of Grant, Jefferson is able to walk to his execution as a proud man. The relationship between Jefferson and Grant is that of a student and teacher. In the beginning of their relationship Jefferson was unwilling to hear from Grant; he would look at Grant with accusing eyes and…