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Within the Bahamas, at 25*N and 75*20*W, is Eleuthera and Harbour Island. Eleuthera and Harbour Island is located northeast of Abacos Island and northwest of Cat Island. Harbour Island is within the Bahamas Island range, south east of Florida and east of Cuba. This island range is perfect for tropical vacations and growing tropical fruits. Eleuthera and Harbour Island divides clear, warm water from dark, cool ocean water, which actually looks pretty cool. The island is almost covered entirely…

An instant separation from their families, customs, institutions, and practices led Africans to form a new culture in the New World. Slavery in North America commenced in the beginning of the seventeenth century when the first African Slaves were brought to America in bondage to Jamestown Colony in Virginia (History). They were forced into slavery on a new continent that was foreign to them, throughout their abrupt change from Western and Central Africa to North America they were unable to fully…

Sugar is a story full of money, work, and lost lives. The story begins in 326 B.C. with Nearchus, a captain in the army of Alexander the Great, that stumbles upon the "sweet reed". Sugar cane originated in New Guinea in 9000-8000 B.C., but Nearchus is recognized as the first person to discover sugar cane. From New Guinea, sugar spread to North India (1000-500 B.C.), China (200 A.D.), Persia- Judi Shapur (500 A.D.), Egypt (700 A.D.), and Hawaii (1100 A.D). In the 600s, people did not know what…

Slavery in America began when slaves came from Africa and were first brought into Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, to enhance the production of cotton and cash crops. Slavery was a benign institution during the late seventeenth century and through the eighteenth century. As slaves were transported into America, and their numbers accumulated, which caused the Southern Colonies evolve from a society with slaves to a “slave society”. Slaves was very significant to the Southerners because it vastly…

history, and the history of the Caribbean as a whole, most of the world knows nothing about him. He was a man of African descent that was born and enslaved in Jamaica. He was a self educated man by the Quran which many believe was the origin of his name, since men of the quran were called “men of the book” and Boukman is the french translation for “book man”. Despite his name, Boukman was historically known as perhaps the most famous Vodou houngan or priest in Caribbean history, and one that was…

Rarely do studies of slavery mention the valuable skills and tangible creations the of several African Americans who brought many creations into the New World according to http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1609-1865/essays/africa.htm. These Africans gave this world new ways of storytelling, dance, music, but that’s far from all the things they gave our World. They brought to toil (work hard), and they were mainly cultivators. These people had a lot of skills and they definitely…

o The Spanish Conquistadores • Spain took credit for Columbus’s discovery with the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 that split up the “heathen lands” of the New World with Portugal • Portugal had land in Africa, Asia, and areas that are now Brazil • Spanish conquistadores or conquers explored the Americas for God, gold, and glory in the 1500s • Vasco Nuñez Balboa found the Pacific Ocean in 1513 • Ferdinand Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe during his travels from 1519 to 1522 •…

REWRITING THE AFRICAN DIASPORA: BEYOND THE BLACK ATLANTIC African Diaspora, is one of the largest diasporas of modern times and dates back several centuries. This term, although somewhat new is used to described the dispersal of people of African descent and their roles in both the creation and transformations of new cultures outside of Africa but also the problems faced across the globe as well. Diaspora can be labeled a way to retrace the different components and layers of migration,…

One of my favorite places to visit during the summer is Panama City Beach. “Panama City Beach is on the Florida Panhandle, where the clear waters of the Gulf of Mexico lap a seemingly infinite ribbon of white-sand beaches”(New York Times). Panama City Beach has relaxing sights and sounds. The most memorable sights at P.C.B. are the white sand, and the waves crashing against the shore. There is nothing to really dislike about P.C.B. unless you are going during spring break when it’s crowed with…

During some period of time every type of race has experience slavery. One of the world’s most historical slavery time periods was the trans-Atlantic slave trade. This trade route was when the African slaves were exchanged for a variety of products that were important to the countries involved such as tobacco, gold, coal, copper, etc. The trade route originally started in 1550 AD and lasted for three centuries until 1850 AD. The trans-Atlantic slave trade had significant effects on many countries…