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Sickle cell disease or sickle cell anemia is basically a disease that is hereditary blood disorder that is characterized through red blood cells. It affects the hemoglobin that has to put oxygen into the red blood cells. Since it affects that it is formed into a sickle shape and can cause massive amounts of damage if not cured. A young High school Student describes his experience with having sickle cell anemia and says that he could not imagine life without pain all the time. When Noah was 15…

With a small but large country that currently holds over an estimated 11,000,000 people. You look at the small Caribbean island of Cuba as a very small defenseless country. We as Americans living in the biggest and most powerful country in the world must ask ourselves how things got to a point that Cuban and American relations got to the point that it currently is. Before we start asking questions, we must understand that in the early years of any new country there are dissections, and actions…

Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies on the island Nevis. During his lifetime, Hamilton said he was born in 1757, but recently found legal records suggest that the year of his birth was actually 1755. 1755 has been used has his actual birth year for now a few decades. Hamilton may have misconstrued his birth year in order to be a more favorable college applicant to King’s College, now called Columbia College. Hamilton was born to James Hamilton, a businessman from Scotland, and Rachel…

The Middle Passage was the voyage from Africa to the West Indies. Also, 6 million Africans were transported out of Africa. About 2 million Africans died as a result of the Middle Passage and approximately 15% of them died on the voyages. Therefore, the Middle Passage was a very dangerous and difficult voyage considering how the slaves were treated and the ship’s conditions. An example of how the Middle Passage was a dangerous and difficult voyage was how the slaves were treated. The slaves…

The conflict over slavery has been going on for thousands of years. Throughout time, many powerful civilizations used slavery to build their vast empire including the Egyptian Empire, the Roman Empire, and the Akkadian Empire . The Atlantic Slave Trade was a rough time for any African living in Africa, during the 1650s to the 1860s because about fifteen million Africans became forcibly shipped and boarded to the “New World” during this time period. The Atlantic Slave Trade was one of the largest…

Slavery has always been a huge issue. The reason that slavery still exists is because there is a profit that is made out of it. Previously, when slaves were apprehended and then exchanged between people, they had a significant market value. They were traded like they were some sort of business deal. Although their treatment by people considered to be above them was often cruel and appalling, the reality of the situation was that it made sense, economically. It made sense because if a slave was…

Cuba is in North America, Cuba is an island. It is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea, and Spanish is the main language spoken. Cuba is known for its cultural diversity, built from Spanish, African, French and Asian influences. The culture of Cuba is known for its music. Music is an important part of Cuban society, and the traditional musical styles are still popular and influential to this day. Like other aspects of Cuban culture, traditional Cuban foods are rich in both Spanish and…

. While voodoo was certainly not the only religion of slaves, it influenced many beliefs and melded with other religions to form unique cultural traditions. It underwent subtle transformations as it crossed the Atlantic with the slaves from Africa and encountered Christianity. Just as slavery was influenced by voodoo, the belief system was also altered by slavery itself as followers adapted its ideas into essential tools which they used in their daily struggles. Although the true measure of its…

be written by the victor therefore; history states Christopher Columbus "discovered" the New World. What is not taught is how Columbus enslaved, killed, and in short, took over, the native peoples of the Caribbean Islands. As a result of his "discovery", the Taino Indians across all the Caribbean Islands have been long declared extinct. Modern science has claimed to have "re-discovered" other Indian tribes through DNA that were declared extinct but now the question remains; Where are the Taino…

American slavery, Kolchin explains evolved as a trend toward forced labor in the New world colonies. Around the 1700’s slavery concentrated mostly in the south , though it exists in all American colonies. Relationships between masters and slaves changed as slaves lost their African culture. The revolutionary era saw slavery intimidated by enlightenment but the it survived more strongly in the south, and during the 19th century it became crucial to the southern economy. Kolchin also writes about…