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    different from anyone he had ever seen before. Everything was strange and foreign to him. Upon seeing a large pot boiling with group of chained and destitute black men nearby, he fainted, overcome with the dread that he was to be eaten by the strange white men. After he awoke, the other slaves assured him that he was not to be eaten. But even after hearing this, Equiano preferred his past enslavement in Africa to the present situation on the foreign ship. He was rightfully fearful, as he was…

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    After the long days spent by Wilberforce and the other advocates fighting to abolish slavery the slave trade was finally lifted. The task at hand was not easy at all, but at the end of the day the slave trade was abolished and all of Wilberforce’s hard work had been worth it. 3. What were the strongest logical arguments given in support…

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    West Indies Slavery

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    and was able to be colonized the way. The West Indies system of race based slavery, large production of a crash crop, the unequal slave demographics, and harsh, but fertile environments were…

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    blacks couldn 't consider themselves free for a long time, after they were emancipated by a union army, they would be sent right back in to slavery. Many blacks were unsure of what to do or where to go when they were officially free. Many blacks began to worship at their own black churches, which were led by their own ministers, instead of worshipping alongside white people. Within 20 years, over 350,000 blacks joined the Black Baptist Church while the African Methodist Church gained 300,000 new…

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    people are similar the path of how they entered into slavery and servitude must be established. Indentured servants were almost all white poor Englishman who could not find work in England but heard of the overwhelming possibilities over in North America, but the problem was that because they were poor they had no way of paying for the voyage…

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    Consequently, the marginalization of people affected social structures, such as laws, which placed economic restrictions on African Americans and natives. For example, even after slavery was abolished, former slaves could not leave plantations since they had no money, so they had to work which actually incurred debt, forcing a slavery like system to revive. Overall, settler colonialism led to the need for land and labor which was acquired by the racialization and exploitation of people, such as…

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    Columbus Stay Home Analysis

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    mainly it was about black discrimination and how they aren't completely free even after Abraham Lincoln ended slavery. This speech can give you a sense of being open minded because of the perspective of the Negros that were free but not completely free. Even though, slavery was abolished, there were certain things black people couldn’t do such as vote and enter certain areas controlled by white people such as restaurants. This gave some hope to his supporters and something they can hold on to so…

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    said to have started around 1918 and finished in the 1930s. It was greatly influenced by the civil war in which the Confederates (Southern States who had black slavery) fought against the Unions (the Northern States). The Union fought to emancipate the black Negro slaves. The Confederates fought to protect the southern society in which slavery…

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    and never get out. From a sociological and psychological standpoint, slavery was the mistake that cannot be erased. Not only was the process extremely inhumane, it also demonstrates how deeply ingrained the practice of racism is within us. The slave trade began in Portugal in the 1400’s. In the 1600’s landowners in the colonies needed more laborers to raise crops and many turned to the idea of slavery. In the beginning of slavery, colonists treated slaves like indentured servants: the slaves…

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    hoped to happen after their service was complete; happened in the way they would have like, such as prosperity and land ownership. Slavery, however, was more of a crude way of subjugation for Africans or people of color. African slaves were sold or traded into slavery from Africa and brought into the colonies to work the agricultural fields, doing the work that whites preferred not to do. These slaves became highly concentrated in the southern colonies where most were forced to work…

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