African American Exploration In The 14th Century Essay
The British Crown in the 14th century wanted to expand across the world to find a more efficient way of trading goods and products. The Crown invested in many people to explore and send on expositions. The expansion of the new world as well as globalization allowed for the mining of silver to be the most profitable for the British Crown. One of the most notary explorers in history is Christopher Columbus, not for his fame, but for his infamy. He enslaved the people of Hispaniola (Haiti/Hispaniola) and forced them to work in harsh conditions mining for coal. He raped, killed, tortured, enslaved an entire people and that was the birth of slavery in a global sense. The article titled “Potosi Mines” by Kris Lane mentions that when the conquistadors came to Potosi, Bolivia they “demanded that conquered Andeans
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This sort of treatment of people was/is inhumane on every social, political, and global level; ideologies such as slavery will from this point on ring through every nation in the world. Expansion and globalization spread like a wildfire through the world, as demands increased so did the need for supply, therefore requiring cheaper labor. The mid-Atlantic slave trade was the beginning of a dark era for African-Americans, many historians would argue that this dark period never ended just evolved. African-Americans were not to be considered humans and only true purpose was to work; Dr. Jordan, in class, mentioned that in 6 months a slave has paid itself off; so one could imagine how this market was growing rapidly through the globe. Like Christopher Columbus’s treatment of the Andeans, the treatment of African-Americans followed the same inhumane patterns, if not succeed the inhumane patterns. The article titled “A Brief Overview of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade” by author David Eltis, discusses that “No European, indentured servant, or destitute free migrant, was ever subject to the environment which greeted the typical African slave upon embarkation” (Eltis,
This sort of treatment of people was/is inhumane on every social, political, and global level; ideologies such as slavery will from this point on ring through every nation in the world. Expansion and globalization spread like a wildfire through the world, as demands increased so did the need for supply, therefore requiring cheaper labor. The mid-Atlantic slave trade was the beginning of a dark era for African-Americans, many historians would argue that this dark period never ended just evolved. African-Americans were not to be considered humans and only true purpose was to work; Dr. Jordan, in class, mentioned that in 6 months a slave has paid itself off; so one could imagine how this market was growing rapidly through the globe. Like Christopher Columbus’s treatment of the Andeans, the treatment of African-Americans followed the same inhumane patterns, if not succeed the inhumane patterns. The article titled “A Brief Overview of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade” by author David Eltis, discusses that “No European, indentured servant, or destitute free migrant, was ever subject to the environment which greeted the typical African slave upon embarkation” (Eltis,