African Immigration To Colonial America Summary
« African Immigration to Colonial America » by Ira Berlin, a historian from the University of Maryland, published in March 2005 in the quarterly magazine "History Now"
The text in question is a detailed account of demographic statistics and an aspiring profound description of the slave trade phenomenon that manifested in Colonial America by European settlers.
The text does not intend to present a definite thesis or a clear question, yet it would seem that Berlin rather insists upon concentrating on the social and human impacts the migration waves had on the slaves, even though the text begins with a thorough demonstration of ethno-social data.
The first paragraph is more of a prologue that shows us roughly the different so-called waves of immigration to assorted parts of the United States and the nature of the displacement …show more content…
The fourth paragraph shows a second wave of immigration, or better yet, forced immigration of people from other regions besides Africa and the way they handled themselves culturally upon arrival to the New World.
The fifth paragraph compares between the rising level of violence and brutality and the rising level of reproducing between the slaves, a fact that will later help base a new generation of slaves who have never seen Africa.
The sixth paragraph says that after a legalization of chattel bondage, a contraption designed to tie a prisoner, 'labor importing' boomed and the demographic number of slaves in their respective dwellings skyrocketed.
The seventh paragraph shows the beginning of a new generation of African Americans instead of Africans, as the years go by. By the time the American Revolution erupts, the vast majority of the slaves have never even seen
The text in question is a detailed account of demographic statistics and an aspiring profound description of the slave trade phenomenon that manifested in Colonial America by European settlers.
The text does not intend to present a definite thesis or a clear question, yet it would seem that Berlin rather insists upon concentrating on the social and human impacts the migration waves had on the slaves, even though the text begins with a thorough demonstration of ethno-social data.
The first paragraph is more of a prologue that shows us roughly the different so-called waves of immigration to assorted parts of the United States and the nature of the displacement …show more content…
The fourth paragraph shows a second wave of immigration, or better yet, forced immigration of people from other regions besides Africa and the way they handled themselves culturally upon arrival to the New World.
The fifth paragraph compares between the rising level of violence and brutality and the rising level of reproducing between the slaves, a fact that will later help base a new generation of slaves who have never seen Africa.
The sixth paragraph says that after a legalization of chattel bondage, a contraption designed to tie a prisoner, 'labor importing' boomed and the demographic number of slaves in their respective dwellings skyrocketed.
The seventh paragraph shows the beginning of a new generation of African Americans instead of Africans, as the years go by. By the time the American Revolution erupts, the vast majority of the slaves have never even seen